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Subject: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: Angela (sceptical) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:20:54 09/10/06 Sun Hi, Can anyone give me details experiences of Palm Tree Leisure. My parents have a timeshare ripoff from Sunterra at present. They have had it for approx 15 yrs, i'm not sure how many points they have but recently Palm Tree Leisure have offered them over £15,000. Obviously very tempting and my sister and I have encouraged them to sell for years. They have an offer in writing but my parents apparently have to pay them a sum of money to show their intentions to sell. So my dad has actually given them his bank details already. I don't think they have had any money removed from their account but I am v dubious as to the nature of this transaction. The whole things a ripoff and the quicker they get rid the better but something smells a bit fishy to me. Any info would be greatly received. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: splot [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:31:03 09/10/06 Sun Hi Angela I've not heard of Palm Tree Leisure but generally if the proposal sond stoo good to be true then it probably is. As a rule timeshare weeks are not worth very much and certainly not the price quoted. This sounds like the usual con / scam - make sure that you advise the bank and contact the company in writing cancelling the offer and saying that no money should be accessed. This is the normal scam - but generally the credit card is used to pay the fee. You may be able to get more information from site like www.timesharetalk.co.uk. Hope this helps. Splot

[> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: ray [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:31:07 09/12/06 Tue Hi Angela Palm Tree Leisure are on Crimeshare's blacklist. Although this doesn't guarantee that they are a scam (Crimeshare lists all companies that people have had problems with) you should never have to pay up front if you've been approached. The only time you should pay anything upfront is if you have chosen to advertise the timeshare for sale and then the cost should be only the price of the advertising. Sales commissions should only ever be taken AFTER the sale is completed. Don't ever supply bank details as any proceeds from a sale can be sent as a cheque/bankers draft and deposited by you. There are a lot of dodgy operators out there. Ray

[> [> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: Mike (Very wary) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:40:59 02/01/07 Thu Hi Folks I have recently been approached by Palm Tree Leisure with a quote rather higher than I would have expected for my two weeks at Club Flamingo, Tenerife. Apparently a corporate client of theirs is buying up timeshare as a means on reducing their tax liablity? They sound very genuine and friendly and all they want from me is to lend them 950Euros whilst the deal goes through. They recredit your account on completion. Sounds like a good deal to me. The trouble is that I have already tried on three occasions to sell my timeshare through similar companies and in every case there has been a sudden loss of interest after I have paid my registration fee or security bond. I lost my money every time with, as far as I could see, no attempt what so ever by them to fulfil the contract. In two cases I was assured that the client had already paid them a deposit on the purchase, but mysteriously withdrew when it came to the crunch. So do you think I have found a reliable company at last to do business with? I am a trusting sort of chap and I can't believe that I will be deliberately defrauded by these people. Thanks for reading this. Mike

[> [> [> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: PJ [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:41:55 02/03/07 Sat >Hi Folks >I have recently been approached by Palm Tree Leisure >with a quote rather higher than I would have expected >for my two weeks at Club Flamingo, Tenerife. >Apparently a corporate client of theirs is buying up >timeshare as a means on reducing their tax liablity? >They sound very genuine and friendly and all they want >from me is to lend them 950Euros whilst the deal goes >through. They recredit your account on completion. >Sounds like a good deal to me. The trouble is that I >have already tried on three occasions to sell my >timeshare through similar companies and in every case >there has been a sudden loss of interest after I have >paid my registration fee or security bond. I lost my >money every time with, as far as I could see, no >attempt what so ever by them to fulfil the contract. >In two cases I was assured that the client had already >paid them a deposit on the purchase, but mysteriously >withdrew when it came to the crunch. So do you think I >have found a reliable company at last to do business >with? I am a trusting sort of chap and I can't believe >that I will be deliberately defrauded by these people. >Thanks for reading this. Mike IF THEY WANT MONEY UP FRONT IT'S A RIP OFF, you can be sure of that. Big sale price = no buyer DO NOT PAY ANYBODY MONEY UP FRONT YOU WILL LOSE IT. Let me guess, the phoned you out the blue, offered you a silly price much more that it is worth, said we have a buyer. How many times have I heard this one, and people keep falling for it.

[> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: Ian (Cautious) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:15:01 09/14/06 Thu We got ripped off by a company offering to sell our timeshare, so we won't part with money up front again. We have just been approached by Palm Tree Leisure to buy our timeshare and when they described the process, they referred to a bond of (I think) 950 euros. I explained our previous problems and asked if it could all be done through our solicitor. They apparently had no problems with that. I'm hopefully going to talk to our solicitor this afternoon, before PTL ring back this evening for solicitor's details.

[> [> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: Ian [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:41:09 10/09/06 Mon >I'm hopefully going to talk to our solicitor this >afternoon, before PTL ring back this evening for >solicitor's details. Not surprisingly, PTL never got back to us. I suspect the idea of dealing with solicitors scared them off. Ian

[> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: Chris [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:38:43 09/17/06 Sun Don't EVER give your bank details to anyone, especially over the phone. It would seem that these days direct debits can be set up without a signature and that gives carte blanche to anyone wanting to take money out of your bank account. I'm a bank pensioner and I'm amazed these days when speaking to trusted companies and I hear that they can set up direct debits over the phone.

[> Subject: Re: re: Palm Tree Leisure Author: george watson [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:04:18 09/20/06 Wed >Hi, hi,i do not have imformation about palm tree leisure but i have been ripped of many times when trying to sell my timeshare,the spanish fraud sqaud told me that if a company is genuine they will not ask for money up front and you should always refuse to send money, for whatever reason, hope this helps,george(watson)ps,put a stop on your payment. > >Can anyoe give me details experiences of Palm Tree >Leisure. >My parents have a timeshare ripoff from Sunterra at >present. >They have had it for approx 15 yrs, i'm not sure how >many >points they have but recently Palm Tree Leisure have >offered >them over £15,000. > >Obviously very tempting and my sister and I have >encouraged >them to sell for years. They have an offer in writing >but my >parents apparently have to pay them a sum of money to >show >their intentions to sell. So my dad has actually given >them >his bank details already. I don't think they have had >any >money removed from their account but I am v dubious as >to >the nature of this transaction. > >The whole things a ripoff and the quicker they get rid >the >better but something smells a bit fishy to me. > >Any info would be greatly received.