My experience at CM's on my honeymoon in July:

Got stopped in the street by the French girl. Told the usual stuff that gringos get, but fortunately I "won" the grand prize. (wink, wink)

I was against the whole thing, figured if we wanted to see CM's, let's do it on our own, without the sales pitch, but my wife talked me into it.

Boat picked us up on time, salesperson (middle aged woman, name is slipping my mind at the moment) gave us the tour. Very nice property, too much "Temptation Island" stuff around for my taste, but different strokes I guess.

Then we met with the Scotsman that is the closer. Wrote out our package "price" on a sheet of paper out of the printer (very professional I must say) and asked for the 10% down. At this point, I asked to see the actual contract we would be signed, which I was told we could not see until after the deposit was handed over.

The next barrier was that the Scot crapped in his hat when I told him everything had to be cleared through my attorney and financial advisor. I got the "why don't you trust us" rap and the whole nine yards. At this point, I told him I'd need at least 30 days to decide, at which point the "deal" was off the table and I would have to pay "market price" for the whole thing.

So we left, had lunch (on the Scot's tab), tipped the staff nicely and went back to Ramon's.

Now any good deal, IMO, is good today or a month from now, as Capt Jeff has pointed out. My clients all have a window in which they can end services and receive full payment returned. As of yet, no one has asked to do so.

My two cents from the Motor City.