Good Sam ERS Hung Us Out to Dry
On 18 Oct at a fuel station in St. Louis County MO I discovered a bulge in one of the tires on our fifth wheel trailer. We have been members of Good Sam Raodside Assistance since 2004 so I called at ...
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Super_Dave wrote:
My buddy recently had a blowout on his 5th wheel and he sat on the side of the road for 4 hours waiting for his roadside assistance. No one was willing to take the call. The contracted tow companies have a choice to accept the call or not. My guess, tire changes are not worth the time and effort for the amount of compensation.
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With RA services like Good Sam and Coachnet, not only do they have to get a tow company to accept the job, but if it requires being towed to a repair shop, they have to get a repair shop to take the job. They are not necessarily the same same busines.
With AAA, since they don't make repair shop arrangements, they only have to get the tow company on board.
Neither is better than the other, but one may be more effective than the other in a specific situation.
