Associated Consultants USA (free bahamas cruise)?

saraschilling88

I got a call from Associated Consultants USA saying my FI and I have won a free cruise to the Bahamas, 2 champagne toasting flutes, and a designer apron.  I looked on their website (after returning their original call, and am now waiting on the call back from them) and it says you have to go to their Showcase of items to get the prizes.

Have any of you gone to this Showcase?  Is it really "no stress" and "no purchase necessary" like the website says?? 

Let me know!  My FI and I are very cautious because we don't want to end up sucked into a scheme..

Thanks!

aligross

My best friend got the call... she and her FI (H now) went and said it's a bunch of BS and that they pretty much want you to buy a lot of stuff and the cruise isn't actually free it's just a bunch of mumble jumble... when I got the call from 3 DIFFERENT consultants after I said "sure we'll come" (even though I knew we weren't going to go... I just needed them to stop calling and driving me crazy) I knew for sure it was a hoax and I didn't want to get involved in it!

saraschilling88

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_associated-consultants-usa-free-bahamas-cruise?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:81Discussion:4c2ea9f2-7d4d-4b82-b078-c28d21859c87Post:4569c7a9-d57f-46dc-8804-8ef2d930853b">Re: Associated Consultants USA (free bahamas cruise)?</a>:
[QUOTE]My best friend got the call... she and her FI (H now) went and said it's a bunch of BS and that they pretty much want you to buy a lot of stuff and the cruise isn't actually free it's just a bunch of mumble jumble...
Posted by aligross[/QUOTE]

I figured they want you to buy a lot of stuff, after all they said it was a 2-2.5 hour showcase... 
What do you mean by the cruise isn't actually free?  I know you have to pay your own airfare, but isn't the cruise part (3 days 2 nights) free? 
Please elaborate a bit?

saraschilling88

Did they have to go to a timeshare presentation in Florida at all??  Just curious as my FFIL told my FI he had to when he went on a cruise like this one.. 

How much was it to upgrade?  Does she remember?

We are trying to figure out what we want to do, we are just cautious like I said before..

angelhunter87

Has anyone gone to one of these shows and received the cruise?  I am just wondering if it is worth it or if it is a scam.  Any feedback would be much appreciated.