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Castaways Travel Club / Beachcombers Vacations Complaint - Scam - Travel Club
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS -- My wife and I attended a meeting yesterday that was for the castaways/ beachcombers vacation club. I was contacted by a telemarketer at work and was told that there would be NO SALES going on at the meeting. This was one of the HARDEST sales I have ever been in, and I am in sales/ finance. They want you to decide right then and there on a $9000.00 commitment. Right there so you don't have the chance to look them up. Well the sales pitch was good, I will admit, but there is not a thing in this world that I will pay $9000.00 for without checking into it. After the pitch, we met with one guy, and basically told him no, then he had us meet with another guy (his manager, yeah right) who dropped the price and we still told him no.
He offered financing for us, we told him no we wouldn't finance it, and then he told us we could put it on our credit card since we didn't want to finance it (seriously, what a bafoon), then we were asked to answer a few questions to make sure that we were treated correctly, and during the survey, the "kid" who we were talking to told us that he could get us a deal for $2000.00 less than the quoted price and for less than $50.00 a month. My wife and I continued to tell them no, and then they started to act as if they wee put out by us, and they couldn't believe we didn't want the deal, and that we had wasted their time.
Well, we went home talking about how we truly believed everything that they told us, and that maybe at a later date we would buy. Well, it only took me about 2 minutes on the internet and google to figure out this company was a big rip off artist. I think that all of the positive reviews, which there are not many, are from company members. I feel sorry for the people who have fallen pray to this.
He offered financing for us, we told him no we wouldn't finance it, and then he told us we could put it on our credit card since we didn't want to finance it (seriously, what a bafoon), then we were asked to answer a few questions to make sure that we were treated correctly, and during the survey, the "kid" who we were talking to told us that he could get us a deal for $2000.00 less than the quoted price and for less than $50.00 a month. My wife and I continued to tell them no, and then they started to act as if they wee put out by us, and they couldn't believe we didn't want the deal, and that we had wasted their time.
Well, we went home talking about how we truly believed everything that they told us, and that maybe at a later date we would buy. Well, it only took me about 2 minutes on the internet and google to figure out this company was a big rip off artist. I think that all of the positive reviews, which there are not many, are from company members. I feel sorry for the people who have fallen pray to this.
Comments:
Posted by superbowl on 2008-01-06:
Yes, most of these travel clubs are scams. That hurts the ones trying to run a legit club. You did the right thing by walking out.
The worst one we went thru was at the Marriott Club in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Salesperson to salespersons manager to sales manager to "special" back room closer. It was brutal and I almost hit one guy one the way out when he said I was cheating my wife out of a chance of a lifetime. Real scum, called Marriott about the sleazy operation but they said what went on there they have no control over.
The worst one we went thru was at the Marriott Club in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Salesperson to salespersons manager to sales manager to "special" back room closer. It was brutal and I almost hit one guy one the way out when he said I was cheating my wife out of a chance of a lifetime. Real scum, called Marriott about the sleazy operation but they said what went on there they have no control over.
Posted by Fort Worth Stan on 2008-01-07:
castaways vacation club has worked great for me. I have been a member for almost three years now, and I can say I have gotten my money's worth out of the program.. I only had one problem with a short booking which I was trying to get immediately and it took a little longer than I expected other than that me and my wife have been on many trips that we couldn't have afforded without this program.
Posted by keko655 on 2008-04-24:
Beachcombers "vacation club" is a group of fellons that crate flight-by-night scam operations out of rented space. When the scam catches up with them they move on to another location. I attended a presentation on 11/2007 and I was appalled after 5 minutes into their "presentation". They looked stoned and had dirty nails. They wore clip-on ties and cheap suits. After we declined to buy their $8,000 "membership" they turned ugly to us. Never received their "free gift". Never trust anyone operating out of a rented space!
Posted by keko655 on 2008-05-14:
Update: the fellons from Beachcombers Vacation Club are now called Phoenix Travel. They now call pretending to be DTI Advertisement to get you to the presentation. They are so dumb that they forgot that I have been already to one of their "presentations", so they called me again to attend for a "free cruize and $300 worth of gas certificates" LOL! I was going to book time to attend a "presentation", so that I can record the whole thing undercover, but my wife wouldn't go again. Too bad.
Posted by angist on 2008-08-23:
Fort Worth Stan is no doubt and employee. I know first hand that this scam company actually has people to write great things about the company. They would be the only ones who could. They are now known as Bon Voyage / Sealand Travel in Austin. HUM---another name change to keep from people finding their true colors!!!
Posted by angist on 2008-08-23:
Fort Worth Stan is no doubt an employee. I know first hand that this scam company actually has people to write great things about the company. They would be the only ones who could. They are now known as Bon Voyage / Sealand Travel in Austin. HUM---another name change to keep from people finding their true colors!!!
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