Rude Westgate sales rep nearly ruined our vacation!

oh man. how old are you? these are typical bait and switches. duh

OK, you can't claim they "ruined" your vacation when you VOLUNTEERED
(that's the key here) to sit through the presentation.

Yes, they were pushy, they want you to buy something that nobody
really wants or needs. They have to pull out every tactic they can
find.

But you got reduced price attraction tickets in exchange. They just
never said they'd leave you enough time to use them.

Personally, I wouldn't have signed up for the presentation in the
first place, but I'd have made darn sure I got up and walked out after
90 minutes had passed.

Unless they barred the doors and refused to let you leave (which would
have been illegal and an ENTIRELY different letter!) you were free to
do the same.

Was he one of those people trying to sell you a time share or
something. I saw something like this on Married With Children. Just
tell them you don't make much money and that is why you are not
interested and they will leave you alone.

Welcome to the wonderful world of "pressure salesmanship".

I usually steer clear of anything to do with time shares and reduced
prices in exchange for anything.

If leaving early forfieted the reduced rates, they should have told
you up front. If not I wouldn't have waited past what I was told it
would take.I hope you at least got the reduced rate and were able to
enjoy the show.

One of my parents' (relatively few) stellar parenting moments involved
a timeshare salesman, a nice afternoon in "the country", and a "gold
ingot".

I learned my lesson.

Although it might be entertaining to go to one of those things and
start asking about ADA compliance.

I hate those presentations. Rarely are they worth it. We went to a
few, not just for the offer but we really wanted to see what it was
all about and see if we wanted to get one. It was very educational and
we couldn't have learned what we did without going. I agree, they do
try to strongarm you into signing because they spend so much time with
you they just want to make the sale. Because of how lenthy our
presentation was in Florida out in the hot sun and a while after a
sugary breakfast,my blood sugar dropped and I passed out after exiting
an elevator. The sales rep thought I faked it to get out of the
presentation and left. Thank goodness my hubby was there at the time.
Needless to say, he found another person to try to sell to! If we
wanted it, he wasn't going to get it after that move.

You were free to walk out at anytime after the original 90 minutes,
you were not strong armed into staying. Hubby and I went to the same
presentation. Hubby loves to play mind games sometimes and kept
getting them to think we were signing a contract and them he'd back
out.

That's the world of timeshare presentations. They try to wear you
down.

I am shocked!!! You tried to get something for nothing and failed..

Welcome to the world of timeshare/vacation package sales
presentations. You agreed to the presentation, and at that point they
consider you to have expressed interest in the idea of purchasing.
Their job is to literally harrass you into signing up by pushing,
cajoling, getting upset, playing "good rep/bad rep" and every other
possible trick that MIGHT get you to make a purchase. It is not a
con- you were a willing participant.

Remember this in the future; it is seldom worth whatever discount you
are supposed to get to listen to these presentations unless you are
seriously interested in purchasing. Next time just walk out.