Good Sam Club daily giveaway

The giveaway always gets me to go to the website nearly every day. Not as much now since it is gone. Wish it was back.

For a couple of $50 a month, I'd keep it going.

BarneyS wrote:
Thank you for your reply. I can understand the drop in participation in the giveaway the past several years. During that time, it has been almost impossible to find the URL to enter the giveaway. It used to be right upfront but got buried deep within the Good Sam page someplace.
We have the largest RV forum on the planet as far as I know. Seems strange that interest in the giveaway would lag with that large of a base unless something else happened. I believe it was the lack of promotion by burying the entrance URL.

I went to the Facebook page link you gave and found it to be too commercial for me. As far as the big Golden Giveaway goes, that seems just like the "Million Dollar Winner" you see on TV by Publishing Clearing House. Too many hoops to jump through to enter and too little chance of winning anything of real value for the effort.

These are my feelings on the new efforts to gain business. I appreciate the many years of the giveaway and I hope the new efforts work, but feel you made a mistake in ending the Good Sam Monthly Giveaway. I also agree with the poster that mentioned that the prizes used to be quite substantial but eventually got smaller and smaller until the thing ended last week. Too bad! :(
Barney

Excellent response and my thoughts also.

I stopped entering the giveaway a couple years ago simply because I got tired of chasing the URL.

Obviously the new Golden giveaway is designed to get people into Camping World. I suppose if I go to a store sometime this year I will enter. However I'm certainly not going to the store just so I can enter a drawing.

The old giveaway (in my opinion) was to introduce RVers to new products and merchandise. Presumably all the prizes were donated by manufacturers that wanted the exposure. The new drawing is simply to entice people to visit Camping World, not gonna happen for us. I am a member of the Good Sam Club, not Camping World which is simply a for profit business.

TinyoneRV wrote:
Yeah. I think part of the fun was signing on every morning to the GS site and entering. It was a daily ritual. Just like the billion dollar lottery; never won anything but it was fun to try.

YEP. Me too! :B
Barney

Yeah. I think part of the fun was signing on every morning to the GS site and entering. It was a daily ritual. Just like the billion dollar lottery; never won anything but it was fun to try.

Thank you for your reply. I can understand the drop in participation in the giveaway the past several years. During that time, it has been almost impossible to find the URL to enter the giveaway. It used to be right upfront but got buried deep within the Good Sam page someplace.
We have the largest RV forum on the planet as far as I know. Seems strange that interest in the giveaway would lag with that large of a base unless something else happened. I believe it was the lack of promotion by burying the entrance URL.

I went to the Facebook page link you gave and found it to be too commercial for me. As far as the big Golden Giveaway goes, that seems just like the "Million Dollar Winner" you see on TV by Publishing Clearing House. Too many hoops to jump through to enter and too little chance of winning anything of real value for the effort.

These are my feelings on the new efforts to gain business. I appreciate the many years of the giveaway and I hope the new efforts work, but feel you made a mistake in ending the Good Sam Monthly Giveaway. I also agree with the poster that mentioned that the prizes used to be quite substantial but eventually got smaller and smaller until the thing ended last week. Too bad! :(
Barney

Activity to the giveaway had continued to drop over the past several years. The decision was made to focus giveaway efforts on places where we could reach more participants. One example is the ever growing Good Sam Facebook page. If you haven’t already, check it out! There will be ongoing prizes, surprises, contests & more! Also, this year as part of the Good Sam & Camping World 50th Anniversary we invested in a much bigger scale giveaway of $5 million in free camping through the Golden Giveaway!

Sincerely,
Good Sam Club Team

Hello Barney S, I am checking with the correct department, I apologize for the delay.

Thank you,
Ella

Ella,
It has been four days - no word yet?
Barney

Sad Day when they can't keep the "Giveaway" going! Youroo!!:?