TimeShare Sales Play On Emotions

The timeshare sales people are experts in using your emotions to make you think you're getting a great deal that you are stupid to pass up when in fact the reality is the exact opposite:

Carlos, our sales associate, could not have been more professional; he was very low-key and answered all our questions. He even shared a secret. If we bought two less expensive silver weeks, we could switch off exchange and point accumulation years and would have the ability to reserve a week 13 months in advance versus 12 months if we only owned one red week.

Sounded smart to us: a $21,800 investment versus $67,400 allowing the same exchange opportunity with an earlier reservation date. We were actually interested!
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