Time Share for £50 What a con

[sussexjob]

There's one or a lot born every day this poor ba**ard got 3 weeks at 520 Euro a week maintanence, thats some commitment holiday or not, it beggars belief that people are daft enough to be conned like this.

http://www.cliveemson.co.uk/listing_view.asp?Lot=5...

[Flintstone]

Which poor bd?

How many did you buy?

[ShadownINja]

Wait a sec. That's not €520 per week for a year, but just for the week you're there? It's expensive, granted.

[sussexjob]

but this poor punters (not me) got 3 weeks so 1560 euros every year for a bit of paint.

[ShadownINja]

Oh, I misread it earlier. Ouch!

[Pommygranite]

I seriously struggle to understand why anyone would buy a timeshare.

[ShadownINja]

Pommygranite said:

I seriously struggle to understand why anyone would buy a timeshare.

It can make sense. The one we bought made sense (cheapish quality holidays if you have a family) but lifestyle changes (namely, she left me ) dictated otherwise.

[bazking69]

ShadownINja said:

Pommygranite said:

I seriously struggle to understand why anyone would buy a timeshare.

It can make sense. The one we bought made sense (cheapish quality holidays if you have a family) but lifestyle changes (namely, she left me ) dictated otherwise.

I don't see why people bother either. A mate has one. £10k invested years ago and an ongoing £200 a year commitment for two weeks accomodation in Spain a year.

To put it into perspective, I pay £27 a night to stay at a 1 bedroom 2 year old luxury apartment with 3 balconies in Turkey at the drop of an email. No commitment. No contract. No 10k tied up.

[ShadownINja]

bazking69 said:

ShadownINja said:

Pommygranite said:

I seriously struggle to understand why anyone would buy a timeshare.

It can make sense. The one we bought made sense (cheapish quality holidays if you have a family) but lifestyle changes (namely, she left me ) dictated otherwise.

I don't see why people bother either. A mate has one. £10k invested years ago and an ongoing £200 a year commitment for two weeks accomodation in Spain a year.

To put it into perspective, I pay £27 a night to stay at a 1 bedroom 2 year old luxury apartment with 3 balconies in Turkey at the drop of an email. No commitment. No contract. No 10k tied up.

£27 a night is £378 a fortnight. I had a week at a 3 bedroom apartment in Florida for about £10k and £300 a year that I could "swap" for anywhere of similar size in the world on the scheme (a crazily large number of destinations) for a minimal fee. As I say, it can work out very well for families of 2+ children.

http://www.starwoodvacationownership.com/starwood_...

They belonged to a larger scheme; in the end we went on a few European ones and, just being a couple, had too much space. I suppose we could have rotated bedrooms. Or had a few arguments so we had a reason to sleep in different rooms.