My husband and I have been to 2 timeshare presentations and bought one. Supposed to have been part of one of the big timeshare outfits. But we could never use our time any place other than where we bought at (Fontanna Village, NC). We tried to sell it (they said they would buy back) but turned out the salesman lied about everything and it seems that the company wasn't responsible for what the salesman said. We ended up defaulting on the timeshare after 8 years because we couldn't reserve any of the cabins as they were always booked no matter when we tried to reserve, but we could get into the little campground for free for a couple of years, then that stopped being available (they said it was sold but it wasn't as it's still part of Fontanna Village 40 years later). Why should we pay for something they won't let us use. The other timeshare was in Stuart FL. Since we used to live there and still had family in the area, we were very interested in it. The only thing we could tour was a prototype of what the apartments would look like. It all looked great. It was all great until my husband made the mistake of saying that we were there on vacation and we would need to call our banker in NC to make sure the funds were available for us to write a check and for him to run a credit check on the company. That is when things got nasty and the salesman threatened to beat up my husband. My husband tried to diffuse the situation which was something he was normally good at (he used to be a bartender at one of the bars in that area for several years and could always talk the violent drunks down). We left in a hurry. Never had the urge to go to a timeshare presentation again. And those timeshare condos were never built. Like I said, we had family in the same town as well as the neigbouring towns. We asked them several times about the condos. It was apparently a scam. The first one we were lied to. The second one we were threatened with physical harm. I'm a little scared to go to another timeshare presentation.
