Michele88
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- Victoria, BC Canada
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Like so many others, I have been victimized by Vidante’s Villains on the 16Jan2017 while on holiday in Cancun. I went to the timeshare presentation as I wanted to see the Mayan Palace. I am a RCI member and had a tossup between staying in Cancun at the Sunset Marina or at the Mayan Palace. I choose the Sunset this trip, so wanted to check out the Mayan for next time. WOW!! WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE!!!
I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED ANYTHING MORE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!
I was fed the lies, that this was a great financial investment, I can rent out my weeks, all the extra weeks that I will have (I only go on holidays one week a year) or I can trade them in to some company and get money that way as the weeks at the Mayan are special, one week at the Mayan is like two weeks anywhere else, you will make a ton of cash! In fact my Dad, who is an owner, has made 7200.00USD this month of already-Jan2017. Another guy made 184,000.00USD last year. He has a website, you can too!! Put it on VRBO, Craigslist, SFX, Vida Lifestyle all of it, you can do anything with all these weeks. You can travel the world as well if you choose. Just look at this website, see how wonderful it is and look at this big book, you can go to all those places as well because the Mayan Palace weeks are special, they are worth so much more…..AND SO THE FLEECING CONTINUES
You have a timeshare? In Florida? OMG!! You need to get rid of it right away, the cap has just been lifted off, what they can charge for maintenance fees. Your fees are going to go through the roof!! We can help you with that, in fact we will credit you a shit ton of cash for your timeshare and take it right off the price of our beautiful, no maintenance fee suites. We will get rid of that timeshare for you, just sign on the dotted line and in 150 days, poof your timeshare is gone!! NO more maintenance fees and transferred out of your name, no problem! All for the low, low price of 1897.00USD but wait there’s more, we will even take that off the price of our beautiful suite and credit it back to you. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
This all happened on Monday, 16Jan2017, we arrived at the Mayan at 0900 and left at 6:00 that night. We had only had breakfast that morning of course, like so many other people’s story. Tuesday morning I tried to get a hold of Clint Keating, our sales rep and fellow Canadian, as he had given me his contact info and assured me that he was there for me. If I had any questions, get a hold of him. Also he told me that he would give me Ahmed’s contact info because he was from the same place as I am and he knew all these sports teams who were just clamouring for these Ambassador certificates, only owners have them because the Mayan is special of course!! He was getting phone calls all the time from people who wanted these Ambassador certificates, no problem, he’s there for me!! Well trying to get a hold of Clint Keating was like being ghosted after a bad tinder date, so Ahmed and all those contacts…..bye bye.
By Wednesday I had huge buyer’s remorse, freaking over the cost, feeling extremely overwhelmed, what had I gotten myself into?? How will I ever be able to sell all of these weeks to ever get my money back?? I went out to the Mayan Palace determined to cancel and that’s when I met Rosario Aceves, my next Vidante Villain. I told her my tale of woe, I didn’t understand the program, it is was too much money, I would lose my RCI points that I paid good hard cash for because this company is getting my timeshare out of my name in 150 days….and I got the whole song and dance again AND I FELL FOR IT AGAIN!!! TWICE IN ONE WEEK!! I AM SO MAD FOR ALLOWING MYSELF TO FALL VICTIM TO THESE VULTURES NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!!! They talk such a good talk, it sounded so wonderful….I can make how much money? Are you sure??? Oh yes you are a smart lady, make a website and sell the weeks…see how these folks did it? See the money that we sent them, see the money that this guy made? 184,000.00USD in one year!! That could be you!! You are such a smart lady, you can do it because you are a single mother just like me. Us women…we are smart, YOU CAN DO IT!! 3 hours later, 2100.00USD knocked off the price and my cab paid back to Cancun, lied to and victimized yet again.
I didn’t realize the extent of the fleecing until I got home, my 5 days gone, by the time I really started reading the paperwork…WTF??? This isn’t what I was told…WTF??? I bought this timeshare in the Yucatan, what is this Nuevo Vallarta?? Are you kidding me?? What is this SFX that I am a member of? Where are all the lovely properties that I can exchange for?? WTF?? What is there 20-30 on that exchange??? Are you kidding me?? I immediately googled Vidante and guess what comes up, again and again… MY STORY!!! I have now read many website and articles regarding getting scammed in Mexico and I FEEL SICK!! I can’t believe that these people are allowed to prey on innocent victims who just want to enjoy their lovely space and place. I had Clint Keating sit right across the table from me and lie straight to my face for how many hours? If his lips were moving he was lying. I feel victimized by Vidante and I am going to tell everyone I know and don’t know, to stay away from these VULTURES. I will be sounding the horn, far and wide, all through the lands, warning other people to RUN the other way if they are approached to attend a Vidante sales presentation. I had thought with the Cirque du Soleil being a part of this resort, that it would give it some credibility and a sense of trustworthiness. Apparently not! I guess that is why I signed all those papers disclaiming and distancing Cirque du Soleil from these villains.
I have been lied to and told things that simply were not true. This is so wrong on so many levels and these people have to be stopped. Everyone needs to be warned about these
VIDANTE VULTURES VIDANTE VICTIMIZES MAYAN PALACE MAFIA
BROKE BY VIDANTE AND THEY CALL IT BLISS VICTIMIZED BY VIDANTE VULTURES
This is a timeshare tragedy and my story will be told to help other avoid getting trapped in Vidante’s web of deceit, deception and dastardly deeds!! I understand that I am not the first or most probably the last however telling of their crimes against humanity makes me feel better..like I am taking some sort of action. Posting on this website makes feel like I have taken action. Hoping for some answers so I know which is the best direction to move forward.
I have called the Better Business Bureau in Canada and they have informed me that they have recently opened an office in Mexico. I will definitely be reporting the Vidanta Group to them and make sure that they are on the BBB's radar in Mexico as nothing has been reported to them to date...GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT CHANGES RIGHT QUICK!!
So my questions are;
1) I am wondering about refusing to give the EVA(Equity Value Agreement-Timeshare Resale Market) money or deed to my timeshare? I am in the same situation as many others and have them calling me daily. Anyone have in experience in dealing with these types of deals and the ramifications of ignoring them?
2)I wrote up a letter asking them to cancel my contract and refund me. I called the credit card to dispute...they say no way is that possible based on the info that I provided them as they go by what it is stated in the contract. Anyone know anyway around this? They told me to contact the resort and ask them to send me the info that they told me verbally in writing. I somehow dont think that I am going to get this in writing from Vidante, in fact snowballs in hell seem more likely
3) I have contacted several companies that offer to get you out of your contract by having it cancelled. One company wants a fee upfront(100% guaranteed or my money back and 15% commission on any deposit fee that they are able to recover for me) to do this(another scam??) and the other company will only charge me if they are able to cancel. They are telling me that I will lose all of my deposit. Has anyone had any luck using this type of company and getting their deposit refunded?
4)On the timeshare scam retaliation article it lists a website of www.nacaa.net/consumerinfo.htm to report the scam to every agency on this site. When I tried to access this website it sent me to Garcinia Cambogia Reviews. Not sure this is going to help my cause...any ideas?
5)So wondering the best course of action to get this cancelled and my refund deposit back
6) long story to short if I have to keep this...is there a way to make money on this by selling the weeks somewhere else? Or is this really a pipe dream that these A-holes told me to make the sale?
I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED ANYTHING MORE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!
I was fed the lies, that this was a great financial investment, I can rent out my weeks, all the extra weeks that I will have (I only go on holidays one week a year) or I can trade them in to some company and get money that way as the weeks at the Mayan are special, one week at the Mayan is like two weeks anywhere else, you will make a ton of cash! In fact my Dad, who is an owner, has made 7200.00USD this month of already-Jan2017. Another guy made 184,000.00USD last year. He has a website, you can too!! Put it on VRBO, Craigslist, SFX, Vida Lifestyle all of it, you can do anything with all these weeks. You can travel the world as well if you choose. Just look at this website, see how wonderful it is and look at this big book, you can go to all those places as well because the Mayan Palace weeks are special, they are worth so much more…..AND SO THE FLEECING CONTINUES
You have a timeshare? In Florida? OMG!! You need to get rid of it right away, the cap has just been lifted off, what they can charge for maintenance fees. Your fees are going to go through the roof!! We can help you with that, in fact we will credit you a shit ton of cash for your timeshare and take it right off the price of our beautiful, no maintenance fee suites. We will get rid of that timeshare for you, just sign on the dotted line and in 150 days, poof your timeshare is gone!! NO more maintenance fees and transferred out of your name, no problem! All for the low, low price of 1897.00USD but wait there’s more, we will even take that off the price of our beautiful suite and credit it back to you. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
This all happened on Monday, 16Jan2017, we arrived at the Mayan at 0900 and left at 6:00 that night. We had only had breakfast that morning of course, like so many other people’s story. Tuesday morning I tried to get a hold of Clint Keating, our sales rep and fellow Canadian, as he had given me his contact info and assured me that he was there for me. If I had any questions, get a hold of him. Also he told me that he would give me Ahmed’s contact info because he was from the same place as I am and he knew all these sports teams who were just clamouring for these Ambassador certificates, only owners have them because the Mayan is special of course!! He was getting phone calls all the time from people who wanted these Ambassador certificates, no problem, he’s there for me!! Well trying to get a hold of Clint Keating was like being ghosted after a bad tinder date, so Ahmed and all those contacts…..bye bye.
By Wednesday I had huge buyer’s remorse, freaking over the cost, feeling extremely overwhelmed, what had I gotten myself into?? How will I ever be able to sell all of these weeks to ever get my money back?? I went out to the Mayan Palace determined to cancel and that’s when I met Rosario Aceves, my next Vidante Villain. I told her my tale of woe, I didn’t understand the program, it is was too much money, I would lose my RCI points that I paid good hard cash for because this company is getting my timeshare out of my name in 150 days….and I got the whole song and dance again AND I FELL FOR IT AGAIN!!! TWICE IN ONE WEEK!! I AM SO MAD FOR ALLOWING MYSELF TO FALL VICTIM TO THESE VULTURES NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!!! They talk such a good talk, it sounded so wonderful….I can make how much money? Are you sure??? Oh yes you are a smart lady, make a website and sell the weeks…see how these folks did it? See the money that we sent them, see the money that this guy made? 184,000.00USD in one year!! That could be you!! You are such a smart lady, you can do it because you are a single mother just like me. Us women…we are smart, YOU CAN DO IT!! 3 hours later, 2100.00USD knocked off the price and my cab paid back to Cancun, lied to and victimized yet again.
I didn’t realize the extent of the fleecing until I got home, my 5 days gone, by the time I really started reading the paperwork…WTF??? This isn’t what I was told…WTF??? I bought this timeshare in the Yucatan, what is this Nuevo Vallarta?? Are you kidding me?? What is this SFX that I am a member of? Where are all the lovely properties that I can exchange for?? WTF?? What is there 20-30 on that exchange??? Are you kidding me?? I immediately googled Vidante and guess what comes up, again and again… MY STORY!!! I have now read many website and articles regarding getting scammed in Mexico and I FEEL SICK!! I can’t believe that these people are allowed to prey on innocent victims who just want to enjoy their lovely space and place. I had Clint Keating sit right across the table from me and lie straight to my face for how many hours? If his lips were moving he was lying. I feel victimized by Vidante and I am going to tell everyone I know and don’t know, to stay away from these VULTURES. I will be sounding the horn, far and wide, all through the lands, warning other people to RUN the other way if they are approached to attend a Vidante sales presentation. I had thought with the Cirque du Soleil being a part of this resort, that it would give it some credibility and a sense of trustworthiness. Apparently not! I guess that is why I signed all those papers disclaiming and distancing Cirque du Soleil from these villains.
I have been lied to and told things that simply were not true. This is so wrong on so many levels and these people have to be stopped. Everyone needs to be warned about these
VIDANTE VULTURES VIDANTE VICTIMIZES MAYAN PALACE MAFIA
BROKE BY VIDANTE AND THEY CALL IT BLISS VICTIMIZED BY VIDANTE VULTURES
This is a timeshare tragedy and my story will be told to help other avoid getting trapped in Vidante’s web of deceit, deception and dastardly deeds!! I understand that I am not the first or most probably the last however telling of their crimes against humanity makes me feel better..like I am taking some sort of action. Posting on this website makes feel like I have taken action. Hoping for some answers so I know which is the best direction to move forward.
I have called the Better Business Bureau in Canada and they have informed me that they have recently opened an office in Mexico. I will definitely be reporting the Vidanta Group to them and make sure that they are on the BBB's radar in Mexico as nothing has been reported to them to date...GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT CHANGES RIGHT QUICK!!
So my questions are;
1) I am wondering about refusing to give the EVA(Equity Value Agreement-Timeshare Resale Market) money or deed to my timeshare? I am in the same situation as many others and have them calling me daily. Anyone have in experience in dealing with these types of deals and the ramifications of ignoring them?
2)I wrote up a letter asking them to cancel my contract and refund me. I called the credit card to dispute...they say no way is that possible based on the info that I provided them as they go by what it is stated in the contract. Anyone know anyway around this? They told me to contact the resort and ask them to send me the info that they told me verbally in writing. I somehow dont think that I am going to get this in writing from Vidante, in fact snowballs in hell seem more likely
3) I have contacted several companies that offer to get you out of your contract by having it cancelled. One company wants a fee upfront(100% guaranteed or my money back and 15% commission on any deposit fee that they are able to recover for me) to do this(another scam??) and the other company will only charge me if they are able to cancel. They are telling me that I will lose all of my deposit. Has anyone had any luck using this type of company and getting their deposit refunded?
4)On the timeshare scam retaliation article it lists a website of www.nacaa.net/consumerinfo.htm to report the scam to every agency on this site. When I tried to access this website it sent me to Garcinia Cambogia Reviews. Not sure this is going to help my cause...any ideas?
5)So wondering the best course of action to get this cancelled and my refund deposit back
6) long story to short if I have to keep this...is there a way to make money on this by selling the weeks somewhere else? Or is this really a pipe dream that these A-holes told me to make the sale?