Complaint Review: Consolidated Resorts - Las Vegas Nevada

J. If you are a real owner and you are trully happy with your purchase. Then I am honestly happy for you. In you post you mentioned about buying to make money and the 5 day cancelation notice. If you had really read my issue, you would see right from the start that I did not buy this as a INVESTMENT PROPERTY. I bought it because I wanted a place that I thought had a high exchange rate to use for my family vactions. Again if you would have read my responce to the other person who is having good luck with Consolidated, you would have seen that I understand the 5 day cancellation in the contract. In the 5 day period I had no reason to beleive that I could not use the property as it was prosented to me. It has taken time and large amounts of frustration to relize that this company has serious issues. Consolidated Resorts is also renting out our timeshares. This is a direct breach of contract. You do not have to be a brain surgen to see that, if a non owner is using the property - it is not available for the real owners. Renters off of Expeida and hotel.com get a higher rating then owners when it comes to availability. Why you ask, The owners are already locked in a contract and these renters are FUTURE BUYERS. You are right about a few things. 1. Timeshares can be a good deal -- just not this one. A friend of mine has a timeshare and he loves his. He knows how to exchange timeshares and he looked up exhanging his for mine and he said I got took. With your response, I now have 4 good replys and I will give credit for any positive information but now I also have 40 other owners that are having a TERRIBLE TIME with this company and are willing to go to COURT. And to be honest, your write up sounds like a timeshare sales person. I say this mainly because of your statements about investing and the cancel statement.

I believe that the reason most of your responses have been negative is due to that magic ratio of, for every one positive review you'll receive ten negative. Happy people don't write. My wife and I are owners of Tahiti Village and absolutely love it and think it was a solid purchase at a decent price. We didn't pay full ticket and plan on purchasing more weeks at a resale price.. We agree that the sales tactics are horrible, our up front, "candy Girl" was pleasant enough, but when we hesitated they brought in the shark, that's when the presentation got ugly. But let's face it, who doesn't know that timeshare sales are horrible, it's a well known fact that they are high pressure and unpleasant. As far as Tahiti Village being a scam, I couldn't disagree more. You are informed up front not to buy with intent on making profit, and that you have a 5 day right of refusal. It's on the first page of the contract with big bold red letters over it saying "IMPORTANT READ FIRST" emblazened on it. We actually went to vegas with the intent on possibly buying a condo or a timeshare. So we did our homework beforehand and knew what we were getting into. This doesn't neccesarily reflect on you but I have noticed on here and other sites that a lot of the negative press on all these sites related to T.V. is that people went for the free vacation with no intent on purchasing, and most probably no means by which to purchase and allowed themselves to be swayed by the sales team and now regret it. My calculator was out the whole meeting and it wasn't until the numbers made sense that I bought. I wasn't swayed by the hype, in fact, if we were not actually staying on the resort we would have got up and left because of it. But we were staying on the resort, for free, and loved it, loved it, loved it. Reasons we bought, 4 children, we don't fit into a traditional hotel room. We now have forced vacation time every year, it is very easy to let a year slip by if you don't feel obligated. And the children don't stay young very long. The ability to dollar cost average, buying future weeks at resale prices will dollar cost us down to approx 15,000 per unit. *Note* Others are always saying "Don't buy new, buy resale", while this makes fiscal sense, if everyone did this there would be no new resorts and thus the death of the industry. We had the means and thought we'd do our part by purchasing one week at retail (34,000). All future travel at present dollar value, though the maintenance fees will always be there and will increase with inflation the average purchase price of 15,000, or if you like $61.22 per night for 35 years (I'll be 75 by then, so it's a safe bet I'll still be travelling) will seem like pennies at that time. Present dollar cost for our two bedroom room for the week we own presently is 233 dollars per night all in. Not cheap, not over the top for such a nice resort. And we will will this place to our kids so it has inherent value there. We are also willing a fund that will pay for maintenance fees for all our future generations, so in sense we are guaranteeing generations of travel. The availabilty of visiting other equally well maintained luxury resorts around the world. *Note* Reported stats in Interval International state that of all properly completed exchange requests in 2007, 97% were successful, those are astounding numbers. There are great last minute deals on travel but for us they don't work, I have tried over and over to get these deals with my big family but they are only available for families of four and under. I have many other positive thoughts on the timeshare we own but I believe I have stated my side sufficiently. Thanks J

Damian, I am glad that you are having no issues at all because you are one of the few. I have been in contact with 25 owners so far and only 3 reported no issues. Rip-off reports.com is not the only site that you will find report after, report on. No I do not feel scammed because I did not read the paperwork. I read it and at the time of the purchase I was more or less ok with it. 5 day cancels period I agree 100% that this is in the contract. 1. I had not returned from my vacation before the 5 days were up but at the time I was OK with the purchase and did not see a reason to cancel it. 2. I did not try to use the property during that 5 day period. Therefore it has taken a year and half of trying to use the property over and over again to realize that this company has serious issues. Phase 2 opens in November 2007. MY CONTRACT clearly states that Phase 2 will open in 2007, plus I have emails from Consolidated stating that the property will open in 2007. You must have bought at a later date. If you send me your contact info, I will gladly send you a copy of the email and a copy of My contract. The Mini Vacations I have not heard 1 good response on these. The 3 owners that I got no issues from reported that their only real complaint was that these Mini Vacations are worthless. If Consolidated would have worked with me on my issues or made some type of effort to provide me some customer satisfaction, I would not be here gathering people for a class action lawsuit. Again, if it is working for you I am happy for you because I really do not wish what is going on with me and the other 22 owners that I have reached to happen to anyone else. Fred Rose

Reading all these complaints about Consolidated has stunned me. My wife and I bought into Tahiti Village Phase II in 2006. Our first stay was in 2007. Granted, I had to book through Interval International and pay $139 fee since Phase II wasn't opened yet. No happy about it...but it's in the contract. We stayed in 2007...no problems and stayed there again twice this year. have had no problems booking dates...even for thanksgiving of this year. Was there pressure buying...of course. no hard pressure...but threw out alot of gifts of this and that. The important thing...I did my research first. we knew we would buy before evn going on the tour. In addition...in the packet of paperwork they give you...there is a sheet we signed that clearly stated Phase II would not be completed until August 2008. In my opinion those of you who felt you were scammed was because you neglected to read what you were signing. I just pulled my paperwork and found 5 places that mention a 5 day cancel period. and all had to be signed or initialed. I called the company that handles the minivacations right away to find out the terms and conditions. We also received two round trip airline tickets. We were able to book a flight from Californai to New York for New years Eve 2007/2008. All you have to do is read the terms and conditions...and read what you sign. I never believed a word the salesman told me. The property sold itself...and my research sold the buying process. I have no complaints thus far. In fact, just returned from a trip in Sept. 2008...phase II completed and lazy-river almost done.

801 S. Rampart Blvd, Ste 200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 October 18, 2008 Dear Sir; In response to your foreclosure letter dated October 9, 2008, my attorney and I have reviewed this letter and we will accept Option 4. Option 4 1. Consolidated Resorts Terminate said contract, 724360109. 2. Consolidated Resorts Refund all funds paid to them in good faith. 3. Consolidated Resorts Remove all negative information from Mr. & Mrs. Rose Credit reports 4. Mr. & Mrs. Rose will sign over Deed once, 1 through 3 are completed by Consolidated Resorts. Option 4 and the termination of the contract are reasonable and justifiable because of the following. A. Consolidated Resorts has breached the contract no Rental Policy stated in its Tahiti Village Plan Purchases Acknowledgment of Representations [ 1/104] [2]. As Stated By Consolidated Resorts, Inc in broad terms: Neither the Seller, the Sales Agent, nor the Manger [Plan Manger] has any form of rental or resale program. It has been made abundantly clear publicly in Consolidated Resorts written agreements that Consolidated Resorts in broad terms, does not have any [ Internet, etc] rental programs. Consolidated Resorts Inc misrepresented Sales Speech by your assigned agent and mangers pursuant to NRS 119A.130, stating on many occasions that Consolidated Resorts Inc is not in the business of renting rooms to time share owners and Furthermore continuing the same broad, misrepresented sales statement or act within your written agreement providing that your company is Neither in the business of renting its Time Share Accommodations or will provide any form of rental program, pursuant to NRS 150, 152, etc, outside of the ability by individual time share owners themselves. Genuine Facts: ? Fact 1 This No Rental Policy Program is shown to apply to al Consolidated entities throughout you documents and well understood, over the years, by all persons attending your introduction seminars and by new owners. ** The No rental policy applicability to your company personnel is Not Disputed ** The good Faith application to affect this No rental policy by Consolidated and its personnel is disputed by me, the plaintiffs. ? Fact 2 The two Resorts Rental Internet Practice discovered on the Internet web sites are, so far, Expedia and Hotel. Com. This is a Genuine Fact. ? Fact 3 A combinations of past and present accounting and tax records from all parties involved will show Consolidated Resorts Inc has a practicing financial renting relationship and/or business partnership with the above well known rental or for hire Internet Companies. Factual. ? Fact 4 Credit card receipts for guest accommodations within the past five years will verify non-time share holders from its legal Consolidated time share holders. Factual ? Fact 5 The fact that non-time share holder who have rented have interrupted the time share availability at Consolidated Resorts for time share holders usage. Factual ? Fact 6 Consolidated Resorts Inc Business practice extends over US State Lines. This is not disputed. B. Consolidated Resorts Inc has issued false deeds. The contract with Consolidated clearly states that we purchased into Phase 2 Parcel number 177-04-401-010. This is also recorded at Clark County NV Recorder website. Instrument ID: 20060504-01804 and 20060504-01803. Three parcel numbers that were issued to us. The first number 177-04-401-010 is the main property identifier. The second and third, 177-04-401-013 and 177-04-401-027 identifies the units in the first property. If you look up that parcel on the Clark county Assessor's page you will find that parcel number 177-04-401-010 is NOT part of the Phase 2 construction. According to the Clark County Assessor's page Phase 2 is 17704414000. C. Consolidated Resorts Inc has misrepresented property at time of sale using Unfair or Illegal Business Practices. --Deeded timeshare property can be refinanced as any other home or property. This was a total lie. I have contacted several lending companies and none would finance it. This was an important item because of the interest rate that we were being charged, 16%. --Time share could be rented out. This maybe true but if you can not reserve a week per the contract, how would you rent it out? After 2 years of ownership we have not been able to use it once or lock in a single week. --Split weeks into 3 or 4 day segments. The contract states that this could be done but when we called and requested it Consolidated said NO. --Split Time share into 2 units and use separately. One of the main reasons to purchase the larger unit was because it had a lock out and we were told that we could split it into 2 units and use it 2 weeks a year. When I requested this, I was told that this could not be done. --Phase 2 owners could use Phase 1 with no problems. This was not true. When I contacted them they told me we would have to pay the maintenance fees and an additional fee to use phase 1. We did only to be told that nothing was available. So now we have been paying maintains fees for 2 years for a phase 1 that we can not use and phase 2 that is not even built yet. -- Free trips. As part of the package were given six free trips. After receiving all the information a couple months later we learned that there was major restricts and we could not book more than 30 days in advance before your trip to let you know if it is available.' HOW CAN YOU PLANE A TRIP THAT WAY?? Plus you had to use their travel company for all additional items. If we wanted to book additional people, our 2 children the cost of the vacation would go to more than I could book the same vacation for all 4 would be. I was told that adding the kids would be minimal. Another example is they would give us free accommodations but we would have to book airfare through their agents, the airfare was double what other travel company wanted. --Phase 2 completion date. The contract states that it should be completed in September 2007. I have just received noticed that the Grand opening is in August 2008. -- list of Complaints from Ripoff.com establishing a pattern of misrepresentation. http://www.ripoffreport.com/searchresults.asp?q5=consolidated+resorts&Search=Search&q1=ALL&q4=&q6=&q3=&q2=&q7=&searchtype=0&submit2=Search! All the information above is documented and supportable in a court of law. This is a matter of a Bad Faith contract/agreement. Therefore it is the overall Sales Time-Share Agreement Contract and all monies expended in conjunction with the above findings that I am NOW concerned with and contesting. The monetary amount that is presently requested, in good faith, to end this disputed time share obligations is Twenty Two Thousand Dollars, $22,000.00 US dollars. Please let us keep this action as a one owner situation and good faith Void Contract settlement. And not as an escalating State or Federal Class Action Suit, which may adversely affect your company . As that is not really my intent. Respectfully, Frederick Rose

Sic your lawyer on these scumbags! I WOULD CONTACT THE CLARK COUNTY NEVADA TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AND ASK HOW CAN YOU BE TAXED ON REAL PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT EXIST THEN I WOULD INVITE THEIR TAX ASSESSOR TO GO OUT AND HAVE A LOOK. SEE IF THEY CAN FIND IT. Then I would contact the Federal Trade Commission, the Nevada Attorney General and the FBI because this scam imvolves Interstate Commerce and breach of contract. For $43,000 you could have bought your own apartment BUILDING in Texas and the prices are going to get much lower... Guess you guys had to learn the hard way DO NOT BUY TIMESHARES... especially in Florida or Las Vegas...OR a bridge in Arizona or oceanfront property in Arizona either...

Background Two years ago, 2006 my wife and I bought a timeshare from Consolidated Resorts in Las Vegas NV in their Phase 2. It was their deluxe unit, the Royal Tahitian 1 week yearly floating for $43000. I knew from the beginning that buying at timeshare was not a good investment and I knew that I would never make money off of the purchase. What my family and I was looking for was a good Relaxing Vacation property that we could use and enjoy. I work lots of hours and if I had a property to use, it would force me to take more vacations. Then in the years that we did not want to go to Vegas, we could exchange it in an area that we would like to go. That was the plan but now I find it just a pipe dream. As part of our purchase they gave us the usual hardcore sales. They said that we could split up our unit into 2 units, rent one and use the other or just use it 2 weeks out of the year. We could also split our weeks up 4 and 3 days if we choose. They stated that we could get the rooms for $77 dollars a night if we use all our time or if we wanted a weekend getaway. This was a big selling for me because I go out to Vegas a several times a year on business. Plus they gave us the standard misleading lines that we could refinance it because it was a deeded property. They knew that there was no way we could refi it. They also gave us 6 free vacations which I have found out to be totally worthless. We purchase the floating and the more expensive unit thinking that it would give us a higher rating to get the weeks and days that we want. When we purchased the property in Phase 2 we were told that we could start using our time immediately in Phase One. Since then we have not been able to use it once. Every week we have chosen, has not been available. We have also found out that if we can not get a date locked in, we can not exchange it for a location or rent it. Consolidated Resorts then came back and said we needed to pay Additional Fees and the Maintains fees for Phase 1 if we want to use it because our contract was for Phase 2. We paid all the fees only to be told that nothing was available and that we could only request 30days out. So now we have been paying maintains fees on a property that is not built yet and only to find out nothing was available. Plus, how can you rent it out or trade it if you can not get times but 30 days out. This spring I decided to sell it. After I put it on the market I started investigating Consolidated resorts and found out that selling it is not an option now because there are so many of them for sale. This past month I decided to really start researching and get this property sold. My investigation uncovered that Consolidated Resorts was scamming people for lack of better words and issuing false deeds. I have now STOP all payment and we are contacting legal advice to write a letter to Consolidate terminating the contract for unfair Business practices and fraud, false Deeds. I want out of this contract with a full reimbursement of all funds paid and I also want to make sure my credit is not hurt over this. Below I am going to list all the unfair practices, supporting testimony and false deed information. Unfair or Illegal Business Practices. 1. Sales personal misrepresented property. A. Deeded timeshare property can be refinanced as any other home or property. This was a total lie. I have contacted several lending companies and none would finance it. This was an important item because of the interest rate that we were being charged, 16%. B. Time share could be rented out. This maybe true but if you can not reserve a week per the contract, how would you rent it out? After 2 years of ownership we have not been able to use it once or lock in a single week. C. Split weeks into 3 or 4 day segments. The contract states that this could be done but when we called and requested it Consolidated said NO. D. Split Time share into 2 units and use separately. One of the main reasons to purchase the larger unit was because it had a lock out and we were told that we could split it into 2 units and use it 2 weeks a year. When I requested this, I was told that this could not be done. E. Phase 2 owners could use Phase 1 with no problems. This was not true. When I contacted them they told me we would have to pay the maintains fees and an additional fee to use phase 1. We did only to be told that nothing was available. So now we have been paying maintains fees for 2 years for a phase 1 that we can not use and phase 2 that is not even built yet. F. Free trips. As part of the package were given six free trips. After receiving all the information a couple months later we learned that there was major restricts and we could not book more than 30 days in advance and had to use their travel company for all additional items. If we wanted to book additional people, our 2 children the cost of the vacation would go to more than I could book the same vacation for all 4 would be. I was told that adding the kids would be minimal. Another example is they would give us free accommodations but we would have to book airfare through their agents, the airfare was double what other travel company wanted. G. Phase 2 completion date. The contract states that it should be completed in September 2007. I have just received noticed that the Grand opening is in August 2008. 2. Sales personal used unethical business practices A. Sales presentation misrepresented the product B. Sales presentation misrepresented the service C. Sales presentation used dishonest sales practices D. Sales presentation not consistent with the written agreement E. Sales presentation did not disclose key conditions of the offer DEED Fraud. Consolidated Tahiti Village Resort is a DEEDED Timeshare. My contract with Consolidated clearly states that we purchased into Phase 2 Parcel number 177-04-401-010. This is also recorded at Clark County NV Recorder website. Instrument ID: 20060504-01804 and 20060504-01803. I do not fully understand why there are 2 deeds for me on this property, but if you look at them Soleil LV and my wife and I are reversed parties. If you look up that parcel on the Clark county Assessor's page you will find that parcel number 177-04-401-010 is NOT part of the Phase 2 construction. According to the Clark County Assessor's page Phase 2 is 17704414000. See link. (((Redacted))) Looking at the above link it is quite clear that Consolidated Resorts is doing something questionable. And because of this item I feel that it is within my rights to terminate the contract and demand a full refund. UPDATE: My lawyer has contacted Consolidated and they refuse to ackowldge the letter. They are now sending threating letters and phone calls. Please contact me if you want to be part of a class action lawsuit. Any lawfirms that are interested, please contact me too.

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Just wanted to add Tahiti Village for google searches.

Just wanted to add Tahiti Village for google searches.