Good Sam Roadside Assistance Price Increase
I just received my annual renewal notice and the price has jumped from $159 per year to $219.95. Has anyone else seen a huge increase in their annual dues? It looks like perhaps it's time to be lookin...
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No dog in this fight (yet - I'm a new member with the cheap intro rate), but being interested in what's going to happen to me when my renewal comes up, I poked around the GSRA site a bit.
This page shows brochures for plans, including (apparently) Platinum+ (the non-auto version) : https://www.goodsamroadside.com/mbbs/
I was unable to get any of the "print friendly" links to actually produce a print-friendly version. It seems to just dump unformatted text into the page. I tried using Firefox 41.0.2 as well as IE 11. Nevertheless there is a Platinum+ brochure listed and if you can wade through the wall-of-text, the details are here: https://www.goodsamroadside.com/brochure/index.cfm?id=3080449
For what it's worth, the towing section of that brochure reads:
If you go to the "Find a Plan" menu item, this is all that you see:
"Platinum+" is not listed as an option, and it isn't referenced under the "Platinum" page, that I can see (https://www.goodsamroadside.com/findaplan/platinum.cfm).
As a newcomer, it would appear to me that this "Platinum+" plan is something they used to offer, and perhaps is still renewable if you have it currently, but which is not available any longer.
If that is not the case, GRSA really needs to fix their website. And rethink what "print-friendly" means. I'd be happy to arrange a consulting agreement to show them about PDF files and how to embed them into web pages.
This page shows brochures for plans, including (apparently) Platinum+ (the non-auto version) : https://www.goodsamroadside.com/mbbs/
I was unable to get any of the "print friendly" links to actually produce a print-friendly version. It seems to just dump unformatted text into the page. I tried using Firefox 41.0.2 as well as IE 11. Nevertheless there is a Platinum+ brochure listed and if you can wade through the wall-of-text, the details are here: https://www.goodsamroadside.com/brochure/index.cfm?id=3080449
For what it's worth, the towing section of that brochure reads:
When a Member, Associate, or Extended Family Member calls for service, Good Sam Platinum+ Roadside Assistance pays 100% of the towing fees for the delivery of the vehicle to the nearest professional service center capable and willing to repair the vehicle OR we’ll pay for the towing fees for the delivery of your vehicle to any other destination of choice within 100 miles of the disablement location.
If you go to the "Find a Plan" menu item, this is all that you see:
"Platinum+" is not listed as an option, and it isn't referenced under the "Platinum" page, that I can see (https://www.goodsamroadside.com/findaplan/platinum.cfm).
As a newcomer, it would appear to me that this "Platinum+" plan is something they used to offer, and perhaps is still renewable if you have it currently, but which is not available any longer.
If that is not the case, GRSA really needs to fix their website. And rethink what "print-friendly" means. I'd be happy to arrange a consulting agreement to show them about PDF files and how to embed them into web pages.
