Called telling us we won a Cruise as well, but had to pay $300 per person. We did enter into some raffle which was NOT specified as a trip and I hung up on him after he kept insisting for my credit card information. They were at a comic book convention in Syracuse, NY. DID NOT PAY A CENT! Don't fall for it either.
I received a phone call from this phone number and received similiar details to what DT, Rob and Whitney had received. The number called twice before I answered the call.
I signed up at a trade show for a travel package - similiar story as above. The representative gave me the spiel and they needed my credit card in order to complete the transaction. I said that I didn't like giving my credit card over the phone. They argued that I was the one who initiated the call so I should feel secure in giving my credit card number. As far as I was concerned, I did not initiate the call, since they had called me repeatedly. I asked how I initiated the call, and they said that I had done it at the trade show, when I gave them my number - this made no sense. Also, at the trade show, I was signing up to win a vacation, not get a discount for the vacation - very suspicious. I'm sure that everybody who was at the trade show received a similiar phone call.
If it's too good to be true, it probably is... don't fall for it.
I got this same phone call today. Filled out a form at a bar when I was out on Saturday. Same spiel as above. I was apprehensive and said that I couldn't afford to pay for the $299 per person until I got paid next week and then I could only afford one of them. They agreed to call me on Monday to complete the transaction and would allow me to only pay for one. This made me nervous. After looking up the cruise line, it is legit like one of the above postings said, but then again it's just not really worth the risk.
I too signed up to win a FREE vacation, not a discounted one.
Same as all the above. Signed up for a FREE TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS, and they ended up asking me to pay $299/PER PERSON BEFORE I GOT OFF THE PHONE to reserve my trip. All the details are the same as above, but I will add that
I asked the guy WHY I HAD TO PAY FOR A FREE VACATION, and he said that there was a LUXURY TAX, so I gave the phone to my father, a TAX ACCOUNTANT FOR 37 YEARS, and he pretty much said to the guy THERE'S NO SUCH THING, and then the guy started yelling and arguing with my dad. I looked up the area code, and it's from brooklyn and queens in New York. After the discount and airfare, and everything else you have to pay for, it's the same as taking a [***] vacation, not worth the 3 DAYS you'll be at see. If you want to cruise to the bahamas, I recommend contacting a cruise line yourselves.
Point: FREE VACATION is just [***], it's not free.