1, Report:
#1468900
Posted Date:
Dec 06 2018
Monterey Collection Services Monterey Collection SV Monterey Collection Services is unwilling to remove a collection item from EL CID Vacation Club for $44,000 from my experian credit report even after disputing the fact the timeshare contract has been cancelled thus releasing us from all liabilities Oceanside California
After going back and forth with EL CID through PROFECO for several months (Attorney General equivalent) we were able to cancel the timeshare contract but EL CID Vacation Club still forwarded a debt of $35,000 to Monterrey Collections Services (4095 Avenida De La Plata, Oceanside CA ...
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Categories: Debt collector, Collection Agencies
2, Report:
#1468894
Posted Date:
Dec 06 2018
EL CID Vacation Club EL CID Resort Club ELCID scammed us by selling to us a timeshare which resulted to be fradulent and worthless. this costed us $16,000. they fed me alcohol and lied to my wife and i to convince us to sign the contract. Cozumel Quintana Roo
On August 3, 2016, we purchased a membership through EL CID vacation club in Quintana Roo, Mexico. In due time, we learned the points associated with the membership are not of the value presented and it is actually cheaper to book our accommodations through methods that do not requi...
Entity
Categories: Timeshare ripoffs
3, Report:
#340774
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club ,El Cid Vacation Club TIME SHARE FRAUD, DECEPTION, LIES Mazatlan Other
Where do I begin with this nightmare. We stayed at the El Cid in Cozumel in January of 2008. We went to the timeshare demonstration to get a free jeep rental.Mistake #1. We finished the the tour and sat with a woman named Dorothy(snake oil salesman) She put on her southern charm.(sh...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
4, Report:
#398318
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club the company that lies to get your money Cozumel Mexico
I am contacting you regarding El Cid Vacation Club and Resorts. El Cid is a Mexican resort company that seems to specialize in preying on suspecting and unsuspecting tourists and travelers in Mexico. My wife and I were on a trip to Cozumel. Upon entering the lobby of the Cozumel air...
Entity
Categories: Lodging
5, Report:
#268667
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club TIME SHARE FRAUD Mazatln Mazatlan
We Too were scammed into purchasing by being promised many things including a free week that they would refund us. We later found out that those free weeks are not refundable. They promised us we would recieve a refund check in the mail regardless of the written disclosure on the ...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
6, Report:
#429428
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club, Mazatlan El Cid is a pure rip off scam! Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
El Cid is a pure rip off scam! They are a one way service. You pay and they take. The help desk will not return any complaint calls.
I find it incredible that a large company would embark on such a conspiracy of not responding to complaints nor acknowledging their written promise...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
7, Report:
#428313
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club deceptive sales practices Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico
In the sales presentation, we were told that El Cid would sell another time share we had that we were not using and then rent out our points through the Christmas and New Years Holiday weeks to pay for the balance of the contract after our initial deposit. Since we were in Mazatlan...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
8, Report:
#466194
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club Rip off- Liars - don't buy from El Cid Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico
We were stopped at the Mazatlan Airport and asked if we had a taxi to our resort. We were then told that El Cid would pay our taxi, give us 4 tickets to a Mexican buffet, as well as 4 tickets for a Stone Island tour if we would take a 90 minute presentation at their resort. We agr...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
9, Report:
#466237
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2018
El Cid Vacation Club - RCI - ECVC Lied cheated and pumped us full of drinks to get us to sign a bogus deal Cozumel Quinta Roo
Yet another in a long list of people scammed in the El Cid vacation club. Last October I booked a room at the El Cid resort just outside Cancun. The stay there was nice and we had the all inclusive package and everything was good until we were talked into doing the vacation club pre...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
10, Report:
#1321292
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2016
ResortCom El Cid Vacation Club Difficult to do business with Las Vegas Nevada
I called three times to this company in order to make a payment. This was my first payment and i wanted to gove them a credit card number in order for them to debit my accouont every month so I would not have to write checks. They refused to take a payment unless I played 20 que...
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Categories: Resorts
11, Report:
#1205585
Posted Date:
Nov 17 2015
El Cid Vacations Club EL CID SALESMAN FERNANDO ALONSO GONZALES PREYING ON ELDERLY WITH LIES AND FALSE PROMISES Mazaltlan Sinaloa, Mexico
ON Jan. 4, 2014, my husband and I arrived at the El Cid Mazatlan Resort. for a week’s stay due to one of the timeshares we owned at that time. We were expected to attend a timeshare presentation (which we had not previously been informed of) …..along with a breakfast. Howe...
Entity
Categories: Public Relations
12, Report:
#1224208
Posted Date:
Apr 23 2015
El Cid Vacation Club Total misrepresentation... Total Scam Mexico Nationwide
El Cid Vacation Club is the biggest Scam/ Rip off! True to the popular concensus that you should stay away from people selling time shares my husband and I got sucked into a presentation in order to receive tickets and a rental car.
Though we were fully prepared to walk after the ...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
13, Report:
#1085824
Posted Date:
Sep 22 2013
El Cid Vacation Club APOssociated with Barkley's Bank and RCI Elite RewardsTimeshare Equity Service Update meeting was actually a four hour sales ambush! San Diego California
In March 2013, I traveled to Puerto Morelos, MX, with five friends using the membership I had purchased in Mazatlan in January 2012. It was the only all Inclusive resort they had, so we used it. The day before we were to leave, my fiance and I were required to attend an Update m...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
14, Report:
#695035
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2011
El Cid Vacation Club We were told that we would purchase 150,000 extra points but it wouldn't cost anything because we would rent out our timeshare for 3 year and thereby, make $8000 each year Mazatlan, Internet
February 2009 my sister and I went to a timeshare presentation. We were offered a deal where we could get 150,000 more points for $24000.00. However, we were told it wouldn't cost anything because we could rent out our timeshare at $8000/year for 3 years and thereby, it ...
Entity
Categories: Liars
15, Report:
#175869
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2010
El Cid Vacation Club Fraudulent Sales Practices ripoff Mazatln Mxico
In January of 2005 we were pressured into purchasing timeshare with verbal promises that were not incorporated into the written contract.
We were told that the purchase of 90 000 vacation club points could be combined with weeks from another timeshare we own to qualify us for 30...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
16, Report:
#177232
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2010
El Cid Vacation Club- Mexican Resort Cozumel Misrepresesentation Fraudulent verbal lies vacation club rip off Los Angeles California
We went on a Royal Caribbean cruise last summer. One of our stops during the cruise was in Cozumel, Mexico. When we got off of the ship, we were approached by an El Cid Vacation Club sales person asking us if we would like to use their resort for the day at no charge if we were wi...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
17, Report:
#469459
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2010
El Cid Marina Vacation Club, El Cid Vacation Club Buyer Beware El Cid Timeshare Scam Mazatlan Other
Our Story is similar to so many we have read on the internet lately about El Cid Marina vacation club in Mazatlan. This is a beautiful place that should sell itself and no one should need to resort to underhanded tactics.
Unfortunately for us, like many others, we were scammed...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
18, Report:
#460442
Posted Date:
May 06 2010
El Cid Vacation Club Avoid El Cid Vacation Club Timeshare Fraud! PREDATORS!! VLADIMIR JIMENEZ THIEF! LIAR!! Cozumel Mexico
In January 2008, my wife and I took a vacation to Marina El Cid Hotel and Yacht Club, Mazatlan, Mexico. While there, we where approached by their sales staff to come to an informational meeting regarding our timeshare ownership. This meeting included a lunch, which was actually ...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
19, Report:
#421893
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2010
El Cid Vacation Club I was lied too and fighting back Cozemel, Mazatlan Other
I posted a report regarding El Cid some months back. I have been activily fighting to get a refund. In fact El Cid has sent me a letter intending to sue me for for libel?
Here are steps I recommend everyone take.
1. If you are in the 5 day cancelation window do so immediately and...
Entity
Categories: Hotel
21, Report:
#551463
Posted Date:
Jan 21 2010
El Cid Vacation Club - RCI - ECVC - OVC VENTAS TIMESHARE, EL CID TIMESHARE FRAUD ABOUNDS AT EL CID MARINA MAZATLAN, sinaloa, mexico INTERNET
We were frauded by El Cid Vacation Resorts by Fernando Alonzo Gonzalez, General Manager, out of $14239.75 (+ $39500 to be paid) while we were on our honeymoon at the El Cid Marina in Mazatlan, Mexico on 12- 21-2009. In total Fernando Alonzo Gonzalez has the intent to fraud us out ...
Entity
Categories: Hotel
22, Report:
#478172
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2010
El Cid Vacation Club Deceptive Sales Practices Mazatlan, Mexico Internet
During the week of May 9, 2009 we stayed at the El Cid Marina resort and were enticed to attend a timeshare presentation with the offer of a free breakfast, a trip to Deer Island and a Mexican Fiesta dinner. At the outset of the sales presentation we informed our sales person that w...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
23, Report:
#515945
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2009
El Cid Vacation Club - RCI - ECVC - OVC EVCV is all about Deception and Poor Service, Mazatlan, Other
My tale is similar to many of the other reports about El Cid Vacation Club rip-off artists. First know this, that those 90 minutes presentations are never just 90 minutes. They can actually take up half of the day. Though I had no real intention of purchasing anything, I...
Entity
Categories: Resorts
24, Report:
#477336
Posted Date:
Aug 10 2009
El Cid Resorts Fernando Told me that they would buy my current timeshare and deduct the sale price from their sale to me. Charged me for time share that I did not sign for. Mazatlan Sinaloa
I bought a time share from them with the understanding that they were going to buy the current time share I owned. All contracts would be mailed to me in three weeks.
I received nothing, so I contacted the Phoenix Vacation Property Managment, the name of the company wich was to r...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
25, Report:
#431596
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2009
El Cid Vacation Club Beware of El Cid Vacation Club - They Promise Anything to Get Your Money Mazatlan Sinaloa
My wife and I traveled to Mazatlan for a 2 week vacation at the end of January. After standing in line for an hour at the airport to get through customs and immigration we were tired and ready to take a taxi to our hotel El Cid Castilla. We approached the taxi booth and asked for a...
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Categories: Resorts