anyone been to this resort?

Hi .... My wife and I were scammed at this resort You mentioned you had a strange experience there. If you don't mind telling me...What happened ?

Yes. We too were scammed at this resort! Something needs to be done to stop this and we need to gather as a group to get our money back! I have filed many complaints at several agencies. The next place I will go is the FBI.

Randy Mcintyre is now working for 'DREAMS LAS MAREAS' and is still on the loose. We went down to confront him face to face but then were told 'with laughs' that he 'moved on'. The other sharks were actually nice and directed us to where he is working www.dreamsresorts.com/las-mareas . Lets not all forget this monster who ripped off thousands. Email his employers and let them know who they are employing. He can't run for long!!!!!

You forgot Randy McIntyre. He is now working with the 'AM Resorts' company and is probably up to the same things. We just found out he had moved when he heard the FBI was cracking down. He is at the 'AM Resort' Las Mareas'. does anyone have his email address??????? POST PLEASE!

Jon David Rayburn was the individual who scammed us at Coco Sunset in March 2011. Last know whereabouts was at another "vacation property" in Texas. Take a look at his mugshot on Facebook and see if you also fell prey to his evil ways. Hopefully someday we can roundup all of the scoundrels associated with the dastardly dealings at Coco for a day in court. Never give up !!!

This time share hoes by different names. If you are talking about Bahia Tourquesa, yes!

We were put into a unit that had black mold issues. They did move us, but only after we went to a presentation.

We were ripped off and lied to during that presentation to the amount of $40,000!!

A scam that tells you they will buy your current timeshare- not happen!! Wish someone had warned us!!

We purchased at this fraudulent resort years ago and have just been contacted by an equity group who wishes to purchase our time share. Again it sounds to good to be true. Has anyone else been contacted?

I was also contacted a few months ago by someone that wanted to buy my share in this resort (I bought in August 2011). I all but shouted down the phone at them. DON'T BELIEVE THEM!. More liars/ scammers.

Hang up the phone. They are frauds and creeps.

They are now calling themselves Sapphire Residences and are running the same scam. Thanks to Interval International they will get new victims. Please repost this to let people know.

They are now calling themselves Sapphire Residences. Please let everyone know so hopefully we can save someone from these animals.

They are literally professional scam artists. Watch the movie QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (documentary) BEFORE YOU GO here. It's pretty much what's going on with this place. Bahia Turquesa Residences/Coco Sunset/Las Palmas finance guy "Martin Schriber" used to work for Westgate,.....

From the minute you check in here the SCAM begins. Nice upbeat young people check you in, don’t be fooled, they are all in on it. “Amy, Tom, Caroline Gogue, and her husband Travis Scott” all seemed liked normal, fun people, totally high energy...Until they hear the word no, then everything changes.

We were checked in by “Amy” curly haired American from Jersey, who seemed totally cool, but now I’m convinced she’s just part of the scam. Amy told us we had to attend this meeting to be able to use there private beach club and get access to multiple discounts from local businesses throughout our stay. She said it was a free breakfast/90 minute presentation and everyone had to go. She asked what day we wanted to go and for a $20.00 refundable deposit to keep our space. We had no idea what we were getting in to.

The first room they took us to was absolutely disgusting. It was a 2 bedroom unit with a kitchen and a bathroom. The place wreaked of bug spray scent and when I say wreaked, I could taste the smell in my throat, it made me sick. So we immediately went down to look for Amy and when told she was gone, we then talked to “Tom” the resort manager. He was very accommodating and switched us to a newer unit. When we got there, it was nicer than the first unit, but not at all up to my standards. First of all we went from a 2 bedroom to a one bedroom (not sure how that’s an upgrade), the only door on the place was glass with no cover, so you could see right in. Did I mention the bathroom is in direct view of the door, so unless you always close the bathroom door, you’re neighbors are going to know you better than you’d like. The kitchen was not functionally correct. To open the fridge, you had to move 2 chairs from the kitchen table, the electric stove heats up every burner but the one you want, and they say there is more cookware in the unit that is really there, beware, they’ll charge you for what is missing. The shower drips slowly and the 2 towels they gave us felt like sandpaper. The bed was like sleeping on a box spring, so extremely uncomfortable. The comforter was a tablecloth... And we got 1 flat pillow per person. So, after the first night, we went down and spoke again with Amy, telling her our concerns. She told us they could give us an egg crate, 2 more pillows, and some more blankets. She asked if we wanted to be in the room when they dropped it off, we said yes. We were leaving for a bit, but we told her we’d come by the office on our way back and they could follow us over with the bedding. Well... We got back and went to our room first, there was an egg crate on the bed and a trash bag with 2 pillows and a sheet sitting on the futon in our room. So much for waiting for one of us to be there... By the way...THERE IS NO PHONE OR INTERNET IN THE ROOMS OR ANYWHERE NEARBY. You must go to there office to use these things. (After our experience, I’m sure this is there way of controlling the environment)

This was all annoying, but bearable. UNTIL THE “FREE BREAKFAST” meeting the next day... We were told 90 minutes total including breakfast... That was a lie. We were there from 8:30 am til 1:00 pm, they wasted a full day of ours. Breakfast started off ok, the “host/saleschick” we got was Caroline Gogi...she was fun to talk with and we got along very well. She did remind us during breakfast that this was a sales pitch, but there was no pressure. After breakfast started the real SCAM... Caroline took us up to the units they were selling “fractional” weeks for... They were nice, as a matter of fact, these were the pictures posted on INTERVAL’S WEBSITE (which is where we were supposed to be staying). FALSE ADVERTISEMENT. After viewing the property, we sat down in a room/office with Caroline (I doubt that’s even her real name) and she started trying to work her slimy magic on us. Believe me, it all sounded great, but my instinct was telling me don’t do it. She starts the meeting and after she’s done with her part, she calls over the finance guy. THIS IS WHERE OUR STORY GETS GOOD... So “Martin Schreiber” sits down and before he started talking his crap, my girlfriend looks at him and says, “Hey I know you” He was like “Me, really?” She was like “yeah, you look so familiar.... Did you work for Westgate?” He was totally shocked and replied “Yes, I did.” My girl then told him she knew she recognized him, she had watched Queen of Versailles and saw him in the movie. Then she started talking about all the crappy things Westgate did, ripping people off, selling properties that didn’t exist, etc. I don’t think he knew what to do, he probably crapped himself a little, but he eventually kept going with the scam. These people are like vultures... Surrounding you, pressuring you, but trying to make you think they’re looking out for you. We told them my savings was for emergencies, I’m in my 30's and I’ve had cancer and back surgery, so I need a savings in case I can’t work for a bit... You would think they would back off understanding that we’re a young couple not in any position to give them $10,000, BUT NO, they could care less about you as a person, all they see is FREE MONEY, that is if they get you to sign.

Here’s there spiel... You’ll get 5 weeks a year, plus 25 bonus weeks over 30 years, for around $20,000.00 They then tell you if you sell back whatever weeks you aren’t going to use, they’ll give you $2600 per week. Do the math, over 7 years (which is what they offered us) if you put back 7 weeks a year, you’ll make about $91,000.00. Now how does that make sense? It doesn’t, but they try and convince you that it’s a no brainer cause with giving back the first 7 weeks they’ll send you a check for $13,000.00... So that pretty much pays most of the investment...

After they were done with there crap talking, we told them we needed some time to think about it. Caroline said “we need a decision now” I looked at my girlfriend like HELL NO, so she told Caroline we needed to go have a smoke and run some numbers. They did whatever they could to control the situation and keep us from leaving the meeting without saying yes, but we told them we needed time to see what we could come up with and they agreed to an hour only, but they weren’t happy about it. They tried to get us to use there phones, and computers, but still I said we need an hour and we’ll come back with a decision. Caroline went and asked her boss and her agreed to an hour since they closed at 1. We ran to our room, grabbed our computer and Ipad and headed over to there office to do a little research. OMG THANK GOD we took an hour to do a little research before handing them my savings account... I typed in Bahia Turquesa and nothing bad came up, but when I typed SCAM and FRAUD, along with Bahia Turquesa/ Coco Sunset/Las Palmas, holy crap, so many stories of being scammed out of tons of money... Our decision was easy, HELL NO, we’re not signing anything. So we went back and told them it just wasn’t going to work out...They tried hard to change our minds, changing the deal 3 times, but what they didn;t know is that we knew it was all BULLCRAP, so our answer was still no. This pissed them all off and they were rude from that moment on. We then had to go back to the office to check out of the meeting and get our $20.00 deposit back. Caroline rode down with us and as soon as she got in our car she was like “ What happened? I thought you had the $7500.00” I couldn’t believe this biatch, but we played in off and said we couldn’t get approved for the loan. Once down at the office, we had to go through another guy (says he works for RCI, but he’s full of CRAP too) He talked to much and after telling him no 10 times, he finally got it and sent us to another lady to check us out. What a crappy day, they wasted so much of our vacation time. Once it was all over, I didn’t trust or feel comfortable staying there any longer. They were scumbags and thieves, and I just wanted the heck outta there. So, we went back, packed up our stuff, and headed to a local bar to figure out where to go from here. (It was only Monday and I had already payed for this place for a full week, we were supposed to stay until Sunday) Guess who we saw at the bar, oh yes the scammers were there... Fake and phony as can be. We took off after a few drinks and went and stayed somewhere else for the remainder of our trip.

S0.... BEWARE

They have this whole spiel down... And they’re good at it. But the reality is, they have nothing, so they are just taking your money. They’ll say ANYTHING, changing the deal multiple times to try to make you think your getting an amazing deal.

People are giving them there timeshares, because they make you think it’s helping you out and they’re giving you more, but this is bull, they get whatever you give them, and you get NOTHING!!!

Pretty sure these people are now operating under the company name: UVC-UNLIMITED VACATION CLUB. After doing a little research, it seems both Randy McIntyre and Caroline Gogue both who were part of the Bahia Turquesa Scam, now work for UNLIMITED VACATION CLUB. Here is the website: http://www.unlimitedvacationclub.com. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up!

Beware of : UNLIMITED VACATION CLUB by AM Resorts

Yes, we have been there. It was a very nice resort at the time, so much so we attended their timeshare meeting.

These guys are big time con-artists and will try to get you to signup for their timeshare!!!

If you go have fun and enjoy the facilities and town. BUT DO NOT ATTEND OR BUY THEIR TIMESHARE OFFER.. WE ARE OUT thousands!!

Good Luck.. Jim

My wife and I went about three years ago. We had a wonderful time in the little town . But.... Beware of the timeshare or whatever they are calling it now, We were conned out of over 10 thousand dollars and have never been able to recoup. They have a nice little beach club that these sharks work from, and the scammers are expats. British, Canadian , and American.. Go have fun...... Just don't sign any thing and don't believe these wolves .

It was 3 years for us too. June 2013. Loved the town and hated the scammers. I lost 8,000. I can't believe they are still getting away with it.

joel639 wrote:

My wife and I went about three years ago. We had a wonderful time in the little town . But.... Beware of the timeshare or whatever they are calling it now, We were conned out of over 10 thousand dollars and have never been able to recoup. They have a nice little beach club that these sharks work from, and the scammers are expats. British, Canadian , and American.. Go have fun...... Just don't sign any thing and don't believe these wolves .

Lied to as well. Just have to make the best of it I fear and try and sell our 'investment'.

Hello my fellow-victims. :-) 1. Did anyone fall victim to the time-share scam in Villas Sol Resort, Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica? If yes, what have you done to try to get out of it, if any? 2. Have they tricked you to buy by promising that you can rent out your weeks and make some profit using Resort Marketing Systems (RMS) that turned to be crooks as well? 3. Has anyone succeeded in getting out of this scam and/or even get something back? Please share your knowledge how. 4. I found a group of fellow-victim-owners of Villas Sol Resort, and we are considering our plan of action to expose these con artists and possibly sue them. Would you like to join or at least discuss? If yes, I will give you my and other victims' e-mail addresses.

We are currently here in Costa Rica and reading all these comments and blogs, it is very frightening to know we just lost money. We went to this presentation and was "pressured" to get this "trial program" for 5 years and they will buy back before the period ends (minus the tax we paid). All the benefits appeared legit and better than the current timeshare (RCI) we have, so there went the $, knowing we can get the money back since it is just a "trial program". We tried to reverse or cancel the credit card transaction but credit card agent said it already went through and they can't do much about it, that we can talk to these people in sapphire residences/playadelaspalmas and hopefully we can cancel the contract we signed :-(

kimberlyk150 wrote:

They now have two resorts in town. The new one is Coco Bay Estates and they are calling the new scam the The Residence Club at Coco Bay, dealing with Interval International and the Luxury Leisure Alliance. They are up to the same tricks I am reading here. I wish I had read this before I purchased and I am currently trying to get my money back. The American owners of Coco Bay seem to be genuinely unaware of the scam being perpetrated at their resort. I ask for your help in contacting them to let them know what they are in for with these scammers/salespeople. Please send them an email telling them about your experiences with these crooks: jr.crdg@gmail.com, jc.crdg@gmail.com and gc.crdg@gmail.com The CRDG is The Costa Rica Development Group and seemed like a legitimate company before these scammers started selling their "fractional ownership". Please help me if you have been wronged by these animals. Thank you.

Try to contact: https://concilianet.profeco.gob.mx/Concilianet/ is a Mexican authority which is the Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer (PROFECO). Same as you did, I signed a timeshare contract and unfortunately it was a scam. I contacted PROFECO and they helped me out to cancel out my timeshare contract and also got some money back.