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Original Message:

Vida Vacation Legitimacy Questioned (by Deb H.):

Here's an update with the Mayan Empire: They are now telling us with whom we may associate with. First they tell us a bucket full of lies, the two recommendations they gave us from the rental list ($1,100 in fees) were just backing up their lies. So we find someone who IS telling us the truth and NOT charging ANYTHING until they produce and they refuse to deal with them.

So the moral of the Mayan story is listen to their lies or anyone whom they recommend and you'll be fine. But if you challenge their deceptive sales practice WITH PROOF they just babble about how you need to learn to enjoy a product they had to lie about to get you to buy. And if you decide to tell the world about what they did to you they threaten you with defamation. If we were lying we would be concerned.

I know they have many happy owners who bought for the right reasons. We bought for the wrong reasons because we were lied to. Should we have realized they were taking advantage of our trust? I don't think so, with the level of collusion they employ they deceive masses of unsuspecting consumers, its an unfair advantage .Especially when they incorporate partnerships with Cirque du Soleil, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman and put rental brokers on the phone to further their scam.

They reply to us touting their legitimacy, well legitimacy is not subjective. You can't claim to be legitimate when you allow your sales teams to do what they do or have done. You can't have it both ways, you can't just tell the truth some of the time and claim to be legit. If you allow your sales teams to lie and upon discovery you do nothing, or worse cover it up, your claim of legitimacy is yet another lie. Its a vicious circle and we are stuck in the middle.

Deb & Sara