My sub screwed me!

[madrin]

Ok, so maybe it isn't entirely kosher, but I go to Vegas about 5 times a year basically for free , because I attend those time share events where you get 3 nights and 4 days at a decent hotel in vegas , plus airfare, just for listening.

Now, for most people this isn't really a great deal because generally you can't just walk out and get your voucher, but I've created an art of appearing destitute, and they just don't want to deal with you if you have nothing to pay for their crappy rip-off time shares.

My method is to bring the wife, and we dress in t-shirts and ratty jeans, and then listen to the 10 minute pitch. You then go to a sales guy and get the hard sell. At this point I say "well, I sure like the proprty but I have exactly 18 dollars in a checking account, and no job, and neither does my wife."

...they check too, and they find exactly that, because one of my holding companies, of which I am sole principal, is basically dead. it does nothing. It simply exists, just for the sake of existence, and the financial profile is exactly what I describe...TIN Numbers are humorous in their own right, but I digress....

...anyway, once they see this on the credit check(and I NEVER give out my real SS number) they cut us loose and issue a voucher....takes about 25 minutes on average for an all expenses trip to Vegas.

EXCEPT, this week I went to one and the sharp eyed closer, who came in after the credit check, noted my Sub, and then showed me his DSSD, and proceeded to give me the third degree about how I could be wearing a watch like this and still have this crappy business credit profile. We went thru 5 different closers that night, all inquiring about the watch. I even said it was fake, but closer 1 seems to be both an expert AND an eagle eye on dials, and said he knew for a fact it was real, which made my story even less believeable.

....3 hours later, we're on our way to Vegas free...and still not owners of ripoff time shares, but the lesson learned, humorously, is to put on the Timex next time...

-JC