Anyone have experience with Preston Green or Americap International Corp

I think that much of the problem on Red Week is being created by Red Week themselves and I know several who have emailed them about it and they will not budge. They allow posts to say for instance, "available January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013" when in fact all the good weeks for that year that everyone wants have already been taken and will never be available. To me this is allowing and in fact encouraging false advertising. I guess they figure that not as many will buy their ads if they can only post dates that they can actually get. I had a gentleman call me wanting a certain week in March in Scottsdale and when I told him I had it he said "how come you have it and the other 11 people advertising the same week (again, this is because they are advertising Jan. 1-Dec. 31) don't have it? He said he had wasted weeks trying to get that week and finally got down to me on the list. When I explained the situation he was very thankful I had the week and rented from me instantly. He was also very mad at Redweek and the other for false advertising.

YES, PRESTON GREEN, OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS, SCAMED ME AND 3 FRIENDS OUT OF 900.00 FOR A WEEK IN ARUBA FOR FEB. 2014. HIS COUNTERPART ALICIA WILLIS IS HIS PARTNER. SHE CASHES THE CHECKS AND SENDS HE MONEY TO NIGERIA. DOROTHY/PHILADELPHIA,PA

az_timeshare_rentals wrote:

I think that much of the problem on Red Week is being created by Red Week themselves and I know several who have emailed them about it and they will not budge. They allow posts to say for instance, "available January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013" when in fact all the good weeks for that year that everyone wants have already been taken and will never be available. To me this is allowing and in fact encouraging false advertising. I guess they figure that not as many will buy their ads if they can only post dates that they can actually get. I had a gentleman call me wanting a certain week in March in Scottsdale and when I told him I had it he said "how come you have it and the other 11 people advertising the same week (again, this is because they are advertising Jan. 1-Dec. 31) don't have it? He said he had wasted weeks trying to get that week and finally got down to me on the list. When I explained the situation he was very thankful I had the week and rented from me instantly. He was also very mad at Redweek and the other for false advertising.

It could be that posters posting Jan 1-Dec 31 own floating or flex weeks .... that is NOT false advertising .... also Redweek doesn't make up the ads ..... the poster (Redweek paid members do) .... Redweek has no control of what posters post in their ads .... that info would be between the reader and the poster of the ad.

dorothyw89 wrote:

YES, PRESTON GREEN, OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS, SCAMED ME AND 3 FRIENDS OUT OF 900.00 FOR A WEEK IN ARUBA FOR FEB. 2014. HIS COUNTERPART ALICIA WILLIS IS HIS PARTNER. SHE CASHES THE CHECKS AND SENDS HE MONEY TO NIGERIA. DOROTHY/PHILADELPHIA,PA

Just how did Preston Green scam you out of $900 since the week is for Feb 2014 .... why would the alleged Ms Willis be sending money to Nigeria, of all places .... I have to say that you sound like a disgruntled person out for a personal vendetta unless you can prove that you've been scammed by Mr Green.

Regarding Forum Posting From: "dorothyw89 Jun 04, 2013 "

Dear Sir or Madame,

Please contact RedWeek forum immediately and have this posting removed.

You are confusing me, Preston Green of Vacation Homes Only, with someone else.

We have no Alicia Willis working at our company and never have. We are in Beverly Hill California and will assure you that none of the people you dealt with were related to me or our company.

If you review the phone numbers, email, and contact information with ours at VacationHomesOnly.com, you will see that it was not us. If some one used our good name to make a false reservation for you, immediately report it to the FBI, ic3.com, and to your local authorities.

Please contact us immediately with copies of any emails or correspondence with any one using our name or impersonating any of our employees or our company.

Even RedWeek.com com has been victimized by impersonators.

Please get your facts straight before you blame the wrong individuals and entities.

No renter or owner has ever lost money with us. Never. We will vigorously and legally pursue anyone who says anything contrary to that fact.

Preston Green Vacation Homes Only

My thoughts are these kind of sales are not the norm at all. This kind of sale a last minute special "Example : Owner cannot go on their vacation(work/health problem) - they need to get rid of it at the last minute ... I saw one on Ebay just reciently exact same size unit (owner was trying everything).

Also the middle men/persons here are talking out of both sides of their mouth. My friend told me a "Owner" they were marketed by "middle men/persons" and they were told they could get top dollar for their unit and leave the hassle in their hands.

I will say it is misleading that the REDWEEK home page states: "Timeshare owners post their units for rent or sale to an audience of over 1.5 million registered users. No commission, no middlemen."

Unless "Preston Green or Americap International Corp" are doing this for free they are middle(persons).

vacationhomesonly wrote:

Again, people making unfounded insinuations/accusations and "Jay Jay" who still has the time to add here negative spin. Notice here comments always take the worst possible interpretation. "A vacation rental agent must be bad". Simply put that is prejudice. Our posting clearly states that $2395 is our "generic starting price and that high season holiday weeks can cost more". View can effect the prices drastically as well. We just rented a 2bedroom 3bathroom unit at the Marriott Maui for only $1695 so these deals and better deals are given out by Preston Green and Vacation Homes Only all the time. Get your facts straight before you try to destroy descent people and businesses. Mostly you hurt the consumers and owners (RedWeek.com Customers) whom we can and do help.

paulp154 wrote:

I will say it is misleading that the REDWEEK home page states:

"Timeshare owners post their units for rent or sale to an audience of over 1.5 million registered users. No commission, no middlemen."

What Redweek means is that they do not employ middlemen to handle transactions ..... if it's not against Redweek rules then anybody can sign up to be a member of Redweek and become a middleman.

I have yet to see a Redweek rule not allowing middlemen.

Dear Forum Posters,

Please stop using "Preston Green or Americap International Corp" in the same sentence or posting.

I, Preston Green, and our company, Vacation Homes Only, here in Beverly Hills, CA. have NEVER had ANY association with Americap International Corp. out of Florida.

We are in Beverly Hills California and this repeated erroneous association has caused us serious problems and put us in a position to have to proclaim and re-proclaim our legitimacy and our good name.

It is not fair and it is not right for good hard working Americans with businesses who employ other Americans, and legitimately provide families with vacation memories for a lifetime to have to deal with this kind of slander and misinformation.

It unnecessarily and illegitimately frightens people and hurts all renters, owners, and good companies like ours.

We do good, clean, 100% legitimate vacation rentals worldwide and we should not have to spend so much time defending our stellar record against unfounded, 100% inaccurate, and slanderous personal opinions that have no basis in fact.

It is not right and it is not fair.

No one would like this if they were in our shoes. Especially as hard as we work to provide families with fabulous, safe transactions, and hassle free vacations.

Please do the right thing.

Preston Green Vacation Homes Only

I, Preston Green (with Vacation Homes Only) have never been associated with Americap International Corp. nor have we ever heard of them.

I work for Vacation Homes Only here in Beverly Hills, CA. Please do not associate us with these people. You contacted us to book a unit, did not go with us, and you obviously went with the wrong company. We are not related or associated.

A good rating system like the one on Ebay can be found on me, Preston Green, and our company at the following two links:

See: http://www.vacationtimesharerentals.com/timeshares-by-owner.asp?ID=55639

(Our Rating is really 100% once you weed out people who think we did not respond to their request, which is ridiculous. We don't miss business and our toll free number and 24hrs booking number is posted in all of our postings. ) & See: http://www.vacationtimesharerentals.com/ads/user/feedback-rating.asp?ID=55639

Also see our "A" Rating with the BBB (Better Business Bureau)

Preston Green Vacation Homes Only

Preston Green and Vacation Homes Only, the firm he works for, do not charge any fees or commissions to rent owners units.

We are not a timeshare company but a vacation home rental company and we do not charge our owners any upfront fees, any advertising fees, or commissions.

Vacation Homes Only

Vacation Homes Only (Preston Green -Head Rental Coordinator) was mentioned in this forum, is legitimate, and does not charge any upfront, back end, or advertising fees ever.

Vacation Homes Only

vacationhomesonly wrote:

Preston Green and Vacation Homes Only, the firm he works for, do not charge any fees or commissions to rent owners units.

We are not a timeshare company but a vacation home rental company and we do not charge our owners any upfront fees, any advertising fees, or commissions.

Vacation Homes Only

You may not charge owners but you charge renters by upping the rental rate .... that's how you make your commission .... if you're going to be honest in your posts then be honest all the way ..... you certainly don't work for free.

Dear JayJay,

What is it with your negativity. Why are you always accusing people of doing something bad or interpreting everything people say with the worst possible view?

If one were to string all of your post together, it is one big anti business negative, "glass is half full" outlook on everything. The pattern is clear. JayJay, when you buy apples at the store, did the store add their mark-up to the price they got it from their supplier? What about the garden hose you bought at the hardware store? What about the cat food you buy your cat? Are they all "dishonest". What business has to hide that they make money. Who do they you work for? Do they make a profit that allows you to be employed? 82% of Americans are employed by small businesses that have to earn a profit to pay them, which you intern feed your children and pay hour mortgage. (Is all of that a big scam as you see it?)

I assure you the owners that rent their properties with us are happy. The renters who go on family vacations from us are happy. They both agreed to the price we all negotiated. Win Win Win.

But for some psychological reason it is not a good thing to you. I assume, and you seem to not like business or business persons.

Surely you can agree: Sometimes RedWeek "renter" members don't see their dates available. Guess who has or gets them a property and makes them happy. That's right, Preston Green and Vacation Homes Only, the ones you are bashing. When an owner has had their property on RedWeek for a long time, the dates are approaching, and it has not rented; guess who comes to them because one of our customers contacted us for that owners dates through one of our sites or other affiliate sites? That's right Preston Green and Vacation Homes Only the one your bashing. We make people on both sides of the transactions happy successfully and safely.

With all do respect, JayJay, We know there are bad people and companies out their but you know by your own experience, this forum, your posts that go back between us to 2007, that we are good people and legitimate.

Please lets be fair. We would appreciate some kind words from you and clearly the benefit of the doubt.

God Bless you JayJay,

Preston Green Vacation Homes Only

Gentlemen,

Myself, Jayjay and others have no problem on how you make a living.

I am sorry “Preston Green” are offended with people having a problem with”

1) Being a middleman on a website that states: "Travelers come to RedWeek.com to rent or buy timeshare units directly from owners, often at tremendous savings compared with hotels or dealing with the resort itself. No middleman, and no tours. Ever(Ever is Bold) I feel that is disingenuous.

2) I have been hard sold vacation sites from U with.... Comments like "you need to act now or this site will be gone" to name a few … also it was $1200 more than I paid last year so I did not take it. I did get one from an owner at last years price.

3) I have never seeing prices like the ones you advertise. Oh yea maybe you might get one but it is only available with less than one week to plan (a real bate and switch) … NOT COOL

4) If your business model works we do not need a REDWEEK since we never be talking/writing "directly from owners"

I am sad that REDWEEK allows for middlemen.

I also hope REDWEEK is getting a higher membership rate from the Brokers/Agents which REDWEEK says “No middleman” are at least getting a higher membership rate comparable to the number of units the broker/agents have.

I like REDWEEK and their model: “Travelers come to RedWeek.com to rent or buy timeshare units directly from owners, often at tremendous savings compared with hotels or dealing with the resort itself. No middleman, and no tours. Ever. Timeshare owners post their units for rent or sale to an audience of over 1.5 million registered users. No commission, no middlemen.”

vacationhomesonly wrote:

Dear JayJay,

What is it with your negativity. Why are you always accusing people of doing something bad or interpreting everything people say with the worst possible view?

Mr. Green, you're the one with the negativity problem. i have simply stated what your business model is = you're a vacation property middleman. You peruse travel sites, such as Redweek, for rentals for clients then up the rental rate.

I have said time and time again that if Redweek has no problem with middlemen, then I don't either .... evidently you skipped reading those posts .... you seem to continue beating the proverbial dead horse.

I even defended you in one post above where someone posted that you scammed him/her out of $900 for a 2014 rental in Aruba.

Maybe it's time you took a course in reading comprehension instead of getting on your high horse trying to find fault with those that disagree with your business model such as the poster above.

JAYJAY, WELL SAID.

I do have one issue you stated: "I have said time and time again that if Redweek has no problem with middlemen, then I don't either .... evidently you skipped reading those posts .... you seem to continue beating the proverbial dead horse."

I do have a problem with sites like this one and others like VRBO that state "RENT DIRECTLY FROM A OWNER".

YOU DON"T THERE IS A MIDDLE MAN TAKING A CUT. Again NOT COOL and disingenuous.

They can do it ... but just make the buyer beware.

At least make the Brokers/agents state who they are.

I have complained to REDWEEK and many of the other sites such as (VRBO .... etc) but there must be a legal loophole that prohibits them from excluding them. They have hinted they may put a agent marker by their listing (to let the buyer beware) ... but nothing has happened and I do not think it will happen.

paulp154 wrote:

JAYJAY, WELL SAID.

I do have one issue you stated: "I have said time and time again that if Redweek has no problem with middlemen, then I don't either .... evidently you skipped reading those posts .... you seem to continue beating the proverbial dead horse."

I do have a problem with sites like this one and others like VRBO that state "RENT DIRECTLY FROM A OWNER".

YOU DON"T THERE IS A MIDDLE MAN TAKING A CUT. Again NOT COOL and disingenuous.

They can do it ... but just make the buyer beware.

At least make the Brokers/agents state who they are.

I have complained to REDWEEK and many of the other sites such as (VRBO .... etc) but there must be a legal loophole that prohibits them from excluding them. They have hinted they may put a agent marker by their listing (to let the buyer beware) ... but nothing has happened and I do not think it will happen.

One more time, Redweek does not employ middlemen .... what a Redweek member does is between the member (possibly a middleman) and their clients.

Dear paulp154,

Regarding your quotes.

Example #1. "THERE IS A MIDDLE MAN TAKING A CUT. Again NOT COOL and disingenuous."

Why is the a facilitator (broker, middleman, Agent) "NOT COOL" and Disingenuous"..........That is your subjective opinion only. It is not a "Truth". It seems that you are simply "anti business".

Think it through. Everything in your house, including your food, does not come directly from the manufacturer, but comes through a distributor.............are they "NOT COOL" and "Disingenuous"

None of our happy renters and owners in our transactions think it was "NOT COOL" and "Disingenuous". The traveler got a great deal on a vacation and the owner rented their unit. Happy Happy Happy....only you are unhappy with this distribution system.

2nd Example of your unfounded Negativity:

"They can do it ... but just make the buyer beware. At least make the Brokers/agents state who they are."

"Buyer Beware?" Again seems like negative spin......Then you mad a flat out incorrect statement.

**Our contracts for Renters and Owners have our company name on them. They know they are dealing with a company. All of our postings including RedWeek have our toll Free Number in them, our user name is VacationHomesOnly, and all of our phones are answered "Vacation Homes Only".

Only a few have a problem with companies and the service they provide.

What every happened to being fair minded?

All the Best

Preston Vacation Homes Only

One more time Mr. Green ..... you really really need to take a course in Reading Comprehension 101 ..... the quotes above were from paulp154 NOT jayjay. You're really making a fool out of yourself arguing with me about quotes I didn't make.

JayJay,

Ok, I'm sorry. Your comments and involvement are in every posting so my eyes got crossed. I'm sorry for attributing the quotes to you. But insulting me like that just proves the point that you, unfortunately, see most things negatively. It is just not nice or fair.

God Bless You.

All the Best

Preston Green Vacation Homes Only