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Re: Has anyone purchased from Vallart Gardens? (by Sharon):

In response to your question. We went to Vallarta Gardens and didn't like it...next day went to Puerto Bahia just down the road and my husband was talked into purchasing. They have the same scam as Vallarta Gardens. Take the time to read all the notes and to research Vallarta Gardens on the Internet and this site. Periodically, they change the resale company. They have used many different names, all of which don't exist. They usually tell you it will take 365 days to process your resale and receive your money to pay for the timeshare you are purchasing. As an incentive they will throw in $2600.00 per week for up to 10 weeks. That depends are how hard it is to make you bite. My husband was easy and settled for 8....I didn't like the salesman and he knew it so he upped it to 10 weeks at $2600.00 per week. They tell everyone the same thing...only change is the name of the re-sale company. I asked how they managed to keep the units rented. He told me that they used a group called "Fly and Buy" where they fly in very wealthy people in a private jet to see the property. None of it happens.

Because they tell you it can take up to 365 days you don't start asking questions right away, it takes about six months of hearing nothing before you start asking questions. We were also told that once out of the Sales office we could not discuss the transactions with anyone....not even the contract manager at the office. As we were walking down the hill we were reminded of that two more times.

Our re-sale company was MPM, Mercury Property Management. After six months of waiting and hearing nothing I called, only to find out that the contact person they gave me was no longer there and I had reached a call center. Address on the letterhead was a vacant lot. BBB had never heard of them. The call center informed me that my contracts were no longer valid and that Matthew Day (my "personal representative") had pulled the contracts many months before and they had no record of why he did it and they simply didn't exist anymore. I asked for Customer Service telephone number and FAX. They could not provide it because they had recently moved. After I hung up I immediately called my Credit Card company and cancelled the card. I believe nothing was ever sent anywhere and the people at the call center have a script to read when inquiries are made. I would like to hear from anyone out there...that has actually recieved the promised $2600 per week for rental .

In the end you not only have your newly purchased fractional property, you also have your old property.