IT seems there are so many unhappy mayan palace owners out there...I simply can not see the reason for this...we payed 20,000. for a one bedroom grand mayan unit with fair week option, thats 2 weeks possible a year....we let them take a blue green week for 14,000. credit, that would have made the entire purchase price 34,000........ even after reading the ebay deals,I do not feel screwed.... staying at the mayan palace, I have enjoyed 5 star accomodations and no sales people trying to sell me tours, more time,or any thing else ....other then mabee a picture wth a large snake by the pool. no vendors on the beach [at least in r. m.] safe eating and drinking......now we have stayed at many resorts in mexico,none have had the large pools or top service,secure feeling of the mayan palace...in fact most of the time at the other resorts you felt like a piece of meat that someone some where was trying to pry into your money.buy this ..tour that...come to breakfast and sit for only 90 mins and get this.....no thank you!! at the grand mayan there is no preasure period. if we can feel our money was somewhat well spent to be able to get out of a cool day in january and lay by a pool in 85 temps and enjoy the whitest, softest ,sand in the world....not to mention crystal clear. blue ocean water...what more could you want. as far as all the horror stories..we had our margarita moment and mabee payed too much, but when you sit and talk turkey with the sales sharks ,they are sales they are always going to make it out to be a no lose purchase...there will never be fraud if you have written , signed, proof. buyer know what your buying.we knew what we bought, just payed to much compared to the ebay deals. there has to be some people out there that are as thrilled to find a resort that caters to mostly english speaking people ,and has the properties and most importantly proffesional standards that the mayan palace has.....no I do not work for them..I just have had the bad, the good, and the ugly of resorts..............this board is enough to scare any new people thinking of purchasing timeshare right out of thier socks......sheesh!!!!.........................we have friends that think timeshares are for fools and suckers but when we see what thier vacation rooms look like [pictures] and resorts offer for the money they pay we know the investment [yes investment] our timeshares have provided for our family................sally