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Re: belaire golf resort and spa (by Alberto D.):

In september of 2010 my pregnant wife of 5 months and I went to PV and were offered a time share presentation at the Grand Miramar resort and they offered us $500 to go on a 90 minute presentation. We went and were shown around by young inexperienced saleman by the name of Aldo Padron. Although the resort was nice, we thought it was too far from the beach and already being owners of the Playa del Sol Grand and Grand Mayan, we concluded it would not be in our best interest to make another expense until we sold the PDS Grand. Well, after almost 4 hours of trying to convince us that they would give us a credit for the PDS Grand if we bought into the Grand Miramar, Aldo finally got our message and we were kindly asked to move to the lobby/reception area where we were met by another man by the name of Mario Montalbo who appeared to be a manager of some sort. My wife was tired and by that point nothing Aldo had said was going to get her to change her mind, especially after Aldo insulted her by telling me I was the man of the family and I shouldn't have to consult with my wife if I liked the resort and she didn't. Mario then asked us to step outside the resort with him where he proceeded to completely change his demeanor and tone and basically stated that we had forfeited our $500 gift because we had told him that our decision to buy on that day was not determined or influenced by anyone or any other situation we may have and since we did tell them that we would not even consider buying into the Grand Miramar unless we sold the PDS Grand first that we had lied on the interview. Therefore he gave us our $100 deposit and then warned us to leave immediately as he walked towards us in a very threatening manner and stated he would have us removed if we didn't comply. Had may pregnant wife not been present, I believe things would've ended up quite differently than our just leaving. Fortunately we had brought our own rental car. My point is that this Mario character is on and the same person that is probably now at Belair/U. From what I remember, he is a rather large man of about 6 feet, early forties and a little imposing physically. At first he sounds very charming stating that he has family and investments in Texas, but when they don't get what they want their whole act changes. If anyone is dealing with this person at any resort, I would suggest you try and by-pass him with a superior instead of wasting your time. Anything that this Mario Montalbo is involved with has got to be illegal or at the very least unethical and dishonest.