It starts out with a phone call, about attending a Seminar about Time Shares. We already have a Time Share, and they're not selling, but if we have questions, problems, whatever about our Time Share that we would like to discuss about, THIS IS THE TIME to do it. On the phone, we were asked, what day or time we would like to attend. They made sure that a married couple attend, and that we needed to bring 2 pieces of ID, our Time Share information, Deeds (anything we wanted to bring with us).
THEN, they called us again. To remind us of our appointment, and the operator named Tina, left a phone number to call to 'confirm' we'll be attending - or re-schedule. Two hours or so later, maybe less, I don't keep tract, I was eating lunch & enjoying a relaxing me-time, when I got another phone call! By now, I'm irritated, and answered the call, and "yes . . . but I haven't gotten to calling back yet, to say we'll BE THERE."
I got another phone call, from Tina the day of the event, to make sure we'll be there, and we need to get there early. Thinking to myself now, ONE MORE PHONE CALL and I'm not showing up! We already planned on being a 'little late'.
We showed up, and we were the ONLY ones @ the seminar, and two guys waiting for us. I asked: "are we the only ones here?" "No, there were 6 other couples that said they'd be here."
We sat in the lobby of the hotel, located by our house, for about 45 mins. Yes, traffic was very slow tonight. I gave my husband the eye, 'they WERE desperate, the reason why all the calls!'
By attending, in exchange for $50 gift card plus $250 value travel pass (whatever that was, we didn't get it). The presentation had to do with timeshare condominiums, of which I am an owner. I was anticipating having to listen to a hard sell presentation asking me to buy more and I vowed to not spend a single cent. Boy, was I surprised. Instead of trying to sell me another timeshare, (remember they said they weren't selling a thing). . . . Allied was offering to take the condominiums off the hands of the attendees - for a price. The presentation explained why owning a condominium is just not a good financial idea and went into the details of why this is the case. I already agreed with what they were saying before I entered the room, but it was not what I expected to hear that day. Some, perhaps most, of the attendees were burdened by high loan and maintenance fees. They perhaps looked upon Allied's offer as a dream come true. They presented a cost analysis to show that, even though Allied was being paid to take the timeshares away, the price to do that was less than the unending burden of maintenance fees, etc. While DH was not in a mood to unload our condo, it seems that Allied Solutions Group does indeed offer a solution for many and if it can continue to do so and still make a profit - good for them. They seem to offer a win-win situation. 4 stars for the product, the presentation, and the friendliness of the presenters. Deduct 1 star for the harassing phone calls and the sound like they're desperate reminders. read more