I see why people complain now

La Gasser wrote:
I too received a $25 Gift Certificate for signing up for 2 years with Good Sam. I went to Camping World to purchase a few items and used the $25 Gift Certificate. Later I noticed on the sales receipt that the "Return/Refund Price" of each item had been reduced by the amount of the Gift Certificate allocated to each item, so that means if I was to return all of the items, I o would not get back the value of the $25 Gift Certificate, only the amount I paid out of pocket. Spend it once and it's theirs to keep - tuff luck customer!! Had I not used the Gift Certificate then the refund price would have been the total amount of the item I had paid. This is the only store I know of that cheats you out of a gift certificate if you were to return an item purchased using it. At this point, I doubt that I will renew my Good Sam membership, and am even considering canceling it at this time. Passport America is a much better deal for us.

JC Penney and Macys do the same with their "rewards" gift certificates. I do not know personally if Sears does but I have been told they do too. Seems these stores think since you did not pay for the "free" gift certificates you are not out of pocket on the rest of the cost of the item.