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Re: Has anyone purchased from Vallarta Gardens? (by Michele H.):
We are just home from a Vallarta Gardens vacation and I am very thankful that this website (and others) exist to enlighten consumers about this fraud. The presentation I attended took up over 5 and half hours of my time. I was quite certain I had no interest in vacation ownership at Vallarta Gardens until a "Michael" informed me that he would promise in writing to pay to me $2,500 per week for 1-4 weeks (at my choosing, not his) per year for a period of 25 years. So in short an arrangement promising to pay me $250,000 over 25 years in exchange for my doing absolutely nothing. Yep -- too good to be true! But he said he'd put it in writing. When the contracts were presented for signing, however, as noted by others in this thread, the contract promising me my $250,000 over 25 years was a separate contract with a separate entity -- this year they call themselves "Arrow Marketing Group" and claim to have been in existence since 1999 - and this promise from Arrow Marketing to pay me for marketing my weeks is not included within my contract to buy from Vallarta Gardens.
It was just surreal that no representative from Arrow Marketing Group participated in the negotiations of the deal by which they would purportedly be obligated to make payments to me. Michael from Vallarta Gardens was far too free-handed in agreeing to give me more and more of their money (he started at $1,500 for ten years and ended with $2,500 per week for 25 years). When it was part of a separate contract with a separate entity from his company I found it nearly impossible to believe it was valid, and located this site and others confirming my suspicion that Arrow Marketing Group would fail to live up to their end of the obligations were I to wait the year plus before their first payment to me was due.
I have rescinded my agreement with them within the five-business day period allowed under Mexican law, copying Profeco on the notice, in addition to reporting them as fraudulent to my credit card while demanding return of the $10,000 plus down payment made on my Mastercard. I sent the notice via email and worded it politely enough to make it likely they would respond, verifying they did receive notice within the Five Day Rescission period. Once a response was received I let my polite sales representative Ivana, who was very new on the job and probably unaware that her boss Michael makes false promises, know the full reason for my rescinding our contract.
Thank you again RedWeek and posters in this thread.