ack. the wife won a trip to LV

[robphelan]

so the wife was onthe way somewhere when the local radio station had a contest to give away a trip to Las Vegas. I've been many times & she knows I like to go, so she pulled over and called and won.

She was so excited.. she called and gave me the details..

2 nights lodging at some hotel, BUT, if we went through some dumb timeshare tour, we'd get an extra night, 200 in playing money, 2 tickets to a comedy show, & renew our wedding vows at some chapel.

No airfare included.

Also, the timeshare people wanted her to put down $45 for EACH of us to reserve our spot.

gawd, I felt terrible for having to rain on her parade, but I refuse to go through some high pressure sales pitch for 2 hours.

the timeshare people are The Tahitian Village - searched and saw some good stories as well as bad stories about them.

 

[EagleKeeper]

They have been pushing the Airways for the past 6+ months since they opened up.

The contest is bogus

 

[Nitemare]

so you won nothing but spam?

 

[KB]

Everybody wins that contest! No thanks.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Just wait until you have to tell her about the ipod she didn't win...

 

[PokerGuy]

She didn't win any "contest", she fell for the ad on the radio and called the number.....

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: PokerGuy
She didn't win any "contest", she fell for the ad on the radio and called the number.....

Las Vegas is calling, baby...

they play that commercial all the time

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Viva Las Vegas! :music:

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: robphelan
so the wife was onthe way somewhere when the local radio station had a contest to give away a trip to Las Vegas. I've been many times & she knows I like to go, so she pulled over and called and won.

She was so excited.. she called and gave me the details..

2 nights lodging at some hotel, BUT, if we went through some dumb timeshare tour, we'd get an extra night, 200 in playing money, 2 tickets to a comedy show, & renew our wedding vows at some chapel.

No airfare included.

Also, the timeshare people wanted her to put down $45 for EACH of us to reserve our spot.

gawd, I felt terrible for having to rain on her parade, but I refuse to go through some high pressure sales pitch for 2 hours.

the timeshare people are The Tahitian Village - searched and saw some good stories as well as bad stories about them.

So wait..... All she won was two nights hotel stay in Vegas? Shit man, thats like $120 (if that)... I'd call the radio station and tell them to get fucked. What a ripoff.

 

[trmiv]

Is Alan Thicke involved in this?

 

[Capt Caveman]

You get two nights free without the sales pitch.

 

[dainthomas]

I would take the two nights. I'm usually broke by then anyway.

A trip without airfare is basically nothing, though.

 

[MaxDepth]

Not a contest! It's just an ad disquised as one.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Is Alan Thicke involved in this?

heh, all i could picture is him standing in that damn pool.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: PokerGuy
She didn't win any "contest", she fell for the ad on the radio and called the number.....

Las Vegas is calling, baby...

they play that commercial all the time

Oh, and if you call in the next 10 minutes, we'll throw in tickets to a hot show right on the Strip. Can we say "high roller treatment," baby? You know you deserve it, you know you want it!

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: robphelan

Also, the timeshare people wanted her to put down $45 for EACH of us to reserve our spot.

gawd, I felt terrible for having to rain on her parade, but I refuse to go through some high pressure sales pitch for 2 hours.
.

Ha no pressure. I got a 2 night hotel stay in Arlington, VA at a luxury hotel. Had to sit through a 1.5 hour sale pitch which we did not find out about until we got to Va. No big deal I let my kids wreak havoc and run around the place. I felt sorry for the sales guy though. He had no chance in hell of making a sale but had to go through his speech anyway while I kept excusing myself to go keep an eye on the kids.

 

[TwiceOver]

Sounds like a standard sales tactic. They probably get more people going for the added sales pitch than taking just the two days.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: robphelan
so the wife was onthe way somewhere when the local radio station had a contest to give away a trip to Las Vegas. I've been many times & she knows I like to go, so she pulled over and called and won.

She was so excited.. she called and gave me the details..

2 nights lodging at some hotel, BUT, if we went through some dumb timeshare tour, we'd get an extra night, 200 in playing money, 2 tickets to a comedy show, & renew our wedding vows at some chapel.

No airfare included.

Also, the timeshare people wanted her to put down $45 for EACH of us to reserve our spot.

gawd, I felt terrible for having to rain on her parade, but I refuse to go through some high pressure sales pitch for 2 hours.

the timeshare people are The Tahitian Village - searched and saw some good stories as well as bad stories about them.

So wait..... All she won was two nights hotel stay in Vegas? Shit man, thats like $120 (if that)... I'd call the radio station and tell them to get fucked. What a ripoff.

Sounds to me like the OP's wife heard an advertisement on the radio, not a radio station contest.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: robphelan

Also, the timeshare people wanted her to put down $45 for EACH of us to reserve our spot.

gawd, I felt terrible for having to rain on her parade, but I refuse to go through some high pressure sales pitch for 2 hours.
.

Ha no pressure. I got a 2 night hotel stay in Arlington, VA at a luxury hotel. Had to sit through a 1.5 hour sale pitch which we did not find out about until we got to Va. No big deal I let my kids wreak havoc and run around the place. I felt sorry for the sales guy though. He had no chance in hell of making a sale but had to go through his speech anyway while I kept excusing myself to go keep an eye on the kids.

out of control kids bug me, but not nearly as much as timeshare bullshit. good move.

 

[OdiN]

Yup. 2 free nights costs the hotels NOTHING and gets you there gambling probably making them more than if you just paid for it. And the airlines often have cheap flights to vegas just to get you there too.

 

[moshquerade]

Did she give them her CC #?

 

[dougp]

THV was doing an offer here in Houston also, but they were using the new Roseanne Barr standup thing, and had her do the commercial. Stupid crap IMO

 

[dud]

This is a case where winning is losing.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Yup. 2 free nights costs the hotels NOTHING and gets you there gambling probably making them more than if you just paid for it. And the airlines often have cheap flights to vegas just to get you there too.

They do not even put you up at a hotel. They put you on property.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: dreadpiratedoug
THV was doing an offer here in Houston also, but they were using the new Roseanne Barr standup thing, and had her do the commercial. Stupid crap IMO

they've been advertising tahitian village here for years. they had donna's mom from that 70s show a few years ago. every once in a while the telephone number would change so they'd dub another voice on top.