So here we are on vacation in Branson and get rook...

So here we are on vacation in Branson and get rooked into a vacation tour sales pitch at Nantucket. They frequently reminded us "we are not a time share." They ended with "wow, that's like test driving cars all day knowing you don't intend to buy a car."

I told him something like, "we didn't come here intending to test drive cars. Your guy on the front line said this was a simple tour of the property in hopes we would stay here next time we visited or tell others about this place. We will tell them."

It reminded me how Lenin could not get Russians to buy into communism. So he tweaked it a little and repackaged it as "democratic socialism" and the people thought it sounded good. Next thing you know they are under communist rule.

Nantucket, not a time share, sells "fractional ownership" in which you can build equity and sell your share. You get points every year you can trade to take trips to other places in the world. Or you can use those points to pay the annual fees of "enrollment" in RCI and membership in their "private owners association." They are currently building a new resort tower which expects to be completed around this summer's end. So the current selling point is to imagine how much your equity will go up once it is complete and starts selling.

It is a sale. There will be down payments and monthly payments until your share is paid off (our starting sales price was roughly $30k.) They will haggle a little. They will try to make you feel guilty for wasting their time; not too bad, but a lil. (At least for OUR experience.)

It sounded good and the wife was really tempted. However, once we got away and she began reading other reviews and doing her own math she became glad she did not jump on this golden opportunity.

They told us these properties are for "owners only" yet I see rooms listed on public hotel rental sites. Not sure how that works.