If you have been victimized by either a timeshare resale firm or a timeshare resort, add your complaint below.
Timeshare Scams and Fraud
Ms - Tulip Market-Le Reve
Company Name: Tulip Market-Le Reve
Company Website: http://www.hotellereve.com/ http://www.tulipmarket.net/Sales Manager: Apollo Rolland Miller
I was solicited by Le Reve to visit their property while in Mexico. They offered me $25,000 for my existing timeshare in NC. The amount is much more than I paid, and they explained that Mexican nationals can obtain a VISA to enter the US much easier if they have property in the US, therefore this deeded timeshare that I own is very valuable to them. In order to get the $25,000, I needed to buy into their vacation membership plan called Le Club.
We were given free massages as well as 3 meals that day and treated very nicely by Cosmo ? and Apollo Miller. A company by the name of Tulip Market would be the ones paying me the $25,000 and Cosmo guaranteed it would happen within 6 months, once the title search and paperwork went through. He seemed to have full authority to make such an offer and clearly represented their interests.
Upon returning home, I had to send them a copy of my timeshare information to start the title transfer. In addition, I would be able to "market" 3 of the 6 weeks I was buying, for profit of $2000 each, payable to me. So, I would eliminate my timeshare maintenance fees, I would be paid $25000 for my timeshare and could earn up to $6000 each year for the next 25 years. This seemed too good to be true and I questioned it every step of the way.
Sadly, I have paperwork that confirms everything I am telling you but apparently it is useless. Cosmo encouraged me to apply for a Barclays MasterCard and charge the whole amount to the card and no interest for 6 months or a year. I applied but was initially not approved because I already had a Barclay’s card. Instead, I charged everything to my existing Barclays card. Later that night, I was approved for the new card. I believe they are also fraudulently using Barclay's to benefit their scheme.
The Le Reve website and property are real. Tulip market website does not work and they tell me it is being rebuilt... I was assured in early November that my $25k transfer was only 3 weeks away. I emailed the hotel to see if they would even talk with me or set up a vacation and they were very happy to do that, even calling me to select a date. I was promised a free weeks’ vacation at the resort and had planned to use it in February. I do not know if they will still honor the "free week" even though I have it in writing. I would be afraid to stay there at this point. I have contacted my credit card and they are marking the 6 charges as fraudulent.
Tulip Market appears to be the major fraud component but Le Reve and Le Hotel are all related to the whole scheme. They fraudulently told me I would receive the one-time payment of $25,000 and $6,000 a year for 25 years, in order to get me to agree to buy a property at Le Reve.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide or in putting an end to their deceit.