Last time I did thi it wa for a $50 gift certificate

[captain_slinky]

We're going to a Timeshare thingee on Tuesday night! We're not gonna buy anything, but we *are* going to get three days and two nights in Anahiem, plus a $40 gift certificate to Red Lobster! I would *really* like tot ake that trip to Calfornia and make it a "One Last Fling Before Molly turns 2" trip for khristle and I, but I'd feel really guilty going to Disney Land without our little Molly :( Plus we'd have to leave her with The Grandparents for not just one but TWO whole nights!

All that and we would have to figure out how we're going to afford Disney Land, how we're gonna get around while we're there, and how we're going to get out of buying a Time Share.

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[supernovame.livejournal.com]

My wife tends to want to buy those things, so i try to stay away. The best time ever though, was when we went to one, and this gal started to clean tables behind us, and she sprayed some windex, and my wife, on oxygen at the time, is allergic to many chemicals, so she stands up in the middle of the speil and say she has to go, can't breathe, chemicals bad! You have never seen them move so fast! it was funnY! they practically threw those coupons at us and added a few extra, and got us out of there lickety split, without having to listen to anything! It was awesome, but we haven't been invited back since...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Niiiiiice! Maybe Crystal and I will have to play it that way :D

[hallerlake.livejournal.com]

Nothing like vomiting on their shoes to convince them that you might be better off somewhere else ;-)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Or i could show up drunk! Mak few sexual advances towards the salsman, his manager, the potted plant... then pe on myself and pass out!

[hallerlake.livejournal.com]

Sheot. At that point you might as well ask everyone for meth or try and go through their pockets while they're still wearing their pants. (If this works, I have some dance clubs to recommend to you.)

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Last time we went to one of those, they sold us on it and we filled out all the paperwork but because of the fact that we'd just bought the house, my credit and debt-to-income ratio was just nastybad. So, we wanted it, they were so desperate to make the sale that they slashed the price on it like 3 times, but we failed the credit check!!! Oh, well, I guess we couldn't buy it. ;)

I'm thinking that considering your current financial situation, you'd probably fail the credit check too...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO?

khristle is actually VERY good at rudely saying "No" over and over again :)

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Well, that works too.

[baeleth.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel any better, it's not really worth it for the child if they're any younger than about 5. We went when I was 7 & I remember quite a bit. It's one of my fonder memories (aside from the flying bit. I even had ear issues back then...). My sister, who was 2, has absolutely no recollection of it at all.

I do have to say that I completely know where you're coming from as far as feeling bad about leaving them behind though. When we went to Vegas a couple years ago (Pen & Teller RAWK!), I missed the kids. I even kinda wished that we'd have done something with them instead. My wife, not so much though. Ah well. I will also add that if you ever take a road trip with kids & a relative volunteers to go along, accept. The year after Vegas, we drove to Minnesota with my mom. We had it all worked out into shifts as far as the kids & bathroom breaks were concerned. It was awesome. It may not be too much of an issue if y'all go on a road trip & it's still just you two & Molly, but if you do have another, a third adult (that you can handle being around) is HEAVEN.

As far as the whole sales pitch in exchange for gift goes... The last time we did that it was for an air purifier that turned out to also be a vacuum. Heh... The "free grill" was a metal platter that sits on your stove top's burner & doubles as a grease catcher for what pretty much looks like a hubcap which serves as the grilling surface.

Never again.

Ever.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the gifts are usually crap. But at the very least we'll have our $40 Red Lobster certificate... and thanks to The Lap Band that's a full YEAR of food for us!

I'm sure that our free trip will be subject to all sorts of black-oout dates and regulations and restrictions... but a free trip is just too good to pass up!

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

We went to one and we had to sit through the group speech and the one on one to get the gifts. The group speech was okay. The one on one was really fun. They guy was really desperate to get a sale and Jill seemed interested so he started really laying on the slick and his best sales pitch. I told him before we ever started though that I was only sitting through it for the gifts and we had no intention of buying. He saw that glimmer of hope in Jill's eyes though. He charged on full tilt. I told him no repeatedly. He came up with more reasons we should.

I finally stood up after about 10 minutes, told him we were just wasting his time and that he needed to give us our gifts so we could leave. He called over his supervisor who tried to sit us back down and she started going into the speech. I got rather put out at this and said that we didn't want their stupid time share and just wanted to get away from them.

Their final response was "Studies show that people who don't take vacations are much more likely to suffer stress, heart attacks, and maybe even cancer. Are you honestly telling me that you would rather suffer like that than buy a timeshare?"

I raised my voice so the whole room could here. I think Jill was mortified, but I was angry at that point. "I don't think it is proven that Trend West has found a cure for heart attacks or cancer so don't throw that crap at me. If I want to take a vacation, I will, but not at the expense of buying a house or putting my kid through college. Now get me the damn gifts you promised and let me get the hell out of this madhouse!" The whole room got quiet and an envelope was handed over to me with a growl. The salesman and his supervisor walked away from us without saying another word.

I had a terrible head cold at the time and had been miserable for days. I didn't want to go, but Jill turned on the puppy dog eyes. So I suffered more. But that last minute in there was worth all that suffering and more.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

That's exactly how I see it going down on Tuesday for us, only the part of Sasjhwa will be played by my wife :)

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

Make sure she wears a Hawaiian shirt and shaves a bald spot into her hair. It will make the performance much more convincing. :D

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of just wearing a protective medical-grade dust mask and playing the "Medical Reasons" card.