๐จ Timeshare bombshell! ๐ฃ A former timeshare salesman is SPILLING THE TEA โ on the industry's dirtiest secrets. ๐คซ Discover the shocking truth about high-pressure sales tactics, hidden fees, and the lies they tell you to get you to sign on the dotted line. โ๏ธ This is the video they DON'T want you to see! ๐
Don't fall victim to the timeshare trap! Learn how to protect yourself and your wallet from these predatory practices.
This video covers:
The REAL cost of timeshares: It's way more than you think! ๐ธ
Deceptive sales tactics: They'll say ANYTHING to get you to buy. ๐ฃ๏ธ
Hidden fees and restrictions: Prepare for the fine print shock. ๐
Why timeshares are almost impossible to sell: You're stuck with it! ๐
How to avoid the timeshare trap: Tips and tricks from a former insider. ๐ก
Plus: Hear the salesman's personal story of how he went from selling timeshares to exposing the industry's dark side. ๐ฎ
(0:00) Of course, but I'm kind of surfing the web right now. (0:03) That's right, when I was about three months into it, I was approached one day. (0:08) Now, what happens is there's a podium speaker that speaks to a group of 12 fresh couples.
(0:14) Fresh, me, okay. (0:15) And each couple has a liner, as you know. (0:18) It's always a Mexican.
It's always a Mexican liner and almost invariably an American closer. (0:23) That's how it works. (0:24) The split was 8% of the gross, and it was 4.8% to the closer, 3.2% to the liner.
(0:30) That's how it worked. (0:31) Anyway, there was always a podium speaker. (0:33) And at that point, I was so freaking green.
(0:36) I mean, I still had stuff hanging off my ears. (0:38) And I was surrounded by piranhas. (0:40) I mean, we were talking about a shark tank.
(0:42) Anyway, one day, Barry, I forget his last name, Barry came up to me. (0:47) He was the assistant manager. (0:48) He said, Grossman, you're doing the next podium.
(0:50) Now remember, I've been there for three months. (0:52) I don't know shit. (0:54) He wants me to talk to the group of people about timeshare, okay.
(0:59) I said, Barry, I can't do that. (1:02) I don't know enough. (1:03) He said, If you don't do it, you're fired.
(1:05) It was that simple. (1:07) And he turned and walked away. (1:10) And I knew he was serious.
(1:11) Because the guy I worked for, Mark Purner, was like a Nazi. (1:14) So I got up, and by the seat of my pants. (1:18) Now here was the advantage.
(1:19) The podium speaker always got to choose their couple. (1:23) That was one of the advantages. (1:25) So you got to pick the one you got to pick.
(1:25) Yes. (1:26) And you would watch the body language. (1:32) And when you saw that couple leaning over the table, they were in.
(1:36) When you saw them like this, I mean, you know. (1:39) Anyway, so it was my first podium, and I didn't know what the fuck I was doing. (1:43) I picked a couple literally in front of me.
(1:46) And I sold $41,000 worth of timeshare with a little bit of help from a seasoned closer. (1:54) I remember making like $1,925 on the deal. (1:57) And I was hooked.
(1:59) I was freaking hooked. (2:00) I had never spoken to a group of people in my life, basically. (2:04) And now all of a sudden, I sold $41,000 worth of timeshare.
(2:08) And I was excited. (2:09) So at that point, I just said, I'm going to learn how to speak to groups. (2:15) And I'm thinking, well, what actually is this? (2:18) Is this timeshare? (2:19) What else could we call it? (2:21) Well, it could be fractional ownership.
(2:25) And that's a term that was bounded around a little bit. (2:28) Now it's a more everyday term. (2:30) But back then, timeshare was just the word, fractional.
(2:33) But timeshare had a still back then, because it was the Wild West, and it was incredible. (2:39) So fractional ownership, I started using. (2:42) And what happened was, I developed my own shtick.
(2:44) And what I did with Jim was just a little, I just did a little bit of what I would say. (2:50) So I'd get up there, and I'd say, good morning. (2:52) My name is Dave Grossman.
(2:53) I'm the podium speaker. (2:53) And by the way, when I used the word speaker, the liners would always fucking laugh, (2:57) because I was using the actual term. (3:04) So I would say it in English, but I'd say it in Spanish.
(3:06) But they'd always laugh, because I'd always say speaker, not interpreter. (3:11) Like an actual human speaker. (3:13) Exactly, and they thought that was hysterical.
(3:16) Thank you. (3:18) He called himself the speaker of the law. (3:21) It was like, could the Spanish speaker? (3:23) You think I'm wrong.
(3:24) It was a personal joke, because I knew it was wrong. (3:27) But after a while, we all got a kick out of it. (3:30) And the Americans had no idea.