camp ground ratings

Hello All,

While we always appreciate feedback, and always take park issues seriously. I am going to have to close this thread as it is starting to backslide into personal attacks.

Wes Robinson
Marcus' Rapid Response Team
goodsamcs@goodsamfamily.com

sem1 wrote:
You can't argue with a ________.

POSTER WHO IS ALWAYS "RIGHT" :S

:) Hi, we used to stay at KOAs, but they seem to have all been rundown, neglected, and never updated. (no money put back into the business) We, now, happily will stay at any Good Sam campground and don't pay much attention to the ratings.

You can't argue with a ________.

fla-gypsy wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:
Perhaps they are big advertisers with GS? I have a feeling that helps with the ratings on those parks, just a thought.

Not the case at all. All I have to do is bribe the reviewer, no need to buy an expensive ad. Why pay $10K for an ad when $500.00 gets you better results. Once I get that good rating, I never have to mow the grass, keep the water and power on, clean the restrooms or anything else. All is well in the world for 5 benjamins. What more can a person want. Actually it is pretty sad that some people think everything in the world is accomplished through trickery, bribery, lying and deceipt. I usually find that the people that hold those views have not had a lot of personal success, so they conjure up excuses like they played fair while everyone else cheated. Guess it makes them feel better.

And you would be so wrong and so naive

Your first reaction is a park has a high rating so they must have bought it. That would indicate that you believe success (a high rating) is achieved through illicit activity. The most common reasons a person would have that opinion is because they have first hand knowledge of cheating (which I seriously doubt you have), achieved success themselves via illicit means and believe that is the only course to achieve success, or they didn't achieve success and want to believe it was because they didn't cheat.
Since most people do not achieve success through cheating, and most people do not have first hand knowledge of cheating, that leaves blaming personal failure on others cheating to be the most common reason a person's first impression of success is the successful must have cheated.

Since your a park owner that could never happen, right? That's why I do state parks and avoid CG's like yours.

Perfect, I don't want anyone who thinks successful people are crooks in my park anyway, since successful people are our primary clientel. Works for both of us.

westernrvparkowner wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:
Perhaps they are big advertisers with GS? I have a feeling that helps with the ratings on those parks, just a thought.

Not the case at all. All I have to do is bribe the reviewer, no need to buy an expensive ad. Why pay $10K for an ad when $500.00 gets you better results. Once I get that good rating, I never have to mow the grass, keep the water and power on, clean the restrooms or anything else. All is well in the world for 5 benjamins. What more can a person want. Actually it is pretty sad that some people think everything in the world is accomplished through trickery, bribery, lying and deceipt. I usually find that the people that hold those views have not had a lot of personal success, so they conjure up excuses like they played fair while everyone else cheated. Guess it makes them feel better.

And you would be so wrong and so naive

Your first reaction is a park has a high rating so they must have bought it. That would indicate that you believe success (a high rating) is achieved through illicit activity. The most common reasons a person would have that opinion is because they have first hand knowledge of cheating (which I seriously doubt you have), achieved success themselves via illicit means and believe that is the only course to achieve success, or they didn't achieve success and want to believe it was because they didn't cheat.
Since most people do not achieve success through cheating, and most people do not have first hand knowledge of cheating, that leaves blaming personal failure on others cheating to be the most common reason a person's first impression of success is the successful must have cheated.

Since your a park owner that could never happen, right? That's why I do state parks and avoid CG's like yours.

Bandaid,
The conspiracy theory that GS ratings can be bought has been debunked many times.
Will you describe what did not live up to your expectation in those 2 parks?
First, look closely at the RATING score pages GS account representatives use, that Wes Robinson provided the link to. Apply that 3 page objective score sheet to the camps you believe were not rated correctly.
If you follow the criteria, your score will be very similar. Remember to check your opinions at the gate, save them for your subjective review on a site appropriate for them.

fla-gypsy wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:
Perhaps they are big advertisers with GS? I have a feeling that helps with the ratings on those parks, just a thought.

Not the case at all. All I have to do is bribe the reviewer, no need to buy an expensive ad. Why pay $10K for an ad when $500.00 gets you better results. Once I get that good rating, I never have to mow the grass, keep the water and power on, clean the restrooms or anything else. All is well in the world for 5 benjamins. What more can a person want. Actually it is pretty sad that some people think everything in the world is accomplished through trickery, bribery, lying and deceipt. I usually find that the people that hold those views have not had a lot of personal success, so they conjure up excuses like they played fair while everyone else cheated. Guess it makes them feel better.

And you would be so wrong and so naive

Your first reaction is a park has a high rating so they must have bought it. That would indicate that you believe success (a high rating) is achieved through illicit activity. The most common reasons a person would have that opinion is because they have first hand knowledge of cheating (which I seriously doubt you have), achieved success themselves via illicit means and believe that is the only course to achieve success, or they didn't achieve success and want to believe it was because they didn't cheat.
Since most people do not achieve success through cheating, and most people do not have first hand knowledge of cheating, that leaves blaming personal failure on others cheating to be the most common reason a person's first impression of success is the successful must have cheated.

westernrvparkowner wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:
Perhaps they are big advertisers with GS? I have a feeling that helps with the ratings on those parks, just a thought.

Not the case at all. All I have to do is bribe the reviewer, no need to buy an expensive ad. Why pay $10K for an ad when $500.00 gets you better results. Once I get that good rating, I never have to mow the grass, keep the water and power on, clean the restrooms or anything else. All is well in the world for 5 benjamins. What more can a person want. Actually it is pretty sad that some people think everything in the world is accomplished through trickery, bribery, lying and deceipt. I usually find that the people that hold those views have not had a lot of personal success, so they conjure up excuses like they played fair while everyone else cheated. Guess it makes them feel better.

And you would be so wrong and so naive

fla-gypsy wrote:
Perhaps they are big advertisers with GS? I have a feeling that helps with the ratings on those parks, just a thought.

Not the case at all. All I have to do is bribe the reviewer, no need to buy an expensive ad. Why pay $10K for an ad when $500.00 gets you better results. Once I get that good rating, I never have to mow the grass, keep the water and power on, clean the restrooms or anything else. All is well in the world for 5 benjamins. What more can a person want. Actually it is pretty sad that some people think everything in the world is accomplished through trickery, bribery, lying and deceipt. I usually find that the people that hold those views have not had a lot of personal success, so they conjure up excuses like they played fair while everyone else cheated. Guess it makes them feel better.