Comments on: Screwing the Timeshare Scammers: How we stayed in Maui for pennies. http://sftravel.com/blog/2008/11/16/screwing-the-timeshare-scammers-how-we-stayed-in-maui-for-pennies.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: admin http://sftravel.com/blog/2008/11/16/screwing-the-timeshare-scammers-how-we-stayed-in-maui-for-pennies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2211 admin Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:50:16 +0000 http://sftravel.com/blog/?p=51#comment-2211 Hi Tysz - Glad to hear you found this post provacative. The truth is that however your joke plays out - the value of a timeshare as you walk out of the resort is less than half of what you paid. There is a very real secondary market for timeshare purchases and a gap of 50% is on the low side to the retail sales price. Curious - this post seems to have really interested you.... Do you work in the timeshare industry? It's hard for us to find another reason why you would care. We're hoping the post helps people to get good value on the timeshares they have purchased (most go unused), and avoid paying too much for a timeshare if they do decide to buy. Thanks - sfTravel Editors Hi Tysz – Glad to hear you found this post provacative. The truth is that however your joke plays out – the value of a timeshare as you walk out of the resort is less than half of what you paid. There is a very real secondary market for timeshare purchases and a gap of 50% is on the low side to the retail sales price.

Curious – this post seems to have really interested you…. Do you work in the timeshare industry? It’s hard for us to find another reason why you would care.

We’re hoping the post helps people to get good value on the timeshares they have purchased (most go unused), and avoid paying too much for a timeshare if they do decide to buy.

Thanks – sfTravel Editors

]]> By: tysz http://sftravel.com/blog/2008/11/16/screwing-the-timeshare-scammers-how-we-stayed-in-maui-for-pennies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2205 tysz Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:46:18 +0000 http://sftravel.com/blog/?p=51#comment-2205 I heard this joke/analogy once and I think it pertains to this author. It goes like this: A grandfather and his granddaughter were sitting on their porch when a car pulled up and and the driver asked them a question. "What type of neighborhood is this, we are thinking of purchasing here"? The grandfather asked the driver what type of neighborhood he came from. "Well it was horrible, loud people, horrible neighbors, nasty kids". The grandfather replied that this was the same type of neighborhood. The driver thanked him and said he would look elsewhere. Moments later another driver pulled up and asked the same question. Grandpa asked the same return question and the driver replied "we live in an amazing place, love the neighborhood and the neighbors, we really hate to leave it but we have to for work reasons". Grandpa answered that this was the same type of neighborhood hope to see you around. After the driver left the grandchild asked why he answered the drivers so differently. He replied people usually see the world based on how they act, if your a rotten person then everyone else is too. Looking at your post and the way you see the world I would tell you to go to a different neighborhood too, you might actually be the @sshole and you get a just response. I heard this joke/analogy once and I think it pertains to this author. It goes like this:

A grandfather and his granddaughter were sitting on their porch when a car pulled up and and the driver asked them a question. “What type of neighborhood is this, we are thinking of purchasing here”? The grandfather asked the driver what type of neighborhood he came from. “Well it was horrible, loud people, horrible neighbors, nasty kids”. The grandfather replied that this was the same type of neighborhood. The driver thanked him and said he would look elsewhere. Moments later another driver pulled up and asked the same question. Grandpa asked the same return question and the driver replied “we live in an amazing place, love the neighborhood and the neighbors, we really hate to leave it but we have to for work reasons”. Grandpa answered that this was the same type of neighborhood hope to see you around. After the driver left the grandchild asked why he answered the drivers so differently. He replied people usually see the world based on how they act, if your a rotten person then everyone else is too. Looking at your post and the way you see the world I would tell you to go to a different neighborhood too, you might actually be the @sshole and you get a just response.

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