RAMADA RESORTS RIPOFF BE CAREFUL of RAMADA's $1600 Deal - TOO MUCH OF FINE PRINT- YOU GET MONEY BACK IF YOU CALL WITHIN 3 DAYS - NO QUESTIONS ASKED Ft. Lauderdale Florida
I fell for this trap & took the Bait . I wanted to surprise my Wife with the Vacation & She Surprised me by showing the Google search & 100's of negative reports.
I called them immediately & asked them to cancel the deal . Ramada's own Policy says YOU HAVE 3 DAYS after receiving RAMADA's package to cancel the deal.
It was not a easy task I was made to wait 20 minutes on the line spoke to 3 so called managers . They tried to extend the deal to 3 years by holding $180 but I took a firm stand & got out of it Much to the displeasure of the senior so called Manager.
I learnt a bitter lesson Vacations are hard earned , we shouldn't be wasting it listening to some B**L S**T on time share at our expense .
Pd
Westboro, Massachusetts
U.S.A.
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Dave
Jacksonville,Florida,
U.S.A.
I had a lot of fun at their expense
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, March 07, 2006
We too received the 'free trip', which of course costs $698 per person.
So, my wife and I called, and pretended to be really excited, and a little slow to comprehend. Kept the guy on the phone for about an hour. He said someone had to be over 21, I said well, my wife is 15, he asks how old I am , I say 50. He says ok.
Then he asks for passports... I tell him I don't think they allow felons to have a passport, but I will ask my parole officer. That goes over his head as well... This goes on for quite a while, my wife has to leave the room a couple of times because she's laughing to hard at this schmuck. Finally it came down to payment.
He asks for a credit card. I read him the number of my library card. He says it's invalid. I say no it's not, I get books all the time with it. This goes on for 5 minutes, when I finally say, oh, I don't have a real credit card, or bank account. We are on welfare and rent our trailer.
The guy actually used the "F" word and slammed the phone down. How rude! lol
Alma
Menlo Park,California,
U.S.A.
RUN from "resorts".....
#3Consumer Suggestion
Tue, March 07, 2006
...if you do not have REAL interest buying time share...
If anybody call you (send you e-mail) mentioning the word "resort", hang up, delete the e-mail. Or if you get the offer in letter READ the fine print.
Similar way, if you find a message on your phone from "Nancy, your vacation cordinator", offering "family vacation to this or that RESORT", do NOT call her back.... It is the same scam, only from more sofisticated sources.
Ramada is not alone. Many less or more reputable businesses offer "free", "discounted" vacations to resorts... It's usually means long, very high pressure time share representation. There are places where you are BILLED for the promised free breakfast, trip etc if you do not buy time share.
(Maybe putting your number on the Federal Do Not Call list?)