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RNC523
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Jan 28, 2016

STILL WAITING

Today marks 2 weeks since I called Good Sam Roadside Asst for help when we experience Motor Home engine failure on I-10 in Louisiana. Like most folks we purchased the plan hoping never to have to use it. But knowing we would be on the road for extend periods of time, thought it would be good to have a RV specific Roadside Plan. Thinking that if we DID need help GS would have the knowledge and experience to get us up and going again. WOW WAS I WRONG! Like I stated in my previous post, we were doomed from the very first call. Because of the incompetence of the call-taker our bad situation continues to spiral into a more costly and lengthy black hole. Because every decision made and every action taken by GSRA is based solely on just where you happen to be (or more precisely where they THINK you are) when you make that call. Since I was lucky enough to get someone who could not do his job on my end, (ie send an appropriate tow to our actual location) I can only assume he didn't do his job correctly when he chose the place to have us towed to. Just HOW this was determined for us was one of my questions when I was contacted by GS's upper management after my original post. He called on his day off, I was impressed. He listened to my complaints, concerns and questions, I was glad I was heard. He promised to get back to me on Monday. I was reassured and even hopeful. Monday came and went with no call. I waited a week, the following Monday I called his office, left a voice mail asking Mr. H. to contact me as he promised - NOTHING. I sincerely hope that it is not because of some family emergency that kept him from keeping his word, (I did check obits. on line) but from our end it's more evidence of poor performance from the bottom up.
tom goodsam care team wrote:
We handle between 150 and 160,000 Roadside Assistance calls a year.
apparently it's too much to handle. 2 weeks later I am still waiting for them to do something right.
  • I have had this service several years and never needed it until 2015. I have had to use it twice in '15. Once near home, and once in Wisconsin. Both times was a very positive experience. In Wisconsin, I hit a soft spot on dirt, sunk up to the axle of my TV while hitched to my 28' Airstream. They had to unhitch, and move the TT First, then lift the TV and pull it back to hard ground. I was very grateful for GS road service.
  • rockhillmanor wrote:
    I still thinks it's VERY VERY sad that a customer has to post a complaint 'on a forum' to 'get a phone call returned'??. :R

    What's wrong with that picture?


    I think the customer is VERY VERY lucky they have a forum they can post on too get help. How about the other RA dealers. What would they do if it was one of them? :h
  • I still thinks it's VERY VERY sad that a customer has to post a complaint 'on a forum' to 'get a phone call returned'??. :R

    What's wrong with that picture?
  • In response to westernrvpark owner - actually its not a matter of "blaming" anyone. we had an unfortunate brake down of our unit while traveling. We realize things like this happen. That is why we purchased roadside assistance. And yes of course we are off the road. However our call was not handled correctly. There was an additional brake down in the communication between us the customer and GSRA the provider. That is a fact and GSRA has said that they want to correct it so it wont happen again to someone else. That's a good thing. Of course it is very frustrating to think about the cost and worry about the repairs, and we do have some concerns about where the rig was taken (GS choice not ours) because we know that motor home repair is not their first line of business. Fortunately the folks there do seem to know engines, they seem to understand how anxious we are to know what is wrong and how long it will take to repair it. So while we are still waiting to get back on the road, we will not be asking GS for another tow any time soon. Instead we will be trusting the guys at the shop to do for us what we cant do ourselves. In the mean time we will just keep getting to know Louisiana better. We have met some really great folks here that we would have never known if we didn't happen to drop in.
  • Is your rig still on the side of the road after 2 weeks? I think not. I believe you were towed to a repair facility (as the service contract requires). I believe you also don't like that facility, but that is not really Good Sam's problem. Kind of like having an HMO and you want to use a doctor outside that HMO. That is going to cost you.
    What is the hold up on your repairs? Is it parts, is it the shop is backed up, is it the repairs are just going to take a long, long time, or is it truly incompetence? Maybe, Maybe, Maybe you can convince Good Sam to tow it to another location if you can prove to them the shop is purely at fault. But if it is only they aren't as fast as you think they should be, that probably isn't going to get you satisfaction. And on top of that, you are going to owe the shop for what they have done. There probably isn't any way around that. Good Sam probably can't expedite parts, can't make a 6 week repair take 6 hours and can't move you to the front of the line at a facility they do not own.
    Repairs on RVs can be very, very frustrating since they are pretty close to custom built compared to cars and trucks. Everything takes longer and parts often need to be special ordered or even fabricated. Just be sure you are blaming the right culprit.
  • Don't know what anyone can do at this point. It has been a very bad experience and a definite failure by GS. Truly hope we just got really lucky that way and that others are treated better.
  • RNC523,

    I apologize that this issue has still not been resolved. I will reach out to Mr. H and his associates on your behalf. Thank you for keeping us in the loop on this.

    -Tom

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