Received several calls from Advanced Services, Inc. it sounded too good to be true. They sent us a contract with 'wrong name', but it sounds too phony. They even had wrong e-mail until i corrected it. Will call FTC and report them. The caller ID shows 'anonymous'!!! They sure are consistent. The # they calle from is 713-955-0142. I guess they change # and locations. Strange but we were told that the conference in Cancun would be in June. They sure change the dates.
i just got a similar phone call also saying they are needing time share weeks for the meinhardt engineering business convention in cancun for this august 2013!!! i researched the company they said they were 'a new branch of advance serives'. i called them and they said they had no such branch and nothing in nevada! i was told to cancel my cc and call the police. i did but the local police won't even file a report since the charge hadn't gone onto my cc yet. that company also told me to report it to the Federal Trade Commission. which i did and i asked if they would be investigating. they said it goes into their data bank and if they see a 'trend' they will follow up. so PLEASE everyone, call the FTC # 877- 382- 4357. so they will see a 'trend' and put a stop to this nonsense!! it's so upsetting and now i have to get a new cc too!
howzit, got the same info call from advance services. called my attorney. she told me to call consumer affairs. first area code is in vegas (702) THE REST OF THE NUMBER IS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. anyway these people dont stop calling. so i said send me the $ then i will pay the bill. i was offered same $3600.00 plus $750.00 maintenance fee. per week. cancun hyatt regency,i found out there best rooms are less than $200.00 a night. now this is where they make there money its called exchange fees.they were going to charge me 199.00 per week. howz that. the lady name was riki lopez. the phone was all static couldnt understand. when she talks and in the back ground had alot of noise. and i had the same number as you . no one answers and its one number for all of them. wow i hope they get busted.
Received the same offer from ASInc. (Advance Services "workforc Solutions) with an address of 12526 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92103 They list their phone # as 7602694025 but the call came in from 417-800-2515 Same story I asked for something in writing because I was not in a position to do any business over the phone and I needed to speak with my husband.
Here is what I received via e-mail
Attached: Rental Agreement
Greetings! This is Sally Garcia – one of the TimeShare Account Consultant from Advance Services, that you ‘ve talked too. I would like to inform you that we do have different client groups who commissioned our company & want to rent at thousands of locations in North America. They do have a regular transaction with us since we’re on Destination Handling Services. For every reservation that they’re making, they really need unused weeks or points that could be traded, that is why you received a call from us because we’re calling a lot of timeshare owner just like you, simply asking for your unused weeks to rent out.
Now, we DON’T have an UPFRONT FEE for our services. Our fee is paid for by our clients themselves. Another thing is, the group offers to reimburse your maintenance fee because in the past, we’ve had problems renting from clients who haven’t paid their fees. So, in order to make sure your weeks will be available for them, they are happy to give the Maintenance Fee Allowance as well to help you offset your Maintenance Fee costs for the year, since they would be the one using it.
The way this work is very simple. First, I would like to know if how you would like to do the reservation? If you would like us to help you secure or pull out your weeks/points available to have it exchange to the location where our group will be having their convention, so that we can confirmed you within 24 hours and for us to provide you within 24 hours the confirmation of the Reservation Exchange No. We’ll be giving/sending you also everything so that you will have it in one email copy for your records.
Premier International Exchange Company- the one that we partnered, they don’t have business into a consumer’s level, but they do masters in exchanging or trading. Just like RCI/ Interval, but the only difference is that we can guarantee you that everything will be refunded or be back to you. You will be receiving a 100% GUARANTEED REFUND POLICY-stating that if for any reason whatsoever, the rental did not go through, due to a natural disaster or anything whatsoever, you would simply receive the money back within 2-3 business days.
Take note that our group will be paying you one month in advance before they gonna use your weeks for their upcoming convention. The check will be sent to you via Federal Express, a certified check issued by Bank of America. Please find the attached computation of the rental check.
You don’t have to worry. We’re not going to charge you yet. We’ll be giving you a callback for the best time to charge or debit you because we have to process first the rental and the pull out of your weeks/points available to your For your exchange fee, you are the one responsible for that. The exchange co. that we partnered prefer to use a credit card simply because of the accounting procedure. On your next credit card statement, you will see clearly marked one time charge only as proof of your exchange fee, but again, they will call you first confirming you first your assigned Reservation Exchange Number, and asking for your consent if you’re allowing the said charges (exchange fee) which is 100% money back guarantee, before they gonna charged you. You will not gonna pay us any single penny here, if you want to do the reservation by yourself. If your decision of getting the reservation is thru our exchange company that we partnered – Premiere International Exchange, they will ask me how would you want to handle for the Exchange Fee? They do need really your confirmation for that. You may do the reservation with our exchange company thru the information of your credit card, debit card or any walmart card- but again they will not gonna charge you yet. They may need your confirmation or assurance of interest to rent out not just for your by saying so, but That is the USUAL BASIC of what you will need to make a CONFIRMED TRANSACTION!
Please be informed also that your Timeshare stays in your name until & after you have received the check. What happens is you will received the check (1) One Month in advance before the convention or conference of the group. The Safeguard we have in place so that you can rest easy is that we won’t actually guest pass our group, until after you’ve been paid, because about one week before the convention, you will be also receiving a call from your resort confirming you the guest pass and finalize everything with you directly—that’s AFTER you’ve been paid, so there’s No Confusion!
Looking forward to hear from you soon! If you have any questions, let me do my job as your timeshare consultant. Thank you and God Bless!