They scamed me for $4000.00

I just received my very own call from this company. JOY!! It went pretty much as everyone else here has reported. Same address in Woodbridge, same website  www.pbcinc.ca. The first dude I talked to, who's accent is so think you can barely understand him, was very insistent that this was strictly ligit and I MUST have filled out a ballot at the Milton home show. NOT. I have never been there. Then he pulled the old "well someone you know must have done it on your behalf". He rambled on about my potential prizes and the last one he listed was a trip to Florida. Right away I knew this must be a time share thing. He basically ignored everything I was telling him and kept telling me to write down the details including my gift claim number. I decided to play along as if he had convinced me, when in reality I wanted all his info so I could report them. Then he passed me along to his supervisor who at least I could understand better. I dont think he was happy that the first dude gave me their web addy, because I had my laptop on and had the site up while talking to him. He didnt have an answer when I questioned why they insisted it was NOT a timeshare presentation when the website stated that it was. I told him that I was not interested and he called me dumb for not wanting to take advantage of the gift I won. This guy just would not take no for an answer. I told him that I better not get another call from them and that if I did I would be reporting them to the proper authorities. He STILL insisted I was missing out on this great deal and I finally just hung up on him.  Oh, one thing that differed in my call was that they did not ask to confirm my age or marital status. They called me Ms. XXXXXXXXX when they started the call and they had my mailing address. They did not have my first name which they asked me for. I think they run numbers through a program similar if not actually, Canada411.ca which gives out street address's when you enter a phone number.

Same thing happened to us. We just came back from the "gifting ceremony". We were there from 6:45 till 9 pm. We were paired with a representative for 20 minutes, making small talk, asking us about our vacation history etc. Then followed a 30 minute presentation, followed by buffet dinner. They refused to give us the price of the membership. We ate beforehand and thus chose to have a smoke break instead (the representative was a little nervous as she probably thought we were going to leave LOL).We came back and were sat at the table with the rep who presented us with a folded sheet, that outlined all the deals. When she unfolded the paper it finally showed the price... - $21000! for 49000 points for 49 years. Holly crap! We refused.The rep got up and was replaced by one intimidating dude in glasses, hands covered in jewelry and an apparent "coke finger". He dismissed our concerns over the huge expense - again, $21000 at 21% interest! That's $1500 paid on the spot, followed by $580/month for 60 months. Insanity. We refused.The dude left and was replaced by one of the seminar presenters. She acted very nice and understanding, i.e "boy, do I know how you feel! That's a lot of cash! So I want to offer you a better deal. Only $7999 for 25000 points for 49 years. And I will talk to Damian (the intimidating dude) and get you 0% financing for the first 24 months." Bla-bla-bla. We stepped aside to deliberate. It sounded good but... we were hesitant.We came back and refused. The lady was replaced by another guy - "from the corporate office" - who offered us $4800 package for 5 years with only 10 weeks of vacation. We refused.Then ANOTHER guy showed up and slashed that offer in half to $2800. We refused and they swiftly sent us away to the "prize claim room." We picked a ticket from a raffle box. The numbers did not match the top 5 prizes that they advertise. thus we were given a choice of either a week at Cancun or Orlando. We picked Orlando ($14 processing fee). We will use the trip within a year and will let you know whether we had to sit through another seminar in Florida! LOLReply !

Just to add another episode to this forum,We just recieved a call from a "Mike Tyminski" (-again with a heavy accent ) from "Premier Source Incorporated".  I love how they change their name slightly every time-You dont think people are going to notice??  He said they were a company in America and are new to Canada.He advertised the exact same prizes as the above posts- flat screen tv, 17" laptop, 3 nights in Niagara Falls, furniture, $1500 cash.  I asked where he recieved this 'ballot' with my name on it; and he basically named off every business in Ontario!  He gave the same address as well- 6175 Hwy 7 unit 6 in Woodbridge.  I told him I was going to speak to my husband and he said to call back tomorrow---we definitely are not going to this becuase we know that we never filled out any ballots during the months that he said.Everyones posts above also validated any concerns that we had-so thank you!

Hmmm.. they called again. This time at 12:30 PM. I wasn't home (unfortunately) but I"m hoping they'll call again so I can give them a piece of my mind.