My girlfriend and I also was misrepresentated by the sales Manager at Piney Shores/Silver Leaf Resorts. We told them we didn't want the timeshares just the free cruise. They came back and offerred a special sampler package and said we can use it any time and we would get additional free time to use other locations during off peak time for our $1, 000.00. I gave them the initial $150.00 down and they would bill $85.00 for ten months. I called reservations and they denied my membership and said it had to be paid first. These people have our SS #s and now I have to worry about our credit being tarnished as well.

We purchased a timeshare in 2002 -- we bought the lies hook line and sinker. They told us that we would be able to trade it for anything and that if we couldn't they would help us. NEVER. We can't even get a person on the phone. I have called so many times they are usually incredibly rude, telling me in a nut shell too bad for me. I have tried to give up the time share and they have told me that it would ruin my credit because they will not take them back. When we purchased it the salesman told us that we could always sell it back for pretty much the current price. They said no. We must have misunderstood him. I have had problems with my billing and they will send me to voice mail and never pick up the phone.
Everytime I call to correct a problem they tell me it's a different department. I get sent all over the place until I finally after (last time and hour!) hang up the phone and give up. I am actually physically ill from this place. I want to find a way to render the situation but everything is thousands of dollars! How can a person be locked into something that is causing hardship and bad credit. It's not even a real piece of property.

Seriously, don't buy from these people!!! I have been a member since July 2008 and it was the worst mistake of my life so far.They showed me the resort in Illinois and sold me a timeshare in Missouri..classic bait and switch!!! I have since filed a complaint with the attorney generals office and am waiting to see what the next step is. I will not allow them to take anymore of my hard earned money!!!They will tell you anything to get you to close the deal! Lie and say they will help you sell it or say that it's deeded real estate so it will go up in value. I didn't know that there were annual association fees until we started signing the contract. The manager was taking so fast about what the timeshare entailed that I was so confused by the end of the pitch and had to have him explain it again. On top of that, within a few days after we signed on the dotted line the guest services reps started calling 2-4 times a day to get a contact list from us or to get us to come to new members orientation!!! It was a major turnoff. Not only were they calling me but they would harass my fiance too. You'd think we owed them money or something! We have been paying every month for our membership almost $200 plus the $675 down payment to start it and haven't been back since, and didn't even use the free trip and gas that lured us in there. All the complaints about the sales people being pushy is soo true, maybe even understated!!! These people are relentless. They "fear of loss" you over the head!! And if the sales rep doesn't get you then they send out the managers for the really hard sell. I ask myself how can they sleep at night knowing that they are liars and cheats? They prey on the naive and unsuspecting. They will smile in your face and make the place seem so warm and inviting, but once the paperwork is signed you never hear from the original person you dealt with again not even to see how things are going. Timeshares are such a rip!! You pay all this money to use the thing once a year and you don't even get to choose when. Please learn from my mistake and run far far away from these people.