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Should you upgrade your timeshare to solve the problems you are facing currently? Learn the tricks used by timeshare resorts to get you to upgrade without needing it.
A number of timeshare companies have skilled salesmen who are able to scam innocent vacationers not just once, but twice or even three times by selling timeshare upgrades.
Unhappy clients often go back to the resort to complain about their timeshare contracts.
When they get there, instead of dealing with a member services department, they are often referred back to the sales department, where they will be forced to attend another sales presentation.
The salesmen then make several types of claims to get the consumer to upgrade their timeshare in order to try to resolve their initial problem.
Timeshare upgrade: another waste of money
If you have been scammed by a timeshare company once, do not invest more money in the same company to try to fix the problem.
The following are some of the common timeshare scams associated with timeshare upgrades.
In order to ensure a high volume of sales, many timeshare scam companies show incredibly beautiful rooms to the potential clients to induce them into purchasing a luxury timeshare contract.
When the client actually visits the resort, they are placed in a room of far lower quality.
We have heard from many clients that they thought they were purchasing a larger unit, for example, a one- or two-bedroom unit, but when they visited the hotel, they were given a standard room.
Other complaints were that they were shown a brand-new suite in perfect condition, but when they arrived, they were given a unit in an older building, with mold or humidity problems.
This is not acceptable when the client has purchased an agreement based on the unit that they saw during the sales presentation.
A normal first step for victims of timeshare scams is to contact the resort to try to complain about the membership or cancel the agreement.
Some clients do this in person while they are visiting the resort and have realized that what they purchased was not what they were promised.
A common response is for the new salesperson to apologize for the error of the previous salesman, and to offer a timeshare upgrade to their timeshare so that they can reserve the higher-quality room.
This comes at another cost to the consumer, and often does not resolve the problem, as many resorts build special suites just for sales presentations that do not correspond to the quality of their regular rooms.
Another timeshare scam, in regard to timeshare upgrades, comes with the rental scams. Many timeshare purchasers are promised that they can easily rent their timeshare weeks through an affiliated rental agency.
After some time, the vast majority of the clients are not able to rent any of their weeks and are also out more money for the listing fee to the rental agency.
When the client complains to the resort, they sometimes claim that guaranteed rentals are not offered with their level of timeshare contract, but if they upgrade to a superior membership, then the rental of their weeks is guaranteed.
This is another timeshare scam that can often lead to a loss of several thousand dollars more for the client in the purchase of the upgrade, and another listing fee to the rental agents.
Some clients choose to upgrade to a better unit, a more desirable week, or a larger number of weeks per year.
The salesman has them sign an upgraded contract, which has no mention of the previous timeshare that they had with the same resort.
In essence, the salesman is selling the client a new timeshare contract that does not supersede the previous timeshare contract.
The client believes they are purchasing an upgrade, but they are actually purchasing a completely separate contract, and are now responsible for two maintenance fees to the resort.
They may also end up with double the time, when they do not need that many vacation weeks.
This timeshare scam is financially detrimental as the carrying costs are difficult for most purchasers to maintain, and if they default on the maintenance fees, the resort will attack their credit score in the US or Canada.
If you are planning to purchase an upgrade to your timeshare that is already letting you down, think again.
Do not throw away more of your hard-earned money to a company that defrauded you out of thousands of dollars in the first place.
If your timeshare contract is not what you were promised, the best solution is to cancel your timeshare contract and rid yourself of any future payments to the timeshare resort.
At Mexican Timeshare Solutions, we offer you a free consultation so that you are aware of your options and can decide if canceling the contract is the best option for you.
In many situations, we can even recover your money that you have paid towards the timeshare scam.
Do not throw good money after bad in trying to resolve the fraudulent timeshare situation. Contact us today and relieve yourself of the burden of owning a non-performing timeshare.
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I was victimized by another Mexican Lawyer with a website offering help to Americans scammed by the Grand Mayan timeshares. Terrible. You mention you had success and you had another mexican lawyer, who I assume you feel is reputable. I am looking for a Mexican lawyer to represent me. Can you provide me with a name. Thank you.
I was victimized by another Mexican Lawyer with a website offering help to Americans scammed by the Grand Mayan timeshares. Terrible. You mention you had success and you had another mexican lawyer, who I assume you feel is reputable. I am looking for a Mexican lawyer to represent me. Can you provide me with a name. Thank you.
No matter what that slick salesman tells you, vacation timeshares aren’t a good deal. Surprised? Don’t be. Many timeshares owners lose the freedom to vacation wherever and whenever they choose — or even skip one, considering annual maintenance fees currently average $731. Timeshares are also notoriously overpriced to cover sales commissions approaching 35 percent and marketing expenses for prizes used to lure potential buyers suckers. Maybe that’s why timeshares depreciate faster than new cars; they’re so unpopular, weary owners can’t even resell them on eBay for $1.
I also bought a timeshare back in 2005. Everything they told us was a not true. And when we found out about the maintence fees it was to late, they told us in was in the contact. Now me and my brother are paying for something we can’t afford he is handicap and can’t work. I am in a part-time job and a single parent. How can i get help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My parents gave us a timeshare about 15 years ago. We’ve never been able to use it as the week we desired to use it was always unavailable. My parents told me that is was a valuable asset and that Palm Springs was building casinos and we could sell it if we wanted. Well, the casino’s never happened, maintenance fees went up yearly, and we stopped calling for a vacation week. We have never used it. Anyone have any ideas how to deed it back? Selling is not an option, it’s not worth squat. I’d give it away if someone would take it! I had it listed on Craig’s list for free for 2 years! Guess everyone is a lot smarter than we were. Now it’s in collections. I’m considering sending the collections agency a quit claim deed on it, ’cause that’s about all I have to give ‘em! Any one else in this boat?
We purchase a time share in 2011 and we have been lied to and now we can't afford it and we would like to cancel the contract can you assist me with this issue.
I went with "Just being sold enthusiastically" over "scams," simply because it's closer to my perception. My grandparents owned a few timeshares, and some of my best childhood memories are from vacations I shared with them. They willed that timeshare to my parents, who have used it (with me, my wife, and my child) to travel all over the country, and even for my folks to travel abroad.
Simply put, I cannot place time shares in the category of "scam" universally. Then again, my family's ownership of this timeshare dates back to an era where perhaps things were less competitive (read: shady sales tactics) and more consumer-friendly. So maybe that's the difference.
In the handful of cases I've sat through a presentation for the sake of 'free' tickets or 'free' vacations, the sales tactics are absolutely deplorable. Even if the time share itself is not a scam, the sales tactics of high-pressure, limited-time-offer, moving-target total cost-of-ownership, and other shady practices certainly border on that. Thankfully, I've had the very real 'excuse' to say "no" based on a lack of funds--I simply cannot afford the ticket price, no matter how 'cheap' they make it out to be.
LOL--the reason I'm taking a 'free' vacation is because I'm too poor to pay for it! And I'm not stupid enough to buy something I cannot pay for!
Count me as one of the scammed. I sent almost $900 to timeshare lifesyle a company. The sales rep, Sheila, promised that my timesharei would sell within days. They had buyers lined up all over the world looking for a place in Hawaii just like mine. I am such a fool and a poor one,at that. Lost my money, still paying high maintenance fees and am so frustrated I could cry.
es un engaño mas para seguir robandonos dinero, nos quieren convencer de mil formas posibles, nos hacen creer que es justo lo que necesitamos y lo cierto es que es todo lo contrario
i totally agree, if you were scammed i don't think it's a good idea to upgrade your timeshare, i mean, it's like telling them that you're just fine with everything,"no hard feelings"
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