If anyone offers you a free gift, SAY NO!!
This may have been posted already, if it has I apologise, but this is something everyone needs to know! Here is the story:
My girflriend and I were tired and very frustrated at being lost for half an hour in ';excalibur';. We asked, who we thought was an employee where the walkway to the luxor was located.
He was very charming and asked us if we had husbands ';No'; i said.
Are you engaged? ';No';. He looked a bit bemused as he looked at the rings on our wedding fingers. ';we%26#39;re together'; I told him, He seemed to be very happy with that and said ';let me give you a free gift';.
Well, we thought we were going to get a free drink or something, but what followed was quite a lengthy exchange of information. They wanted us to prove that we lived together and wanted absolutely loads of information from us. They offered us tickets for a top class show for $40, they told us we%26#39;d get $20 of that back and a $50 voucher for the hotel to spend on either food or merchandise or gambling. It all sounded quite good until that point. Then came the BUT. ';We will pick you up from your hotel and show you around our new hotel located 5 miles form the strip';.
To some people, this sounds bearable, but the entire trip to this other hotel would have taken 5 hours at least of our day!
We managed to get out of going, but the chap that was processing our ';free gift'; was less than impressed and didn%26#39;t care about showing how disgruntled he actually was. We made up some excuse about having to meet a friend and therefore couldn%26#39;t do it, but he was trying everything to try and get us to go on this tour. Not once were we asked if we wanted to do the trip, it wasn%26#39;t an option, we were basically told we were going on it and should be grateful for the free showtickets!
Over the entire 4 days we were in Vegas, we were offered at least 1 ';free gift'; a day and I have to be honest, it really annoyed me. Maybe i%26#39;m over sensitive.
We were warned about these people the day after it happened to us, and now i want to warn everyone else!
If you are in Vegas for a week, have time to spare and are planning on seeing a show, then maybe you should do it. But for visitors who don%26#39;t have much time to do all they want to do, then stay well clear!
I do understand these people have a job to do and its a viable way of making money and helping business, but i personally feel they are taking advantage and I don%26#39;t like the way they try and force it on you.
Katie
';Let me give you a free gift'; NO!You got suckered in by a Time Share shark... lesson learned I hope.
';Let me give you a free gift'; NO!Katie, you got ';timeshared';.
You%26#39;ll look back on this experience and laugh about it-someday.
You earned a ';merit badge'; for this and therefore no longer qualify as a newbie.
By the way, how about a free gift?
Have just come back from veags and the time share touts were very annoying, but after a few days we learnt when they asked when we were going home we said tomorrow and they didn%26#39;t want to know us any more.
Welcome to SuckerVille... Population: You.
All you have to know about the way vegas operates is the following:
Nothing is FREE in Vegas
Remember, unless the person making the offer is some sort of casino host, you will never get anything entirely for free in Vegas. Even then, you%26#39;ve earned the comp through your play. I%26#39;ve never seen one in Excal, so maybe they%26#39;re branching out. The hotels apparently don%26#39;t care about their guests being harassed as long as the time share company pays their fees to be there. I think there was a thread on Wednesday or Thursday on clever responses to give these people. One of the better and most-used is ';no thanks, we%26#39;re flying home tonight.';
Timeshare pimps... The worst part of Vegas. I know they%26#39;re just trying to make a living, but man are they annoying.
Where are they usually located so I can have some remedial fun with them? lol
Just shake your head ';no'; and keep walking! Don%26#39;t talk to them and don%26#39;t make eye contact with them. I think people try to be polite and end up being harrassed and wasting their time. They can%26#39;t physically grab you so just keep walking and don%26#39;t worry about being polite.
';We live here'; works pretty well too.
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