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Originally Posted by blueash
In another thread a person suggested they were lied to about whether people under 55 could reside. That got me looking at the FAQ on Developer's website
FAQ | The Villages
While they don't exactly lie, they certainly get right up to the edge of lying. It makes me wonder why they bothered to post a FAQ if they didn't want to give a truly honest answer. The only possible reason is to mislead with a misleading answer. You think you've learned something about TV, but you've not had your question answered the way I believe it should be answered. Maybe I'm wrong about that...
Examples:
Does TV have their own Police Department? We all know the honest answer is NO. Is that the answer the FAQ gives? It is not. It gives a weasel answer that strongly suggests that the answer is yes..
The average person would very likely believe the word LOCAL means TV has a local force.
Is The Villages a city or a town?
The honest answer is NO. There is no citizen elected government in control. For good or for bad we are residents of a privately held corporation that sets the rules.
Again true, but they did not answer the question they posed. Misleading. We could well be a 55+ community in a city or in a town.
Even a simple question which is easily fact checked
How far is TV from Orlando?
Perhaps from the closest tip of Orlando to the closest part of TV it is 45 miles, but that is certainly misleading.
From Brownwood to MCO is 60 miles, to the Premium Outlet which you see from the Turnpike exit is 51 miles.
From Lake Sumter Landing add 6 miles, from Fenney Grill it is 49 miles to the Outlet.
I don't know why TV chose 45 miles as the distance from TV to Orlando for the FAQ, but it is a less than honest answer. If you just use Google and enter distance from The Villages to Orlando it gives 61.3 miles. That would have been an honest answer, or even round down to 60.
Weasel answers do not make The Villages look honest and trustworthy in their approach to potential buyers. How about giving a forthright answer rather than one which is as close to a lie as you can get without crossing the line? |
I don't see any lies.
When you are selling an item you present it in it's best light. Selling things is what a lot of people do for a living. There is no shame to it. I really get annoyed at certain folks and groups always thinking they are superior to people who work for big companies like The Villages. Maybe that is not what this post is about but it seems that the developer is no different than the local grocer. He doesn't say good morning Mrs. Jones. "You need to buy our banana's they are about to go bad." And the pediatrician...he doesn't say "Karen Kay is way too fat and it's all your fault".
It is how you say stuff, and it is how you are raised to be skeptical and question things. There is a poster who will post a query that deliberately misleads in order to make his point. Not nice. Not fair. I can tell you with authority we aren't born with the same level of intelligence, but I believe most of us are still valuable. Tricking people is not what I think the developer is doing. He is presenting something for sale. Caveat Emptor.