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julie larocque
Country: United States
horrible situation as all ive read.  
we put 9000.00 down on stipulation of them buying our old timeshare stating a profit to make to boot. gave them an additional 6692.93 some mexican tax crap never got back.

thes people need to be prosecuted and stopped

jerome phillips - stay away from him
david reeves of timeshare solutionsltd@gmail.com-no such place....

were out 15,000.00 at present time but its not over..........

Comments

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    tj
    Sounds like you were taken in an "advanced fee" scam, wrapped up as a phony timeshare purchase.

    You NEVER front money when there is no reason to be paying money.

    You don't pay "fees" to borrow money.  

    You don't pay a "broker" to sell your property, until they sell it.  They get paid from the sales proceeds.

    You don't prepay "taxes" when money is supposed to be paid to YOU.  If it were required by law, it would be withheld, not prepaid.

    You don't give money to people you don't know from Adam.  Significant transfers of money contingent on performance are generally done through escrow.

    And so on.  All "advance fees" are suspect, generally signs of fraud.


    The scammers are out there, and they are busy wrapping their usual scams to target desperate people, based on whatever is in the headlines, the latest crisis, etc.
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    tj
    Actually, there are other complaints mentioning "Jerome Phillips" and Royal Holiday showing up here, back in 2003.  Some indications are that Attorney General complaints brought results, despite denials.

    http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/In ... yal_holiday.htm
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    janice
    | 1 reply
    Our mess started with our sales person who recomended a broker named James Stevenson. He wanted to rent weeks and buy our timeshare.Our sales guy worked for a company named Encanto (who are legit and very helpful and fair) Tony was not (the sales guy).James S or Worldwide Consolidators sounded promising and then said the company was being sold to Vacation Management Corporation and I was to deal with a David Reeves. Worldwide charged maintenance fees to our VISA twice. They said it was a mistake and would rectify the situation. They didn't. David Reeves said he would fix it. He didn't. He asked us to pay a VAT tax. Encanto contacted us and told us to pay nothing to them. David Reeves went so far as to contact my bank twice and tried to get them to wire the money. He got very angry with me and when I sent a nasty email or two he replied back in the same manner telling me to get a better job,get a life and much more not really repeatable in here. He was threatening and nasty. I am also haveing a hard time with VISA trying to recover even one of my charged fees.Encanto has benn really helpful in this and worked at fixing the situation.I am very happy with them.We now own one timeshare and one preferred private residence. I do not trust brokers.google mexican timeshare scams. It is a good read for anyone thinking of purchasing a timeshare.It is sad that they can be so fraudulent and those of us who work hard for our money can have it so easily taken. lesson learned the hard way at our house.There is no quick way to get a cheap holiday and make some cash on the side selling off extra weeks. again-lesson learned.... to James Stevenson,Jonathon Levi,David Reeves and all the rest of the losers scamming us-shame on you.
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      Dasha replies to janice
      You would recommend Encanto?
  • 0
    Janet
    I am also having problems with David Reeves who was referred to me by Jerome Phillips. I'm in over 2k right now and they are still asking for more money. I am sending filing complaints wherever I can. These people must be stopped
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    JP Waisfeld
    | 1 reply
    While on holiday I had the misfortune of agreeing to listen to a Royal Holiday representative pitch. It was supposed to take jus 30 min, it ended up being over 90 min.
    After serving me drink after drink (11 in my last count), I agreed to give them a $500 USD deposit. The next day when I woke up I realized that this was not such a good deal and proceeded to cancel my request for their membership.
    I was told that my deposit would be refunded within 5 business days. In fact they even gave me a letter in Royal Holiday letterhead stating that they would refund the deposit in that time span. The letter was signed right in front of me by their "accounting manager".
    It has now been two months and there has been no refund. I have called them and the main office in Mexico countless times. I even email them a scan copy of the letter. Nothing happened.
    What is the value of having a membership with an organization that does not keep their word even when it is in writing???.
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      Thomas replies to JP Waisfeld
      Dude I did the same thing, paid 577.00 in Cancun. But I kept mine. Other than having to have really flexible dates my experience has not been that bad.  Truth be told I never have a problem reserving.  I like you bought the low end deal so I would feel too bad if I lost my money.  But from what I see a lot of people have been taken to the cleaners.  I for one will not renew though.
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    worried
    I am currently waiting to be paid out from corporate Vacation Management. the company is out of Texas and they rented my weeks from PV Mexico.Anyone heard of CVM? I have sent money to cover booking fees and they are asking for tax money as well.
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    Sadie
    Don't pay it! We did and are having a hell of a time with these people to get our money as promised.  We are actually looking for legal help because it seems all to fishy. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.
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    flor
    Royal Holiday Club is a scam


    Royal Holiday Club is an international institution that is dedicated to scam many people all over the world.  I am one of the following people that have been robbed by this particular club. I went for holidays to  Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) on December 7,2009. I stayed at the hotel Bavaro Princess for the time being. When I was in the lobby of the hotel I met a sales person that worked for Royal Holiday club, he also said that Royal Holiday Club was a part of the hotel; he then invited us to his office. When we arrived to their office they served us wine and all kinds of alcoholic’s drinks.  They made sure that we were completely drunk, so then they started talking about business, telling us how successful they are in their tourist industry. They talked so innocently that we believed everything that they have said to us.  They brain washed us until we decided to buy from them for what they call timeshares or holidays for life.

    We bought the membership from them and we paid more than $3000.00USD.  These thieves told me that we can cancel the membership in 20 days if I am not pleased with the purchase. When I arrived to Canada I realized that I have been robbed by this company then me immediately I contacted them by sending register mail but they never responded.  I am a victim that has been robbed like the other millions of North Americans that are in the same position as me.

    I tried to contact the Dominican Republic authorities and I have mentioned them of the scam that is running in their country, but their was no use complaining because they didn’t do anything about it. And then called the Ministry of tourist and Dominican Republic, but is the same thing they told me that they are doing an investigation about this company.  I do not know if they will get my money back.

    The government of Canada should put signs of travel warnings to countries like Dominican Republic and Mexico in all airports to prevent this from happening to Canadian citizens.

    Sincerely,

    flor
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    flor
    Royal Holiday Club is a scam


    Royal Holiday Club is an international institution that is dedicated to scam many people all over the world.  I am one of the following people that have been robbed by this particular club. I went for holidays to  Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) on December 7,2009. I stayed at the hotel Bavaro Princess for the time being. When I was in the lobby of the hotel I met a sales person that worked for Royal Holiday club, he also said that Royal Holiday Club was a part of the hotel; he then invited us to his office. When we arrived to their office they served us wine and all kinds of alcoholic’s drinks.  They made sure that we were completely drunk, so then they started talking about business, telling us how successful they are in their tourist industry. They talked so innocently that we believed everything that they have said to us.  They brain washed us until we decided to buy from them for what they call timeshares or holidays for life.

    We bought the membership from them and we paid more than $3000.00USD.  These thieves told me that we can cancel the membership in 20 days if I am not pleased with the purchase. When I arrived to Canada I realized that I have been robbed by this company then me immediately I contacted them by sending register mail but they never responded.  I am a victim that has been robbed like the other millions of North Americans that are in the same position as me.

    I tried to contact the Dominican Republic authorities and I have mentioned them of the scam that is running in their country, but their was no use complaining because they didn’t do anything about it. And then called the Ministry of tourist and Dominican Republic, but is the same thing they told me that they are doing an investigation about this company.  I do not know if they will get my money back.

    The government of Canada should put signs of travel warnings to countries like Dominican Republic and Mexico in all airports to prevent this from happening to Canadian citizens.

    Sincerely,

    flor
  • 0
    Rita
    We sent $2,900 wire transfer to Mexico and now they are asking for $3,000 to cover Mexican taxes. So, it is a scam???
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    worried
    i am also in the same situation. my husband and i bought the time share with Royal holidays and we are now not happy with the reviews we are reading. I also asked for it to be cancel and they said we cannot do that. if there is any legal help, can someone please post it so we all can get out of this scam. Help!!!

    HN
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    HN
    Can anyone tell me if you stop making your monthly payments. Do they come after you.

    HN
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    Pavlo
    | 1 reply
    Do you have any news?
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      HN replies to Pavlo
      what news?
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    peggy
    we fell for same scam and was told flights would be cheeper and no taxs in dominican republic nad we called to cancel and they said we could not and if we dont pay they will send collection i saw on 20/20 they did a story on them and their contracts was supposed to give you 5 days to cancel in contract they did;nt put that any one hear how to get your money back
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    Glad
    I'm glad you all lost your money. $3000 for a time share, where you only get to stay a few days, tells me that most of you have too much money and nothing to do with it but fatten yourselves up. I'm not suggesting you go out and donate, but if you're throwing money around for pleasure like this then you clearly have too much money and not enough brains to use it correctly for anything good.
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    Scott
    I know David Reeves personally.  As a matter of fact he is my ex boyfriend.  David and I met at a gay nightclub in Dallas about 8 years ago.  I am no longer friends with him because he beat me up one night during a drunken frenzy all because I told his family he was gay.  I thought they knew, woops. Anyways, David is gay and he likes boys.
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    me
    David Reeves is a scumbag crook stay away

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