Marty_R asked:
We were recently in Mexico, and think we may have been scammed into buying a membership in the Great Vacations Club after attending a high-pressure 5 hour sales abduction at the Grupo Mayan Palace resort in Nuevo Vallarta Mexico. We went to the presentation after being offered $ 250 in free Tequila from a timeshare front called the Tequila Corner in Puerto Vallarta. Now we see all over the internet that the entire operation is a scam, and a fraud. Does anyone know how we cancel this contract and get our money back. We are back from Mexico, and have not had any communications from the company. I am afraid we are out the $ 4,990.00 we paid for this memebership. Please Help!
Charlie
We were recently in Mexico, and think we may have been scammed into buying a membership in the Great Vacations Club after attending a high-pressure 5 hour sales abduction at the Grupo Mayan Palace resort in Nuevo Vallarta Mexico. We went to the presentation after being offered $ 250 in free Tequila from a timeshare front called the Tequila Corner in Puerto Vallarta. Now we see all over the internet that the entire operation is a scam, and a fraud. Does anyone know how we cancel this contract and get our money back. We are back from Mexico, and have not had any communications from the company. I am afraid we are out the $ 4,990.00 we paid for this memebership. Please Help!
Charlie
The timeshare experience is mostly an awful thing …. but if you bought a week each year at the Mayan Palace (despicable place) then why are you OUT the money.
Vacation in Vallarta next year
… or try to put a stop on your credit card
Comment by sparks_mex — July 25, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
Mayan Palace Resorts & Great Vacations Club run by Mayan Resorts is a pack of lies, misrepresenation of the facts, high pressure deceptive sales practices, more lies, verbal promises you will never see in your final documents & lies lies lies. 100% fraud, 99.9999% dissatisfied customers, and a true rip-off Mexican Style.
The only way they can get away with this is these businesses are being run out of Mexico.
Do an internet search on these terms, and you will see what real victims have to say about this operation:
Mayan Resorts Fraud
Mayan Place Timeshare Scam Fraud
Great Vacations Club Scam
By Mexican law you have 5 business days to cancel, no matter what the con artist sales crooks have told you or what they had you sign. You can NOT give up this right.
Work fast, and contact them via telephone, fax, and registered letters; contact your credit card company and file a dispute; contact the Mexican Consumer affairs (Profeco) web site at:
click on:
Atencion al Extranjero
scroll down to the english section, and follow all the instructions then email them at:
WORK FAST you only have 5 business days to get your contract cancelled and your money back.
And remember, NEVER attend a Mexican Timeshare Presentation, not even for $1,000.00 cash - You WILL regret it. The very first lie is it’s a 90 minute presentation - more like 4,5,6, or 7 hours. Don’t believe me? Search the web for more victims stories.
Comment by Kim M — July 26, 2009 @ 1:30 pm