My ex-wife was gullible when it came to "too good to be true" money-making schemes. In one such occasion, she took me to an "auction" where we were "guaranteed

My ex-wife was gullible when it came to "too good to be true" money-making schemes. In one such occasion, she took me to an "auction" where we were "guaranteed" to win appliances or thousands of dollars. It of course turned out to be a timeshare sales pitch. She was so angry at me for walking out when the "sales manager"[1] began to insinuate that we've been wasting their time and that "authorities could get involved". My ex-wife hissed at me that I was embarrassing her and why don't I understand what these awesome people were trying to do for us. In her eyes, the sales folks really found her funny, pretty, well dressed, and so so smart, and they're "so sad that she'll miss out on earning 1000s of dollars a month with zero effort!" (I think there may have been an element of multi-level-marketing involved). One tactic was to state that we could "just take the paperwork home to look it over!" Except of course, we just had to put down a deposit and sign these docs. I'm 100% sure that anything signed would have led to years of financial hassle. Several days of stony silence later she admitted she had been completely tricked and was ready to sign something stating we'd be paying something like 2k a month (in 2005) forever. [1] The sales manager was huge and intimidating. He was brought out after I refused to sign any kind of contract and tried to bully me into signing.