<prompt> Human: I hope this is the right subreddit, wasnt sure where else to postI got a phone call after entering a raffle a few weeks ago stating my name had been pulled from the raffle and I had won a fully paid vacation of my choice wa book of location options and 4 airline tickets to be used within 2 years. I was asked that in order to receive my gift, I must set up an appointment at their Flagship resort location in Atlantic City, bring 2 forms of ID and my invitation that I received via email. They stated that once I arrive and hand over my information, I would get a tour which would last approximately 2 hours and would then receive my gifts. Has anyone ever heard of this? I did some googling, and have found 1 or 2 things suggesting that it is a scam and that they pressure you into buying a timeshare at one of their resort locations. I have seen others that say you just have to sit through the presentation, resist the pressure from the sales people, and collect your gift.Any advice or guidance is appreciated!  <response>: Its a timeshare. Its not quite a scam, but pretty close. I did one of these once: I was confident that, even if you have to listen to an awful timeshare presentation, and they totally misrepresent all the facts about their timeshare which they did, pretty hilariously and not remotely subtly... they couldnt possibly lie about the actual gift you get at the end, could they? Turns out, yes they can, and theyve figured out how to do it legally: at least the one I went to, theyre not actually giving you anything directly, except a promise that some other legal entity entirely, which theyve contracted this out to, will honor the certificate they give you and will allow you to convert that certificate into whatever impressive thing they promised in our case, a 4 day cruise. That other legal entity, then, has full control, and any broken promises on the part of that legal entity arent technically the fault, or the problem, of the timeshare company. We called them a couple times: they had basically close to zero availability from when we called until the end of time, and the few tickets they did have, they wanted to charge us about 80-90 of the cost of the ticket if you just booked the same cruise directly with Carnival. Totally not worth it. Since that miserable experience, weve gotten into the habit of just asking everyone at any show like that, whether their deal is coming through a timeshare. The great part is when they out-and-out just lie and say no, when its incredibly obvious that they are. :D 