Ramada Plaza Resorts - Fort Lauderdale Vacations; Ken Brodigan #5437 ripoff dishonest sell of vacation with round-trip cruise Spectacular Florida/ Tropical Caribbian Cruise vacation package with great discount Fort Lauderdale Florida
I received registered voucher in my name for discount tickets from the Administrative Offices of RPR/OFV Records Division, 2901 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33311 - the address on the envelope.
The address on the voucher is 2419 E. Commercial Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33308 with toll free number 1-800-858-1788 that I had to call in following 72 hours to activate my travel voucher on $1,600.00 US that my Financial history earned me. It looked so real, and because I never had bad credit I taught that it might come from the offer that all my credit cards stated at that time about possible wining of vacation if you use your credit card.
When I called toll free number I couldn't get through so I phoned second toll free that they had on the voucher (1-800-959-0199) and spoke with person by the name Ken Brodigan from the corporate office, as he said so, his personal #5437 and his personal phone # 954-735-7160 to speak to him directly.
This person who called himself Ken Brodiagan explained that itinerary includes: 3 night of "Gold Key" Award Winning accommodations in Sun-Kissed South Florida, round-trip cruise aboard Carnival Cruise Lines or Imperial Majesty Cruise Line, port of call on the beautiful Island of Nassau, Bahamas; two nights of "Gold Key" Award Winning accommodations in Magical Orlando, Florida; & days transportation by Alamo Rent-A-Car during vacation with $100.00 US redeemable for the gasoline used during vacation.
He also offered to choose additional either 3 days & 4 nights in Exciting Las Vegas, Nevada; or; 4 days & 3 nights in Romantic Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
To be eligible for this I had to pay $698.00 US right now that will be redeemed with voucher during the vacation. He transfered me to the lady who introduced herself ad Lina who just repeated what he said before she took my credit card information. This was January 30, 2006 and I could book the vacation 60 days prior to traveling at any time except Christmas and New Year holiday. Also it was valid until July 28, 2007.As a proof I have my bank statement with transaction on Jan.30, 06 PRC* RAMADA PLAZA RESORTS 800-203-9783 FL for $820.60 Canadian dollars.
After I reviewed CD and package I received in mail I decided to bock my vacation this march break. Sometime at the end of October I sent Travel Reservation Request with money order on $50.00 US refundable deposit to the Ramada Reservation Department 2419 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33308. To this day I never heard from them and sometime after New Year I decided to check on Internet to find out about you and about this big scam that these people did to me and others.
I have all the documents to support my case. Please help me get my money back and punish this greedy people who play with poor like myself. I should be smarter because this sounded to good to be true; but like many I made mistake trusting to the wrong people.
Branka
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Ryan
Mississauga,Ontario,
Canada
Teleglobe and ramada florida vacation offer = huge marketing scam *MUST READ*
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, June 01, 2007
So, I live in Mississauga too, I am a student who was desperately searching for a summer job. I came across an ad in the Mississauga news for "market researchers" and "vacation reservation representations" they promised 10 dollars per hour and 600 something per week. When I called for the interview I asked to be considered for the vacation reservation position obviously because of the extra money. Now when I showed up they had me down for a market researcher, that annoyed me a bit but I got over it. Then I found out that the market researcher gets paid 9/hour and bonuses if you complete a certain number of surveys. Misleading advertising is what that is called.
Whatever...I thought to myself... So I went in for training and it was pretty much cold calling people to find out by surveying them if they would be likely to book this Ramada vacation. In other words cold calling to generating leads... not exactly the definition of a market researcher.
You had a script and you had rebuttals to questions that people might have. They decorated it with fancy language and made it sound official. I then went in for my second day, and it took me close to 2 hours to get there and I got there, waited for 15 mins and sat in on a debriefing/ pep talk kind of thing... and then I waited some more and the Manager (I will not say his name because I respect his privacy) basically told me they didn't have enough computers today because someone didn't show up to safety they're new office. So I had wasted a good 4 and a half hours of my time in total that day.
I later called them and confronted the manager about the unprofessional nature of what he had done; he then went on to say that he was polite about it. Polite does not necessarily mean professional. Professional would have been reimbursing me for my time and travel expenses. Then I confronted him about the nature of his company and he then started talking about McDonalds and Good year tire and how they were being sued. I asked him if he was trying to justify himself to which he answered no. He basically made no sense and I gave up arguing with him because it was going no where.
I just want to tell everyone reading this that at even the most basic levels there are signs of misrepresenting i.e. The pay advertised in the news paper was not exactly correct. And as you go through the employment process you notice that what you are told about what exactly you are doing is not completely true. In terms of the vacation you are sent on later if you are one of the ew lucky selected I think that the reports on this website tell you enough about the true nature and true quality of the vacations you are sent on.
All I am saying is DON'T WORK FOR THEM. IF you get a call talking about a vacation to Ramada plaza resorts - Orlando /Ft. Lauderdale, tell them you know it's a scam all you need to do is google it. People who run these kinds of scams and unfair marketing practices need to be fined and put in jail. Tell you're friends and family about this don't let them take advantage of any more innocent people. Corporations run the world right now; it's time consumers fought back.
Contact information for the Teleglobe/"Ramada" Call Center in Brampton is as follows:
Teleglobe Call Centre Inc - 1- 905-455-1196
1 Nelson W, Brampton, ON L6X 3E4
Ryan
Mississauga,Ontario,
Canada
Teleglobe and ramada florida vacation offer = huge marketing scam *MUST READ*
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, June 01, 2007
So, I live in Mississauga too, I am a student who was desperately searching for a summer job. I came across an ad in the Mississauga news for "market researchers" and "vacation reservation representations" they promised 10 dollars per hour and 600 something per week. When I called for the interview I asked to be considered for the vacation reservation position obviously because of the extra money. Now when I showed up they had me down for a market researcher, that annoyed me a bit but I got over it. Then I found out that the market researcher gets paid 9/hour and bonuses if you complete a certain number of surveys. Misleading advertising is what that is called.
Whatever...I thought to myself... So I went in for training and it was pretty much cold calling people to find out by surveying them if they would be likely to book this Ramada vacation. In other words cold calling to generating leads... not exactly the definition of a market researcher.
You had a script and you had rebuttals to questions that people might have. They decorated it with fancy language and made it sound official. I then went in for my second day, and it took me close to 2 hours to get there and I got there, waited for 15 mins and sat in on a debriefing/ pep talk kind of thing... and then I waited some more and the Manager (I will not say his name because I respect his privacy) basically told me they didn't have enough computers today because someone didn't show up to safety they're new office. So I had wasted a good 4 and a half hours of my time in total that day.
I later called them and confronted the manager about the unprofessional nature of what he had done; he then went on to say that he was polite about it. Polite does not necessarily mean professional. Professional would have been reimbursing me for my time and travel expenses. Then I confronted him about the nature of his company and he then started talking about McDonalds and Good year tire and how they were being sued. I asked him if he was trying to justify himself to which he answered no. He basically made no sense and I gave up arguing with him because it was going no where.
I just want to tell everyone reading this that at even the most basic levels there are signs of misrepresenting i.e. The pay advertised in the news paper was not exactly correct. And as you go through the employment process you notice that what you are told about what exactly you are doing is not completely true. In terms of the vacation you are sent on later if you are one of the ew lucky selected I think that the reports on this website tell you enough about the true nature and true quality of the vacations you are sent on.
All I am saying is DON'T WORK FOR THEM. IF you get a call talking about a vacation to Ramada plaza resorts - Orlando /Ft. Lauderdale, tell them you know it's a scam all you need to do is google it. People who run these kinds of scams and unfair marketing practices need to be fined and put in jail. Tell you're friends and family about this don't let them take advantage of any more innocent people. Corporations run the world right now; it's time consumers fought back.
Contact information for the Teleglobe/"Ramada" Call Center in Brampton is as follows:
Teleglobe Call Centre Inc - 1- 905-455-1196
1 Nelson W, Brampton, ON L6X 3E4
Ryan
Mississauga,Ontario,
Canada
Teleglobe and ramada florida vacation offer = huge marketing scam *MUST READ*
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, June 01, 2007
So, I live in Mississauga too, I am a student who was desperately searching for a summer job. I came across an ad in the Mississauga news for "market researchers" and "vacation reservation representations" they promised 10 dollars per hour and 600 something per week. When I called for the interview I asked to be considered for the vacation reservation position obviously because of the extra money. Now when I showed up they had me down for a market researcher, that annoyed me a bit but I got over it. Then I found out that the market researcher gets paid 9/hour and bonuses if you complete a certain number of surveys. Misleading advertising is what that is called.
Whatever...I thought to myself... So I went in for training and it was pretty much cold calling people to find out by surveying them if they would be likely to book this Ramada vacation. In other words cold calling to generating leads... not exactly the definition of a market researcher.
You had a script and you had rebuttals to questions that people might have. They decorated it with fancy language and made it sound official. I then went in for my second day, and it took me close to 2 hours to get there and I got there, waited for 15 mins and sat in on a debriefing/ pep talk kind of thing... and then I waited some more and the Manager (I will not say his name because I respect his privacy) basically told me they didn't have enough computers today because someone didn't show up to safety they're new office. So I had wasted a good 4 and a half hours of my time in total that day.
I later called them and confronted the manager about the unprofessional nature of what he had done; he then went on to say that he was polite about it. Polite does not necessarily mean professional. Professional would have been reimbursing me for my time and travel expenses. Then I confronted him about the nature of his company and he then started talking about McDonalds and Good year tire and how they were being sued. I asked him if he was trying to justify himself to which he answered no. He basically made no sense and I gave up arguing with him because it was going no where.
I just want to tell everyone reading this that at even the most basic levels there are signs of misrepresenting i.e. The pay advertised in the news paper was not exactly correct. And as you go through the employment process you notice that what you are told about what exactly you are doing is not completely true. In terms of the vacation you are sent on later if you are one of the ew lucky selected I think that the reports on this website tell you enough about the true nature and true quality of the vacations you are sent on.
All I am saying is DON'T WORK FOR THEM. IF you get a call talking about a vacation to Ramada plaza resorts - Orlando /Ft. Lauderdale, tell them you know it's a scam all you need to do is google it. People who run these kinds of scams and unfair marketing practices need to be fined and put in jail. Tell you're friends and family about this don't let them take advantage of any more innocent people. Corporations run the world right now; it's time consumers fought back.
Contact information for the Teleglobe/"Ramada" Call Center in Brampton is as follows:
Teleglobe Call Centre Inc - 1- 905-455-1196
1 Nelson W, Brampton, ON L6X 3E4
Ryan
Mississauga,Ontario,
Canada
Teleglobe and ramada florida vacation offer = huge marketing scam *MUST READ*
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, June 01, 2007
So, I live in Mississauga too, I am a student who was desperately searching for a summer job. I came across an ad in the Mississauga news for "market researchers" and "vacation reservation representations" they promised 10 dollars per hour and 600 something per week. When I called for the interview I asked to be considered for the vacation reservation position obviously because of the extra money. Now when I showed up they had me down for a market researcher, that annoyed me a bit but I got over it. Then I found out that the market researcher gets paid 9/hour and bonuses if you complete a certain number of surveys. Misleading advertising is what that is called.
Whatever...I thought to myself... So I went in for training and it was pretty much cold calling people to find out by surveying them if they would be likely to book this Ramada vacation. In other words cold calling to generating leads... not exactly the definition of a market researcher.
You had a script and you had rebuttals to questions that people might have. They decorated it with fancy language and made it sound official. I then went in for my second day, and it took me close to 2 hours to get there and I got there, waited for 15 mins and sat in on a debriefing/ pep talk kind of thing... and then I waited some more and the Manager (I will not say his name because I respect his privacy) basically told me they didn't have enough computers today because someone didn't show up to safety they're new office. So I had wasted a good 4 and a half hours of my time in total that day.
I later called them and confronted the manager about the unprofessional nature of what he had done; he then went on to say that he was polite about it. Polite does not necessarily mean professional. Professional would have been reimbursing me for my time and travel expenses. Then I confronted him about the nature of his company and he then started talking about McDonalds and Good year tire and how they were being sued. I asked him if he was trying to justify himself to which he answered no. He basically made no sense and I gave up arguing with him because it was going no where.
I just want to tell everyone reading this that at even the most basic levels there are signs of misrepresenting i.e. The pay advertised in the news paper was not exactly correct. And as you go through the employment process you notice that what you are told about what exactly you are doing is not completely true. In terms of the vacation you are sent on later if you are one of the ew lucky selected I think that the reports on this website tell you enough about the true nature and true quality of the vacations you are sent on.
All I am saying is DON'T WORK FOR THEM. IF you get a call talking about a vacation to Ramada plaza resorts - Orlando /Ft. Lauderdale, tell them you know it's a scam all you need to do is google it. People who run these kinds of scams and unfair marketing practices need to be fined and put in jail. Tell you're friends and family about this don't let them take advantage of any more innocent people. Corporations run the world right now; it's time consumers fought back.
Contact information for the Teleglobe/"Ramada" Call Center in Brampton is as follows:
Teleglobe Call Centre Inc - 1- 905-455-1196
1 Nelson W, Brampton, ON L6X 3E4
Danika
Hamilton,Ontario,
Canada
Im in the same boat
#6Consumer Suggestion
Fri, April 20, 2007
Hi there! I am with you on this one.
I got a lot of information from ripoffreports.
Here is what you do, Your first step is to call their 1-800 203 9783.
Since we reside in Ontario, we have 10 days to get a refund back from a telemarketer if you used a credit card.
If they give you any trouble after you tell them that, then you proceed with: I have heard nothing but awful feedback about this company, this package and this promotion. As well as false information. Let them know that Ramada willfully and knowingly violated Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act by engaging in unfair methods of competition, unfair unconscionable and deceptive trade practices, including, but not limited to, travel scams, and false or misleading advertising.
And that you are fully aware of everything that is going on with this company.
Tell them you have a list of names of people who have received their money back.
That you have reported them with phonebusters, and ripoffreports and that there are many other people who are unhappy with the trip. Unhappy with the customer service and that all you want is your money back and you won't speak a word.
Tell them also, if they give your trouble with your refund, word of mouth does go around! If they are trying to promote their new resort in Ft Lauderdale, this is a bad way of doing it.
(got some of this information from a lady names Denise)