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Complaint Review: The villa group - cancun Internet

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  • Reported By: Lee — brooklyn park Minnesota United States of America
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Me,my wife,son,daughter,and my nephew decided to take a tripto Cancun Mexico. I have never been on a big trip like this before.One day we decided to take the ferry to isla mujeres. We were approached by one of the ferry employees and asked if we'd be willing to meet him the next morning so he could show us a new resort opening on xmas day.

We agreed. We were introduced to someone from the resort who was going to take us to breakfast and then a tour of the place. We were shown several different rooms and then ended up in a big conference type room. We were told we could buy into the place for around 17,000.00 dollars and have so many weeks to come there and not have to pay to stay there. We told them we couldn't afford that,so,they came up with a new plan.

They told us we had free medical insurance and if you broke your leg in the jungle you'd be covered. They told us we would have 3 weeks one year to use and the next year it would be 5 alternating every other year.They told us we could save up the weeks for 5 years but we had to use at least 1 week in that time.They told us with the 5 weeks we could go anywhere they had a resort or hotel and we could book a room starting at 199.00dollars and we could have as many adults as we wanted.They told us we could upgrade by paying more money.

We told them we couldn't afford that either.Then they said we could get a studio room for 11,000.00 dollars(rounded off), and the payment would be roughly 139.00 a month.We thought that might work.We put down 2575.00 on a credit card which we were told we had 30 days to cancel out and if we did we would loose our down payment. We trusted the guy that told us all this stuff about the place and how it worked. It was like signing papers for a house.

After getting home and getting over the holidays, we thought that maybe it was a bad idea to do this. We looked at the papers and found that we had been lied to. According the the papers we couldn't have free medical,save any weeks,were limited to 2 adults and 2 children per stay,weren't guaranteed accommadations,can't go mid-week and can't exchange suites because we have a biennial membership.We were told all these things we could use..

I called their 1-800 number on the 4th of Jan.2011 to opt out of their program. I was told that on page 2 line 16 was a clause that said you have 5 days to cancel out of this program without penalty. I told the woman on the other end of the phone that we were told we had 30 days and if we cancelled within that time frame we would loose our down payment.Her response was "do you have that in writting" I told her no, but we have 4 people that heard it.

That was something else we were not told about no penalty and you get all monies back if you cancelled within 5 days. They told us 30 days and you loose your down payment.I told the woman well,all I can tell you is I did alittle research on the net and would be looking to join a class action lawsuit against them.

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#10 Consumer Comment

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AUTHOR: Deby - (United States)

POSTED: Wednesday, December 06, 2017

well , having a timeshare is a very complicated stuff, so you need to know how timeshare business works, exist many people that they dont know anything and only buy without knowledge , i had a very bad experience years ago with a mexican resort, so i started to looking for some help , and i found this site 

 time share scam . com / blog / 206-how-to-get-out-of-a-timeshare/

 there exist many situations and possible solutions , very usefull for me , hope can help you. 

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#9 UPDATE Employee

Issue Resolved

AUTHOR: Developer Rep Cancun - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, April 24, 2011

This issue has now been finalized.

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#8 UPDATE Employee

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AUTHOR: Developer Rep Cancun - (United States of America)

POSTED: Tuesday, March 29, 2011

This is a standard release form which we use for cancellations, with or without a refund.  Our contracts are quite clear in our cancellation policy and the writers cancellation request was received past that time period and after that period expires our contracts also state quite clearly that no refunds apply.  Throughout the contract signing process we reiterate all of the membership benefits and if the purchaser has questions or concerns they can be addressed at that time.  Also, the process can be stopped at any time if a purchaser decides that this is something they do not want. Additionally, we twice replied to the writer reviewing his issues and concerns with references to the conrracts and exhibits and even he realized that he should read things a little closer.  We have suggested that the writer keep the membership and utilize the benefits so that he and his family can enjoy their vacations.

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#7 Author of original report

you decide

AUTHOR: anonymous - (United States of America)

POSTED: Saturday, March 19, 2011

This is part of the how they're working to resolve this..

The Member(s) also agrees to not participate in any negative internet activity, and and/or retract any currently posted negative activity which is intended to, or which has the effect of damaging the reputation or business of the Villa Group, or Villa del Palmar, or interfering with their relationships with their customers or potential customers.  The Member(s) agrees to advise all parties to whom the Member(s) may have made complaint that the complaint has been ¨satisfactorily resolved.¨

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#6 Author of original report

Release form

AUTHOR: anonymous - (United States of America)

POSTED: Tuesday, March 08, 2011

This release form is nothing less than blackmail. Furthering  our claim that what we say is true.

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#5 UPDATE Employee

Cancelling Contract

AUTHOR: Developer Rep Cancun - (United States of America)

POSTED: Monday, March 07, 2011

This Members contract is being cancelled pending the return of the signed Release Form.

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#4 Author of original report

Still being scammed

AUTHOR: anonymous - (United States of America)

POSTED: Friday, February 25, 2011

These people are still lying to us and telling us that they have thorough and specific paperwork when in fact they don't.We tried sending a registered letter that was addressed to them according to their specific paperwork and the letter came back as undeliverable there was no such address.So anyone that wants to cancel by mail in the time allotted wouldn't be able to because of the bad address.

We signed one paper that they say was not the right paperwork they were in the process of redoing
it. Well if you don't have the proper paperwork to begin with how can you do business that way.They sent a copy of their new paperwork via email,one we didn't sign . They keep telling us ,well,you signed the paper so I would guess that we would go there and they would say the new paperwork was not the one you signed.

If you travel to Cancun I would strongly suggest that you don't take any hotel tours offering deals that are to good to be true because they're not.

Attached is a copy of the biennial paperwork that shows the things you don't get when you have this and we were told we did have it.

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#3 UPDATE Employee

Working to Resolve Issue

AUTHOR: Developer Rep Cancun - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, February 13, 2011

The writer of this email has been in contact we are working with them to resolve the situation.

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#2 UPDATE Employee

Contact Me!

AUTHOR: Developer Rep Cancun - (United States of America)

POSTED: Saturday, February 12, 2011

I am still waiting for the writer of this complaint to please contact me so that I can try and resolve the situation.  They can call me at 011-52-998-193-2600 ext 645 or email me at mservicecancun@villagroup.com .  We would like to help you but you really need to contact me.

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#1 UPDATE Employee

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AUTHOR: Developer Rep Cancun - (United States of America)

POSTED: Monday, January 24, 2011

I would like to writer of this complaint to contact me so that I can look into their concerns and hopefully resolve the situation. We usually hope that members contact us first if they have issues so that we can resolve them before they get posted on the internet. You may contact me at 011-52-998-193-2600 ext 645 or through mservicecancun@villagroup.com.

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