Was At Camping World in Burlington WA. getting a Sat. TV system installed (plus other stuff) & filled In a Coupon for a free draw for $500.00 worth of products. A lot of people had entered as I had hard time getting my coupon in the draw box.Presto The phone rings with congrats YOU won Nothing except a pitch on buying a RV time share. What The Heck Is Camping World Doing? There was nothing on the coupon about being Contacted by A Time Share Company. This Scam phone call has really Pissed Me off. Nice way to thank me For the $2000.00 worth of business. I sure that the other people who entered as well will be just as mad as I am. :M

Cube:Just what do you think is the purpose of the myriad drawings, contests, and surveys that we all get offered almost every day?Marketing. Not good will!

That happened to us one time in Indianapolis when we went to see the Indianapolis team play hocky. (I've never been to a hocky game in my life until this time, got free tickets, shoot ... I still don't know what the name of the Indianapolis team is anyway!)... anyway... there was this little booth there for a contest drawing so we put our name in the hat. A few days later we got a call and I asked them who they were and how they got my name. They said it came from the hocky game contest. I listened to their pitch and then simply told them I wasn't interested. Nothing to get upset about there. I was nice to them. To this day, I still don't know what it really was they were trying to get me to buy into. But hey! I filled it out, so ... it's just one of those things!

obgraham wrote:Cube:Just what do you think is the purpose of the myriad drawings, contests, and surveys that we all get offered almost every day?Marketing. Not good will!Why hid the scam & not even mention it on the ticket. I though I would receive email from Camping World (fine) but not phone calls from a time share scammer.

What The Heck Is Camping World Doing? There was nothing on the coupon about being Contacted by A Time Share Company. This Scam phone call has really Pissed Me off. Nice way to thank me For the $2000.00 worth of business. I sure that the other people who entered as well will be just as mad as I am. Why the surprise? Getting mad solves nothing. Getting wary for the next time fixes the problem for you. Marketing is everywhere and it works very well. It is a numbers game and a certain percentage will buy the product. The larger the pool the larger the numbers that buy. It can be a CW drawing or offers for a free trip to Hawaii or some other come on. It works and is profitable. Nobody forced you to enter the drawing and apparently you did not ask if it would be a marketing tool. So, is it really CW's fault? If you had asked and were told 'no' and then you received the call, I could understand your frustration. But, otherwise why would any business have a drawing if not to promote business? And at the end of the day all you had to do was say 'no thanks' to whoever contaced you about the product you did not want to buy or be contacted about. CW has come under a lot of heat lately but your entering a drawing surely would not be something I would think is wrong, bad, or a customer service problem. Maybe we are all learning that there is no free lunch, no free drawing, and that even if we do not win the drawing or trip to Hawaii, it still costs us something. Live and learn, chalk it up to experience, but certainly don't get mad.And it is not just businesses. Send in $20 to a charity and they will sell your name to others and soon you are bombarded by direct mail solitications from charities and non profits you never even knew existed. Some even call on your home phone, sometimes even your cell phone. It is not just a CW issue. I seriously doubt all the others that entered are upset also. They probably figured there was a catch somewhere, no free lunch anywhere in the drawing, and expected to receive some solitication from submitting their name.Years ago I gave $20 to the Red Cross. Nowhere did they say they would sell my name, but they did, and in the end they got way more from me than $20, they got to sell my name for $0.50 to dozens of other similar organizations and my $20 grew to probably more than $50 for them.

I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognize.I check the number on who called me.Yep, generally, a telemarketing call...The call gets blocked, they have to find a new number to call me from....number blocking on cell phones is better than the do not call list!I don't do contests or surveys that want an address,,,,,,!If I can't afford to go out and buy it, I don't need to win it! Oh, wait,,,,,300 million + odds,,,,,,,like winning the lottery!Have fun!

Free Draw Scam At Camping World Burlington WA

29 Replies

tahiti16
Explorer
Dec 27, 2013
While the slip may not have had a disclaimer, could have been small print at the bottom or on the back, then there was poster or something up with BIG letter saying what you could win and in tiny print what they were "generally" promoting.
wbwood
Explorer
Dec 21, 2013
You live and you learn. Now you know.
okiejoe
Explorer
Dec 20, 2013
any drawing you see at a restaurant or CW or theater or wherever that has a box to put entrees in is just to get your info to call you for timeshare, just don't fill them out.
legolas
Explorer
Dec 19, 2013
I am the guy who takes all the unsolicited junk mail and uses the return envelope to send Good Sam stuff to CW and Bass Pro stuff to Good Sam etc,etc.....does my heart good to know that I am aggravating the fools who work for the fools, and costing the fools who sent me the junk a couple of pennies.
legolas
Explorer
Dec 19, 2013
jmtandem wrote:
What The Heck Is Camping World Doing? There was nothing on the coupon about being Contacted by A Time Share Company. This Scam phone call has really Pissed Me off. Nice way to thank me For the $2000.00 worth of business. I sure that the other people who entered as well will be just as mad as I am.

Why the surprise? Getting mad solves nothing. Getting wary for the next time fixes the problem for you. Marketing is everywhere and it works very well. It is a numbers game and a certain percentage will buy the product. The larger the pool the larger the numbers that buy. It can be a CW drawing or offers for a free trip to Hawaii or some other come on. It works and is profitable. Nobody forced you to enter the drawing and apparently you did not ask if it would be a marketing tool. So, is it really CW's fault? If you had asked and were told 'no' and then you received the call, I could understand your frustration. But, otherwise why would any business have a drawing if not to promote business? And at the end of the day all you had to do was say 'no thanks' to whoever contaced you about the product you did not want to buy or be contacted about. CW has come under a lot of heat lately but your entering a drawing surely would not be something I would think is wrong, bad, or a customer service problem. Maybe we are all learning that there is no free lunch, no free drawing, and that even if we do not win the drawing or trip to Hawaii, it still costs us something. Live and learn, chalk it up to experience, but certainly don't get mad.

And it is not just businesses. Send in $20 to a charity and they will sell your name to others and soon you are bombarded by direct mail solitications from charities and non profits you never even knew existed. Some even call on your home phone, sometimes even your cell phone. It is not just a CW issue. I seriously doubt all the others that entered are upset also. They probably figured there was a catch somewhere, no free lunch anywhere in the drawing, and expected to receive some solitication from submitting their name.

Years ago I gave $20 to the Red Cross. Nowhere did they say they would sell my name, but they did, and in the end they got way more from me than $20, they got to sell my name for $0.50 to dozens of other similar organizations and my $20 grew to probably more than $50 for them.
Is it really CW's fault.....ABSOLUTELY But, otherwise why would any business have a drawing if not to promote businessOh I don't know maybe to promote business w/o aggravating their clients!CW has come under a lot of heat latelyJust not enough heat. They are the worst at treating their customers like so much small change!

No one should be surprised at CW living down to the lowest possible denominator!
Ron8877
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
years ago my boss and his wife went to the car show in Seattle. She filled out all of the forms to win this or that. He told her that she was wasting her time. Then she got a phone call from the local Mitsubishi dealer wanting to know how what color car she wanted and how did they want to pay the sales tax on the new car she had won. That was the first person I knew personally to win a new car. I had another friend win a new car at the local grocery store grand opening. Therefore I fill out the drawings. Someone has to win and maybe it will be me.
Dog_Folks
Explorer
Nov 28, 2013
Poppa Clay wrote:
Recently filled one of those out while at Bass Pro in Branson. It was to win an all expense trip. They called a couple of days ago. Call went something like this. Me "Hello", Them "Hello, This is so and so calling, you recently completed XXX form at Bass Pro". Me"oh wow! Did I win?" Them "no we were just calling to.." Me "well shoot, thanks for calling to let me know, Have a great day". Me Hang Up with a smile.

I like it! Handled perfectly.
Poppa_Clay
Explorer
Nov 28, 2013
Recently filled one of those out while at Bass Pro in Branson. It was to win an all expense trip. They called a couple of days ago. Call went something like this. Me "Hello", Them "Hello, This is so and so calling, you recently completed XXX form at Bass Pro". Me"oh wow! Did I win?" Them "no we were just calling to.." Me "well shoot, thanks for calling to let me know, Have a great day". Me Hang Up with a smile.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Nov 28, 2013
I used to fill out those forms with different middle initials. then months/years later I could tell who forwarded my name on a mailing list.
bumppy
wbwood
Explorer
Nov 28, 2013
The OP must not have been to an RV show at all or anywhere that has these "giveaways".

What we do is print up a bunch of labels with our name, address, and a special email address set aside for stuff like this. We never put our phone number on them. We take those labels with us and stick them on the giveaway fill out forms and stick them in the box. Quicker, easier and we don't have to worry about someone calling us.