thesherburnes
newbie
Hi Everyone,
I am SO happy that I have found this website!
My wife and I went on a vacation to Myrtle Beach SC, and on the way there we stopped at a "fake" information stop. We knew it was fishy and weird and soon we found out why. Starwood salesmen were booking show tickets for people to sit for their presentations. I am a Hilton member, so I was in no mind to purchase. We got the free tickets, went to the presentation the next day and walked out with $30 and a free show. That was that. However, when we arrived at out Hilton Hotel (Embassy Suites) we were called down for a "free gift". That was new to me so I was gullible. We went down to the desk and got suckered into another. Free 20,000 points and $100 rebate certificate... yea ok I'll bite.
Long story short here is we were suckered into a LOW LOW starter points package, like 1,600 since we were at the end of our vacation and did NOT want to put a crap load of money down. 1,600 points every year for like 14,000. Interest was not bank but HGVC controlled and was 16%!!! That's 24,000 after payments! I signed on the 14th, and read the contract the morning of the 19th when finding this site and immediately shipped out my cancellation letter. Received my down payments back yesterday and now I am feeling much relieved that I did not spend thousands of dollars for nothing. When I saw I could get triple points for my down payment, I was astonished.
My question in short now is what's my next step? How does this process work and when I buy resale can I receive the points to spend anywhere? Do I need to buy RCI points separately or is the "membership" included also with these. I am fine with losing the "Hilton Prestige" by not buying direct, that's not worth the extra thousands of dollars and I already receive silver for life because of our AMEX. Any guidance would be great, really looking forward to getting one soon to go to Hawaii!!
Thank God I did this in time!
I am SO happy that I have found this website!
My wife and I went on a vacation to Myrtle Beach SC, and on the way there we stopped at a "fake" information stop. We knew it was fishy and weird and soon we found out why. Starwood salesmen were booking show tickets for people to sit for their presentations. I am a Hilton member, so I was in no mind to purchase. We got the free tickets, went to the presentation the next day and walked out with $30 and a free show. That was that. However, when we arrived at out Hilton Hotel (Embassy Suites) we were called down for a "free gift". That was new to me so I was gullible. We went down to the desk and got suckered into another. Free 20,000 points and $100 rebate certificate... yea ok I'll bite.
Long story short here is we were suckered into a LOW LOW starter points package, like 1,600 since we were at the end of our vacation and did NOT want to put a crap load of money down. 1,600 points every year for like 14,000. Interest was not bank but HGVC controlled and was 16%!!! That's 24,000 after payments! I signed on the 14th, and read the contract the morning of the 19th when finding this site and immediately shipped out my cancellation letter. Received my down payments back yesterday and now I am feeling much relieved that I did not spend thousands of dollars for nothing. When I saw I could get triple points for my down payment, I was astonished.
My question in short now is what's my next step? How does this process work and when I buy resale can I receive the points to spend anywhere? Do I need to buy RCI points separately or is the "membership" included also with these. I am fine with losing the "Hilton Prestige" by not buying direct, that's not worth the extra thousands of dollars and I already receive silver for life because of our AMEX. Any guidance would be great, really looking forward to getting one soon to go to Hawaii!!
Thank God I did this in time!
