Royal Prestige - the scam of all scams

[XMan]

So my fiance got a call the other day from someone who told her that she'd won some sort of prize by putting her name into the bridal registry. Only catch is, we needed to see a product demonstration to win our "prize".

So last night we go. I had checked up on this company beforehand by way of Google, and wasn't expecting much. But hey, it was raining, there weren't any movies we wanted to see in the theater, what the heck.

It was pretty amazing - amazing as in, how could anybody fall for this crap? The stuff the guy demonstrated was admittedly nice stuff. But he really pumped it up by making all sorts of dubious claims; cast iron cookware will poison you over time, aluminum cookware is banned in most countries in the world because of links to Alzheimer's, and Teflon pans will emit toxic fumes.

I sat through the whole thing and managed to bust out laughing, though I did snicker a bit when he told us the price for a mid-range set - $2189. What a deal! Needless to say we didn't buy anything . . .

 

[Slvrtg277]

That's hilarious. I was just on the phone with my gf who works for the sister company. She's one of the ones who call all of you up and get you to come get your vacation.

Did you guys get the vacation at least?

 

[ragazzo]

nothing beats cooking with a hickory stick + meat over an open flame. m'mmm

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Slvrtg277
That's hilarious. I was just on the phone with my gf who works for the sister company. She's one of the ones who call all of you up and get you to come get your vacation.

Did you guys get the vacation at least?

my wife and I went to that. Time share crap man talk about high pressure sales. they herd you around like a bunch of cattle and try to make you feel guilty because you dont go on a vacation 20 times a year.

"dont you feel guilty you dont share your family time on our beach resort"?? NO!!! you ass

 

[Amused]

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[Slvrtg277]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: Slvrtg277
That's hilarious. I was just on the phone with my gf who works for the sister company. She's one of the ones who call all of you up and get you to come get your vacation.

Did you guys get the vacation at least?

my wife and I went to that. Time share crap man talk about high pressure sales. they herd you around like a bunch of cattle and try to make you feel guilty because you dont go on a vacation 20 times a year.

"dont you feel guilty you dont share your family time on our beach resort"?? NO!!! you ass

The one that she works for isn't time-share affiliated. Like X-Man said, they bring you in for around 90 minutes and put on this sideshow showing you how bad all of the pots and pans are that you currently own, and how much better theirs are. Then they cook a little bit of chicken breast or something and pass it out.

Then they try to get you to buy their stuff, you say no...they try the hard sell....you say no. Then you leave. The vacation is good for 3 years I think.

 

[Spikesoldier]

what was the prize anyway? did you get it

 

[MrDingleDangle]

where can i sign up? I love doing these, because I am old enough to look like i could spend money, but in reality I have no money and when I tell them at the end of the presentation how much I have in my bank account they shut up pretty fast


my g/f and i did a timeshare one in vegas and got $60 for dinner for an hour talk, which after the first 30 min. the guy knew he wasnt going to make a sale

 

[Slvrtg277]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
where can i sign up? I love doing these, because I am old enough to look like i could spend money, but in reality I have no money and when I tell them at the end of the presentation how much I have in my bank account they shut up pretty fast


my g/f and i did a timeshare one in vegas and got $60 for dinner for an hour talk, which after the first 30 min. the guy knew he wasnt going to make a sale

Getting married anytime soon? I can get you invited.

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: Slvrtg277

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
where can i sign up? I love doing these, because I am old enough to look like i could spend money, but in reality I have no money and when I tell them at the end of the presentation how much I have in my bank account they shut up pretty fast


my g/f and i did a timeshare one in vegas and got $60 for dinner for an hour talk, which after the first 30 min. the guy knew he wasnt going to make a sale

Getting married anytime soon? I can get you invited.

pyramid schemer?

 

[Encryptic]

Geezus....2 grand for a set of pots and pans?

My wife and I did get invited to one of those timeshare deals in Palm Springs at one point. It worked out really well though because we got a free weekend at a Holiday Inn paid for by the timeshare place, got our dinner the first night paid for because the room wasn't ready when we arrived and went to a friend's birthday party that was going on that same weekend in Palm Springs.

We got lucky because the guy who did the sales pitch for the time share wasn't one of their usual salespeople so he was actually pretty cool about the fact that we weren't interested in doing it right then and there. He just explained it to us, showed us the stuff they had to offer and let us go after about 45 minutes without riding our asses to commit to something.

 

[PatrickBateman]

South park did a great show on Timeshares.

I wanted to knock this lady out when we got suckered into their garbage while on vacation. After almost an hour and a half (we were told it was only an hour) my son was getting real bored and started asking if we could go (every 5 minutes or so). She was like " Not now, can't you see I am talking with your parents" in a real pissy way. I was like "excuse me?... There is no way in hell I am buying anything from you now....give me my $100, your hour is up"

haha I remember her asking my mother's nationality and then started telling me how they have timeshare in Sweden.... :roll:

 

[Jassi]

Best ones are the ones that call you up and tell you that you they have a job opportunity for you. You go all dressed up thinking its an interview and it turns out its one of those pyramid schemes meeting. Happened to my dad once, he was so hurt

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Jassi
Best ones are the ones that call you up and tell you that you they have a job opportunity for you. You go all dressed up thinking its an interview and it turns out its one of those pyramid schemes meeting. Happened to my dad once, he was so hurt

The contractor that worked on this house for a while (I ended up firing him for other stuff) said to me one day that he was approached with a business opportunity, but most of the ppl he knew where all blue collar and not too bright. then he asked me to go to a meeting with him, so he did not get taken... yes, it was a MLM company... on the way back, he was showing me the check he got after he signed his parents up... i thought he was a total sh1t to bring his elderly parents into that crap.

 

[oboeguy]

We went to the same thing like three years ago. The cookware was pretty awesome, but it felt soooo shady. We never even took the vacation option. I'll admit that frozen veggies never tasted so good as cooked in their pans.

 

[Slvrtg277]

Originally posted by: kermalou

Originally posted by: Slvrtg277

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
where can i sign up? I love doing these, because I am old enough to look like i could spend money, but in reality I have no money and when I tell them at the end of the presentation how much I have in my bank account they shut up pretty fast


my g/f and i did a timeshare one in vegas and got $60 for dinner for an hour talk, which after the first 30 min. the guy knew he wasnt going to make a sale

Getting married anytime soon? I can get you invited.

pyramid schemer?

lol no. The presentation really is only about 90 minutes and all they want to do is get you to buy pots/pans/china/etc. I actually went to one of these with my ex. The only thing was that the vacation wasn't in any of the popular spots. I think it was some city in Mexico, somewhere in the Dominican Republic...I can't think of the 3rd place.

All inclusive though. You can get a hotel only stay in the U.S. also if you prefer. I think they give you a $500 gift cert too or something like that. It's not too bad for 90 minutes of time. The presenters here in St. Louis are mildly entertaining at least.

 

[NutBucket]

There are a few companies out there selling waterless cooking pots for that price. I've seen them demonstrated and if they really perform as advertised then they're well worth the money. Expensive teflon pots are a scam. Teflon will come off no matter how expensive the pot is. And yes, eating teflon is bad for your health.