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mikestock
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Jan 30, 2017

Camping World treated me fairly

Needing a new toilet for my motor home I went, yesterday, to CW, thinking their price would be competitive with other vendors. I was in no rush but chose a Dometic Model 320, It was time to convert from my troublesome Thedford.

The member sale price was $289 plus an additional $50 to renew my membership. With sales tax I paid $366.09 before walking out the door.

Today, while browsing Amazon, I checked their price. I was shocked to see that the same toilet was $185.88 plus tax (no shipping), making delivered price $202.61 with tax. Delivered price from Adventure RV is $185.88. What's even worse: I found it on RV parts world for $139.98. I felt like I just flushed $200+ down the toilet. Even CW on line listed it for $255.

Camping World treated me fairly, but taught me a lesson. I had already installed the toilet I got from them but they let me return the one I later bought from RV Parts World, for a refund, except for the $50 membership fee.

Edit: I actually wrote this post a few weeks back and decided not to post it until now, because I didn't want to get a store manager in hot water.
  • As I said, I was a CW customer back when there was no brick and mortar presence anywhere in my state. At that time, I could rely on CW being cheaper that any of the rv dealers around. As said, that was before they got "Big Time" and started selling rv's, supporting race cars, bowl games and you-name-it.

    I walked into the store, not expecting that they would be cheaper than anybody else, but I did expect them to be competitive and that was okay with me. I was really shocked, and maybe a little angry, to see how far out-of-line their pricing was. A lesson I won't soon forget.
  • CW does price match, some store items are excluded. I found a 5th wheel hitch about 300 cheaper online. They price matched it and did not charge shipping...

    Although they did not want too, the salesman stated if I could find a better price they would price match my 5th wheel purchase. Saved 7k.
  • Hello,

    I am going to close this topic due to lack of activity. Thank you for your time and participating. Feel free to open a new thread on this topic in the future.

    Thanks,
    Stacy
    Good Sam Care Team