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IPMS 2012 national show

The Zod

The Zod

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http://www.ipms2012.org/

Anyone besides me going? Back in January,I had gotten a call from Holiday Inn HQ,offering me a vacation package to be
used any time this year. At first,I did not want anything to do with it. Then it hit me,The Disney area is near Orlando.

So I took it. Three nights for $149. Great price thinks I. One catch. I have to sit in on a two hour lecture on
timeshares. :blink No,I ain't stupid enough to buy into a timeshare deal.

I will be checking into the Holiday Inn on Disney property,August 7th. Then help with vendor setup on the 8th.
 
Sounds like a good deal, give the time share folks bad credit info and they will cut the sales pitch off quick!
 
I have been thinking of different ways to not be talked into getting suckered into a timeshare.
Acting drunk isn't an option. The po-leese may get involved. :blink

moon puppy said:
Sounds like a good deal, give the time share folks bad credit info and they will cut the sales pitch off quick!
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Well a few years ago these here timeshare people were making a right damn hassle of themselves with me. They kept on calling up to 3 times a week. So I decided I had enough and accepted.

Well the Friday rolled around and the lady only called 3 times that day to make sure I will be atendind.

Now you guys all know those comfortable clothes you have to work in the garden. And those sneakers your wife keeps on throwing out that just magically apears back in the cupboard. Well I was wearing them. I would have made people of Wallmart proud.

So I get there and all the people start staring at me. Luckily I knew nobody there and even if I did - lets just say my friends know me :D

So they have these here Bubbly glasses full of bubbly stuff. Propably the swills of a wine barrel that they soda streamed. I downed about 3 of them. (Gladly that stuff was horrible) and toured the finger food table stuffing my face - and pockets. By this time a group of salespeople was gathering and playing a game of Rock-paper-scisors and the loser came over to see if I was on the list. Yep there next to the gold star.

Somebody says the lecture is about to start and will we take our seats. I decide to sit in the middle. I take 2 extra glasses of the swill with me and a quick tour of the food plates refill my pockets. So there I am sitting surrounded by empty seats. Every now and again I go hunting in my pockets for another Pig-in-a-blanket and noisily sip swill. After about the third question the guy decides not to have anymore question times till afterwards. It goes really fast with the guy glancing regularly in my direction. I hope he apreciated my scratching myself.

So about 20 minutes later the hasty sales pitch is over and the Carrion birds come to seal the deal. I look for my appointed buzzard but he is standing one side arguing with the manager so I walk over and tell em Thanks it was great and how much will a week cost. After they mentioned an absurd amount I say I dont think I can afford that and a relieved looking buzzard says that is so sad. I do tell em That I and my wife and 7 kids might be interested in a family package later the year and they should call us in a few months so we can all come for the next lecture.

Its been 5 years and they have never called back!
 
:ro: (y) :notworthy I was looking at the details of the time share. I need to make at least $50,000 per year,which I did not make
last year,and have a major credit card. I will show them my reloadable debit card I use for internet purchase. A friend of mine told me
I should bring a cross and some holy water. I asked if I should bring a holy hand grenade. He said yes. :D



SA Dave said:
Well a few years ago these here timeshare people were making a right damn hassle of themselves with me. They kept on calling up to 3 times a week. So I decided I had enough and accepted.

Well the Friday rolled around and the lady only called 3 times that day to make sure I will be atendind.

Now you guys all know those comfortable clothes you have to work in the garden. And those sneakers your wife keeps on throwing out that just magically apears back in the cupboard. Well I was wearing them. I would have made people of Wallmart proud.

So I get there and all the people start staring at me. Luckily I knew nobody there and even if I did - lets just say my friends know me :D

So they have these here Bubbly glasses full of bubbly stuff. Propably the swills of a wine barrel that they soda streamed. I downed about 3 of them. (Gladly that stuff was horrible) and toured the finger food table stuffing my face - and pockets. By this time a group of salespeople was gathering and playing a game of Rock-paper-scisors and the loser came over to see if I was on the list. Yep there next to the gold star.

Somebody says the lecture is about to start and will we take our seats. I decide to sit in the middle. I take 2 extra glasses of the swill with me and a quick tour of the food plates refill my pockets. So there I am sitting surrounded by empty seats. Every now and again I go hunting in my pockets for another Pig-in-a-blanket and noisily sip swill. After about the third question the guy decides not to have anymore question times till afterwards. It goes really fast with the guy glancing regularly in my direction. I hope he apreciated my scratching myself.

So about 20 minutes later the hasty sales pitch is over and the Carrion birds come to seal the deal. I look for my appointed buzzard but he is standing one side arguing with the manager so I walk over and tell em Thanks it was great and how much will a week cost. After they mentioned an absurd amount I say I dont think I can afford that and a relieved looking buzzard says that is so sad. I do tell em That I and my wife and 7 kids might be interested in a family package later the year and they should call us in a few months so we can all come for the next lecture.

Its been 5 years and they have never called back!
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I was kinda hoping to go, but didnt really expect to, and unfortunately I'm not entirely sure whether I'll ever go to one or not.

I was part of a group trying to land the nat's for 2013. We lost the bid and decided to submit a bid for 2014. However, we've since decided to rescind our bid. We found out that apparently someone on the national E-board approached a group to submit a bid to hold the 2013 nationals, and then apparently someone did the same thing this year to another group to hold the nationals for 2014. AFAIK, doing this is both a conflict of interest, and against the IPMS charter. B/c of this, I really dont know if I ever want to go to a Nationals or not.
 
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