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| Subject: Re: Puerto Vallarta: Goose, Golden Egg, etc.
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Posted on: 13 Mar 2006 14:46:49 CST
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mpmck@mail.utexas.edu (Mike McKinley) wrote in
news:dv4k44$onh$2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu:
> "Bert Hyman" wrote in message
> news:Xns97857BE0E5C99VeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1...
>> mpmck@mail.utexas.edu (Mike McKinley) wrote in
>> news:dv4b7o$kqn$2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu:
>>> "Bert Hyman" wrote in message
>>> news:Xns97856CD965DABVeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1...
>>>> My wife and I just got back from PV where we encountered a new
>>>> (to us, after a 6 year absence) and annoying phenomenon.
>>>> Now, we've grown accustomed to encountering timeshare and
>>>> excursion salesmen camping out on street corners, in their
>>>> little street-front cubbyholes and even on the grounds of our
>>>> own hotel (the Krystal has its own timeshare operation) and know
>>>> how to smile and keep on walking.
>>>> But this time, we were accosted by salesmen operating as clerks
>>>> and such inside ordinary retail stores. After several such
>>>> encounters, my wife simply lost any interest in browsing or
>>>> shopping anywhere. Can downtown PV survive with nothing but
>>>> timeshare outlets and restaurants?
>>>> On the plus side, the restaurant selection in PV continues to be
>>>> absolutely outstanding.
>>> So, the Krystal is downtown?
>> No; it's still where it's always been.
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> You miss my point, but no matter.
Your point didn't matter? Now, that's interesting.
But then, what ->was your point?
You did say:
" I thought it was up in the highly developed northern part of town.
Which is where I would expect the hawkers to be thickest."
which is an incorrect observation. The Krystal is in the northern end
of the old hotel zone just south of the marina, but since there's
little foot traffic there, there are practically no "hawkers" on the
street.
The bulk of the timeshare and excursion pushers operate out of little
streetfront cubicles on streets with heavy pedestrian traffic in
downtown and Olas Atlas.
I observed that they're now also operating ->inside traditional
retail stores, with the pushers also working as clerks or
salespeople in those stores.
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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com |
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