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Mexican Timeshare Solutions received an email earlier this month about a woman named Melissa who was in a vacation in a Pacific town called Puerto Vallarta.
She wants to share her story about how she attended a timeshare presentation with her family for what appeared to be a good deal- $300 in exchange.
The Hunt
The OPC (the timeshare promoters on the street) was on the boardwalk at the "old Vallarta".
He had a friendly approach, and after some conversation with them, he convinced them to attend a timeshare presentation the following day.
The OPC showed up early the next morning at the hotel gate they were staying at.
They were given $100 US, and the remaining would be paid to them at the end of the 90-minute presentation.
The arrival
Once we arrived, we gave our home address and credit card information to a lady, a project director and the sales manager.
We were asked several times if we would be willing to invest money in a timeshare today before they even introduced us to the guy who was going to show us around.
Once we finally agreed, we were explained that this was not, in fact, a timeshare.
You are entering an exclusive condominium tower sold only to potential residents looking for retirement soon.
The sales presentation turned into four hours. After we declined 10 times their offers, the salesman told us he would get a cab for us to take us back to the resort we were staying at.
Another man approached us and asked to donate our gift to a nonprofit organization, as they needed the money more than we did.
"You are traveling to Mexico, and these kids have no food, you know," the man said.
My husband said to them, "Don't make promises you can't keep. I know that money is going to your pocket."
Either way, the man didn't pay the $200 US promised and refused to call for a cab.
When my husband asked for an explanation, the man told him that he would use that money to bribe the police, so we would spend the rest of our vacation in jail.
We started walking out the building.
He came after us and started yelling profanities in front of our daughter; he wouldn't allow us to leave the premises until we signed a release form assuring we were given $300 US. My husband looked at me and signed.
The lie
Once we were going down the hill, a pickup truck pulled next to us.
A large man got off and grabbed my husband by the shirt and told him to give him back the $100 US he was given earlier otherwise he would die and us would end up in prison.
"I work for the police" he claimed.
My husband handed over the money; we were scared to death by now.
We finally found our way back to the resort with the help of a taxi driver. We stayed at the resort for the rest of our stay.
This experience eliminated the word fun from our vacations in Mexico. I don't think we'll ever go back.
This story happens every day in Mexico. Many vacations are ruined by unscrupulous people who want to sell timeshares the hard way.
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Most timeshare offers are legitimate, but enough scams and shady deals have lured people in that timeshares have developed a bad reputation. Some timeshare brokers also use hard-sell tactics and other practices that aren't necessarily illegal but are definitely unethical.
I've been to many of these high pressure time-share sales. They usually provide me one night free at the hotel, and dinner, so why not. Never did any of these sales pitches ever disclose that there would be maintenance fees.
I bought and timeshare about 8 years ago and it was the biggest mistake of my life. I still have it and can’t sell it but I pay $908 in fees every year. Stay far away
I can not believe that these things happen, it really seems that sellers are very needy, as if people were to blame for not having money. They are unconscious.
Timeshares need to be looked up as a purchase and not an investment. Regardless of how timeshares are presented, they don´t perform as well as a house or stock investment. If you look around the resale market for timeshares on websites like EBay, Redweek, or TUGBBS will find that you can buy a timeshare for far less money than what the first owner purchased it for
recently stayed at a wonderful resort who also had hired salespeople to sell timeshares at their resort. This apparently was legal, and after a time-frame, the resort cancelled their services. Problem arose when the timeshare company contacted us a little while later to upgrade the original contract (unbenounced to the resort and without their permission). This was the first fraud with World Residence Club. The second was with their association with The Property Place, who gaurenteed us the sale of our 2 existing timeshares for a guaranteed price. Needless to say, this has not taken place and l suspect that it will not. Has anyone else had fraudulent dealings with "The World Residence Club" or "The Property Place"? Please email me at [E-mail]
recently stayed at a wonderful resort who also had hired salespeople to sell timeshares at their resort. This apparently was legal, and after a time-frame, the resort cancelled their services. Problem arose when the timeshare company contacted us a little while later to upgrade the original contract (unbenounced to the resort and without their permission). This was the first fraud with World Residence Club. The second was with their association with The Property Place, who gaurenteed us the sale of our 2 existing timeshares for a guaranteed price. Needless to say, this has not taken place and l suspect that it will not. Has anyone else had fraudulent dealings with "The World Residence Club" or "The Property Place"? Please email me at [E-mail]
I was in a very similar situation at Grand Mirmamar in Conchas Chinas Vallarta. These people are scammers and will not have any regret on punching you in the face just to make easy money on you. be aware, don´t go to this place.
I was in a very similar situation at Grand Mirmamar in Conchas Chinas Vallarta. These people are scammers and will not have any regret on punching you in the face just to make easy money on you. be aware, don´t go to this place.
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