vacation club scams

[saltydog]

Has anyone had a problem with a vacation club by the name of GBS Globequest Travel Club in Cabo San Lucas? We bought a membership in March but now we think we have been scamed.

[VacationBuddy]

Hi there,

I checked out their website and they seem legit. Also, I can see any bad reviews about them on the net. Why do you think you were scammed?

Vacationbuddy

[Ruby]

Hi there,

I heard scams like the Mexican Vacation Club, or others where the consumer uses a credit card for time payments, is that what happened to you on your holiday?

[saltydog]

Yes we authorized payments on our MC. Part of our membership price was that they would take over ownership of a time share we have in Ontario. We've been wanting to get rid of it for some time as maintenace fees have gone up a lot, so we thought this would be the perfect opportunity. But it's been 4 months and they keep giving us the runaround. They keep saying they're doing the paperwork but when we contacted our resort, they say no one has called.

[VacationBuddy]

Okay, I see now, it sounds like a time share scheme. Did you sign any kind of contract with them? Are they not allowing to cancel it?

[saltydog]

It's not a time share. It's discounted vacations. We talked to them today and are giving them one more chance to do what they had agreed to. Yes we did sign a contract and we're way past the 5 day cancel time. But they have not kept their end by not taking over our timeshare, so I don't know where we stand.

[toly]

Hi there,
we've just bought our membership in GlobeQuest... and have lots of questions. First, they lost our trade in resort. It just not in paperwork, I caught it before 5 days and said them. So they brought ITC paper that they will take over. But it still not in our contract, so it looks like we bout our membership just only for cash, and trade in not in contract at all, so it could go on privite sale... So my question what is price for this membership. They said 39, 000$ but offered for 29,000. Trade in 21, 000 and cash 9,000. And the contract says only 9,000$. It looks like a scheme...How much did you paid for yours?

[leah2255]

Maybe you should connect with the club and see what happened. Or can you talk about what happened in detail?

[toly]

Well I tried. They told that dropping the case and canceling the contract, but no any official paperwork.
They are legal, but lots of flows.... Thinking about filing a law suite...

[saltydog]

Toly
If you paid $39,000 for your membership, you really got scammed. We paid $3,300 and they agreed to take over the ownership of our timeshare. That was in March and the final paperwork still hasn't been completed. We are on the phone almost everyday with both our resort and Globequest.