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prancer
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May 06, 2015

How do I get refund

I given my complaint to Roadside Assistance, with no luck. I given it to sales people who try and get me to renew, with the last person hanging up on my wife. Shows how concern you are of your members.

Here is my story, during the winter my pickup would not start, I thought I would try Good SAMs Roadside Assistance instead of AAA. IT took a long time on hold, then about 1.5 hours to get the cheap pickup Good SAMs uses. He tried for about 15 minutes, then he tried to tell me my diesel was gelled. I told him if that was true, my battery would still turn over. He said I needed to call Good Sam back to get a tow and then they would call him back to bring a tow truck out. I was not going to waste more time doing that, it should be his job to call you and get what he needs. So I decide to call AAA, which when on hold Good Sam called and ask if job was complete and I responded no and was placed back on hold, which I hung up and was never contacted again. AAA got there and after hooking up my batteries, they told me to try and start it and it turned right over. They could not believe that I had another service there and they could not jump me.

This shows me that you use poor service providers at least compared to AAA. Since Good Sam knew that the service was not completed and did not care to try and contact me, not knowing if I hung up or my cell phone lost coverage, shows you do not care about your members. Having two of your sales people call and once they knew I had issues and did not transfer me to someone that could help, show you are more interested in the money. With one of your sales people just hanging up on my wife once she heard, show how you hire rude people.

The reason I look for a full refund, I tried to use you once and you could not perform a easy boot, to me show you sold me something under false agreement

19 Replies

  • Good Sam Care Team wrote:
    prancer,

    Thank you for your time today. I will give you a call back in an hour.

    Thank you,

    Mark
    Marcus' Rapid Response Team
    goodsamcs@goodsamfamily.com


    Mark,

    I appreciate your time and hope you are serious in trying to fix troubles and find what needs to be fixed so others do not have to go through the same problems. I thank you for admitting this is not right and agreeing to refund last years cost. I appreciate your offer for a free year, but unless things are change, even being free, it is not worth my time.

    With this first call and this message we did not get of on the right foot. When you said you would call at 1:30 but did not call until around 3:30. But after talking to you, I feel some better.

    Thanks
    Kent
  • prancer,

    Thank you for your time today. I will give you a call back in an hour.

    Thank you,

    Mark
    Marcus' Rapid Response Team
    goodsamcs@goodsamfamily.com
  • prancer wrote:

    Dennis,
    I think the bigger picture is who makes sure they have a good Fleet on contract. Why does GS ask if the service was completed, but if it isn't why do they not try and find out why? Yes, the issue happened on Feb 11, 2015. As you said, I tried to give feedback on GSRA Member Testimonials on Feb 13, but they appear not to pay attention to anything negative. I have filed this with Action Line and if none of these work, I will go to BBB, since the one time I tried to use the service, they did not keep with the agreement to send me capable help. I just glad I was not in the middle of no where and lost cell coverage, knowing now they would have just left me there.

    Kent


    I agree with you, Kent. Good Sam is trying to be all things to RVers, which is good. What's not so good, IMO, is they're moving too quickly into all areas before mastering one. They need to start with the basics, service and sales, then move to the others. They haven't even mastered the service angle yet. Take a look at AAA..they too failed years ago when they first started roadside assistance. I can remember the complaints! Now they're considered the top dog. This took years of trial and error and a good deal of money and commitment to make it so. Again, IMO, Good Sam is trying to reinvent the wheel instead of following in AAA footsteps and provide a niche service to RVers....I hope they make you whole..take a look at ripoffreport.com also....Dennis
  • darsben wrote:
    Executive wrote:
    First off, Good Sam just like AAA do not have a fleet of repair trucks waiting to service someone in need. They are simply facilitators. Yes, we give them our money and hope we never need their service, but if we do, we call. They, in turn check their rolodexes for service providers near our service needed location. Often, due to contractual obligations these providers are on a rotation basis to prevent dispatchers from sending favorite providers. Once the provider is dispatched, GS/AAA/CN is done on their end. The service you receive is dependent on the service provider they've called. These service providers are under a contract with GS/AAA/CN. If their service falls below expectations, their contract may be modified and/or terminated. Much like an employment application, someone may look great on paper but may fail the true test of employment once hired.

    Feedback goes both ways. I always call CN back after my service call to commend/condemn their service provider. That's the only way they can judge the level of service these contract providers perform. Your issue that happened 6 months ago should have been resolved back when it occurred. IMO, there's not much to be done at this point as I doubt the record of your "incident" is in anyone's file. GS may refund your money, or a partial refund as a gesture of good faith as I would expect them to do....good luck...Dennis

    WHere I live in New York State AAA DOES HAVE IT OWN FLEET OF TRUCKS> THE EVEN CARRY FRESH BATTERIES


    Dennis,
    I think the bigger picture is who makes sure they have a good Fleet on contract. Why does GS ask if the service was completed, but if it isn't why do they not try and find out why? Yes, the issue happened on Feb 11, 2015. As you said, I tried to give feedback on GSRA Member Testimonials on Feb 13, but they appear not to pay attention to anything negative. I have filed this with Action Line and if none of these work, I will go to BBB, since the one time I tried to use the service, they did not keep with the agreement to send me capable help. I just glad I was not in the middle of no where and lost cell coverage, knowing now they would have just left me there.

    Kent
  • Executive wrote:
    First off, Good Sam just like AAA do not have a fleet of repair trucks waiting to service someone in need. They are simply facilitators. Yes, we give them our money and hope we never need their service, but if we do, we call. They, in turn check their rolodexes for service providers near our service needed location. Often, due to contractual obligations these providers are on a rotation basis to prevent dispatchers from sending favorite providers. Once the provider is dispatched, GS/AAA/CN is done on their end. The service you receive is dependent on the service provider they've called. These service providers are under a contract with GS/AAA/CN. If their service falls below expectations, their contract may be modified and/or terminated. Much like an employment application, someone may look great on paper but may fail the true test of employment once hired.

    Feedback goes both ways. I always call CN back after my service call to commend/condemn their service provider. That's the only way they can judge the level of service these contract providers perform. Your issue that happened 6 months ago should have been resolved back when it occurred. IMO, there's not much to be done at this point as I doubt the record of your "incident" is in anyone's file. GS may refund your money, or a partial refund as a gesture of good faith as I would expect them to do....good luck...Dennis

    WHere I live in New York State AAA DOES HAVE IT OWN FLEET OF TRUCKS> THE EVEN CARRY FRESH BATTERIES
  • First off, Good Sam just like AAA do not have a fleet of repair trucks waiting to service someone in need. They are simply facilitators. Yes, we give them our money and hope we never need their service, but if we do, we call. They, in turn check their rolodexes for service providers near our service needed location. Often, due to contractual obligations these providers are on a rotation basis to prevent dispatchers from sending favorite providers. Once the provider is dispatched, GS/AAA/CN is done on their end. The service you receive is dependent on the service provider they've called. These service providers are under a contract with GS/AAA/CN. If their service falls below expectations, their contract may be modified and/or terminated. Much like an employment application, someone may look great on paper but may fail the true test of employment once hired.

    Feedback goes both ways. I always call CN back after my service call to commend/condemn their service provider. That's the only way they can judge the level of service these contract providers perform. Your issue that happened 6 months ago should have been resolved back when it occurred. IMO, there's not much to be done at this point as I doubt the record of your "incident" is in anyone's file. GS may refund your money, or a partial refund as a gesture of good faith as I would expect them to do....good luck...Dennis
  • Yes, it be nice to get refund and paid for the hours I spent waiting to get my pickup running, but I know that will not happen, so I asked here and on Action Line for refund. I am happy at least here they post the good and bad.
  • I think the OP would rather you escalate his post for a refund.
  • Hello Prancer,
    Thank you for your post. Please send me a private message with your roadside member number and a good contact number. I want to escalate your post and information to our executive desk for investigation. Thank you...Rudy, Good Sam Response Team Member.

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