If any of you get a great deal on something, do you feel the urge to let every single person you come across know about it or do you just smile to yourself and think "I'm keeping this to myself"?
For me, it would depend on what the great deal was and I would probably tell best friend/family members. My husband on the other hand feels its his duty to let everyone know and he is being so kind and I am selfish! We were able to purchase 3 timeshares at a bargain - we joined RCI and have just started using them for our last 2 vacations. It seems everyone he runs into he tells how cheap we got them. He even gave one of our weeks away for what we would of paid, mind you (189) for a week at the Hilton in Orlando. He states we probably would not of been able to use the week as we had accumulated so many. Needless to say, the charge was put on my credit card with no money given to us since. This is the woman at the dry cleaners mind you. He could of even charged her a measly $500 and we all would of made out. Now today he tells me he talked a bank teller out of purchasing a Fla. timeshare for 29,000. Giving her the number and he will set it up for her at our prices. Why can't he just tell people "yes, we had a nice vacation, we stayed such & such a place and end it? IS IT ME? He says its nice to save people money etc. If I am being upset over nothing, please tell me!

By Pamt on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 03:49 pm:

Ummm...hate to say it, but I think you are upset over nothing. Why don't you want to share a good deal with others? Is it in any way hurting you for someone else to get a good deal on a reputable timeshare? I can maybe see your point with your DH giving one week away to someone else--it would have been great if they had paid something, BUT if you were going to have to pay whether you used it or not then you really aren't out any money you weren't already expecting to pay. I would just look at it as a blessing to someone else.

I will tell you this. My DH is a minister and therefore we aren't exactly rolling in the big bucks. We have a couple in our church, whom we don't even know very well, who have a log cabin in the NC mountains. Last year they gave every minister on staff (we have 8) a FREE week at their cabin as a Christmas gift. Words can't express how much we appreciated that gift! We spent a week last summer in their beautiful cabin and had a wonderful time. My boys count it as one of the best vacations ever. These lovely people didn't charge us a dime and still had to pay the utility bills and maid service for the house. Their only "requirement" of us was to write in their house journal about oor vacation and to pray a special blessing over the cabin for the next people who would stay there.

By Marcia on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 05:09 pm:

I would be just like your hubby!! If it's a great deal, share away!! Is it that you don't want to share, or that you want people to think you spent more than you actually did??

Pam, that is wonderful!! I'm sure you all had a fun, relaxing time.

By Vicki on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 05:55 pm:

I am wondering if your angry that he is telling people that you are getting good deals, or if you in truth are angry at WHO he is telling. Are you for some reason, even sub conscience, angry that he is helping the woman at the cleaners and the bank teller, also a woman??? What are you really angry at???

By Lorebunde on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 07:07 pm:

I was just thinking about all this. I guess its that we always heard of people with these time shares and it always sounded so great but of course we couldn't afford it. Now we have something really nice and by telling everyone its just not so special anymore, I guess? Now anyone can have it. Say you saved and saved for a great pair of shoes, jimmy choo for example for $400. Now someone you know goes around and tells everyone where to get them for $50. Yours are not so special anymore are they? Does this sound dumb? I am pms'ing so maybe thats it. I know when I was younger and say I got a dress for $10, and people complimemted me on it. my mom would say "don't tell them you only pd $10. let them think you paid more. Say you found this great skin creme that REALLY worked and all of a sudden you looked 10 yrs younger. Would you want all your woman friends to know what you used or would it be your beauty secret?

By Ginny~moderator on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 09:50 pm:

I'm sorry - if I had something great I would want to share it with my friends. If I learned that someone else paid a great deal less than I for something I had saved for, I'd be disappointed and maybe feel stupid for not finding the same bargain but I sure wouldn't blame them, and I would hope that it wouldn't take away my pride in whatever it was. And if I found a bargain, I'd be so thrilled I wouldn't be able to not tell people how little I paid for something, where I got it, and how they could do the same.

I won't tell you that you are being upset over nothing, because clearly you are upset and that is something. But I would urge you to rethink this. Your hubby seems to want to share and you don't, and this could be a major difference between you if you let it nag at you. Is this what you want?

But, since hubby sold the week timeshare to the woman at the dry cleaners, I think it is hubby's task to make sure that she pays the $189.

By Truestori on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:34 am:

I can honestly say I am like your husband. One example, I was at Target and they had the train tables w/ storage bins underneath for 13 bucks. Well, I gathered up 3 moms and explained that this was normally $149.00 and it was on sale for this amount. Each and everyone of those moms thanked me. Their children now each have a wonderful learning toy that will be put to good use.
It feels good to offer others what you have. There is nothing wrong with wanting to let other's in on a good deal. My girlfriends all call eachother when they find a good deal and we all hunt for bargains together. Your husband sounds like an outgoing guy that cares for others.
I wouldn't be upset, I would be thankful that you have this timeshare and enjoy every minute of it.

By Feona on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 07:10 am:

Okay. We got to know. Where did you get the cheap time shares?

By Lorebunde on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 09:13 am:

Feona, I will email you.

Joan

By Kittycat_26 on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 10:53 am:

I'd love to see where you purchased the time share from as well, if you don't mind.

ashaw @ wchsys.org (no spaces of course)

By Robyn on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:53 pm:

Me too please...krpatt@netrevolution.com
Thanks.

By Lorebunde on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 07:17 pm:

I already emailed feona from work, I will copy & past tomorrow at work as its so long!
Thanks for all your replies. I guess it is me, after all

By Feona on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 06:44 am:

I have heard it is difficult to change places and get the weeks you want. Very hard to sell a time share. But perhaps your experience will be different. (Also just because one persons experience is good doesn't mean others will be good.)

By Lorebunde on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 11:38 am:

From what we learned you need to call way ahead of time and let them put a search in for you (RCI). Sometimes we find the week we want/place we want is not available for that week but another week (of course no good for us). As far as selling, yes we tried to sell one of our white weeks and couldn't.