I received a call from Destination Services, also called Global Destination Services. The sales person is Tanya Edwards Rivera. She said they are located at 411 Lincoln Highway, Sacramento. She said that they would rent out my timeshare to the Meinhardt Engineering Group for a Convention in Mexico and all I need to do is pay them for the reservation fee of $199 per reservation. They take your credit card number and charge it to different companies--Divas and Beyond, Catered World Wide Web, Gater Web Hosting -- and others, saying its a way to avoid international exchange fees. They say that Premier Exchange, another company located in New York and in Orange California, will be reserving the actual timeshare once they get the reservation fees. They say they are booking for a convention for the Meinhardt Engineering group at the Hyatt Regency in Cancun, Mexico. They will pay $3600 per week plus $750 maintenance fee. THEY ARE VERY CONVINCING AND PERSISTENT. They call daily to give you updates--with invoice numbers etc. They e-mail a verification agreement in microsoft word and say a formal contract will come in the mail with the check to you at which point they ask that you sign and return the contract. BEWARE, they are pretty convincing. I have disputed all the charges and changed my credit card number.
Just finished a phone call with "Sammy Garcia" at Advance Services. Wanted to buy/rent timeshare week for Meinhardt Engineering Group convention in Cancun. Had an accent and a looooooooong pitch. I got lost in all the details - or maybe it was because I was researching the company on the computer while I was "listening". Told her to email me the info. Then I googled Meinhardt engineering group and found this web site. So glad I did. Number she was using was 760-269-4025. She is supposed to call back this afternoon. Guess what I'm going to tell her - IF I even answer the phone.
I've been dealing with this woman by the name of Tanya Edwards Rivera, She was very nice to me, but we have been going back and forth since Oct 2013. She asked me if I would like to rent out my GETAWAYS that I never used, this was for a company by the name of Meinhardt Engineering for a CONVENTION in CANCUN at the HYATT REGENCY, We went through everything that I would have to do; by okaying the use and putting these charges on my credit card. I was one who fell for it and lost almost $40,000. I questioned her several times why things aren't moving along the way she said they would; there was always an excuse about getting the confirmation from the Premier Exchange and then later was told that Meinhardt had to okay everything and sign the checks that were to be sent out soon; that was a month ago and she said she would be in touch with me by the 1st of June, I'm still hoping.
The number I got to call them back was 760-269-4025. The name on my caller id said conference call. Same deal as the aboves to rent my timeshare for their convention in Cancun at a Hyatt or Marriott on March 9 to 15. I needed to send them my confirmation number. I asked (stupidly ) is this a scam? Huffily she said why would you ask me that? But that answer made me very uneasy. I talked to RCI and told them my whole conversation and one person at RCI said do more research. Be careful. My daughter found this website. I am convinced this is a scam. I hope someone catches these thieves and reports them. Scumbags. She called me Jan. 21, 2015
Same scenario but instead of a 530 area code number, it was 713-955-0142 and a woman named Alexis who worked for Advance Services. The "exchange" company who wanted the $199 exchange fee was Crown Exchange LLC. DO NOT FALL FOR THESE PLEASE.
I just received a call from this Tanya woman. She wanted to speak with my employer, so I ended up taking a message from her and a phone number. I called the phone number later and ended up calling a poor woman who had been receiving at least one call per week from different offices asking for Tanya. Then, I googled and found your post!