Dropped my CW and GS membership

I'm a newbie to this forum and GSC. Just got my first renewal notice today. It mentions a new swipe and save card where you can get 3 cents off each gallon of gas at participating Pilot and Flying J locations. I was not aware of this feature, although I had seen in the past where you could use a Pilot / Flying J CC and get a discount...Just have no need for a new CC. Has anyone used this feature? Do the "old" cards work as well?

BTW I have opted out of junk mail but I don't consider what GSC sends me to be junk since I am a member.

beemerphile1 wrote:
I'm always amazed at all the talk of discounts, discounts, discounts. I belong to and participate in the Good Sam CLUB, discounts are a perk of membership. I didn't join to get any discounts.

We belong to a local chapter, go to state Samborees, and have made many lasting friendships in the Good Sam CLUB.

Same here. Well said.:)

nomad297 wrote:
What I find funny, and ironic, is that most of the people posting on this thread who say they are ex-members still proudly display the "Good Sam RV Club Member" link and avatar beneath their screen name. They're here complaining about Good Sam's advertising, but they, themselves, are advertising for Good Sam right here.

Bruce

Yeah, kind of interesting because that is automatic with active membership email address.:h

I'm always amazed at all the talk of discounts, discounts, discounts. I belong to and participate in the Good Sam CLUB, discounts are a perk of membership. I didn't join to get any discounts.

We belong to a local chapter, go to state Samborees, and have made many lasting friendships in the Good Sam CLUB.

Tried a GS+ERS package a while back, dropped it after about 30 days or so.

It took WEEKS for the membership to be activated (no discounts for me!) and at that time CW was not honoring online discounts or free shipping for members, only in stores, and the boondongle of interlinked and inconsistent sites was a nightmare.

CW actually told us that the 'Average 10% discount for members' is NOT a standard members' discount, rather offered via random mailings throughout the year with coupons/discount codes.

Marcus and some others seemed to know there was a problem and promised to fix it (some transition period was going on?) and I believe they did make some improvements, but after it took WEEKS for a refund and I had wasted hours wading through their manure, I haven't had any incentive to try them again. Harsh wording, true, but it really was quite the unpleasant and disappointing experience.

I did end up with one or two issues of their magazine, which I found interesting and would have liked to continue reading, but it isn't worth all the rigamarole.

I still get emails from CW with their specials, but their offerings are often 'OK' but not compelling enough for me to wish I had their membership back. I can usually meet or beat their prices within a buck or so either way.

I understand some people are very happy with their GS membership and plans, and I'm glad it's working out for them. For us, it simply isn't worth the hassle.

I'm not anti-GS/CW, just haven't found a good reason to try them again.

YMMV.

I'm paying extra to use their website which by the way give me access to that 15% off portable ice maker coupon? They don't give all those member services away for free?? They don't let you log on if your not a member??? I'm beyond flabbergasted!!!

ol Bombero-JC wrote:

Mike & Fran wrote:
My wife came up with a great idea. Junk mail that sends you a postage paid envelope, she puts stuff in the envelope and writes no thank you. The Post Office makes good money off it and after a few times you never hear from them again!!!

Must call baloney (balogna?) on that one - as well as the brick idea.

The brick - won't go anywhere. (ask a postal employee).

The polite "no thank you" in the return envelope is simply (instantly) sent to the "round file" by the letter opener at it's destination.
(You don't really think a minimum wage employee is going to bother to cross-reference and remove your address from their mailing list?)

Have tried that one - complete waste of time!
The "stuff" keeps arriving from the same source.

As far as "collecting" for fire starters or simply tossing, that's great. (tossing is my solution).

However, junk mail can be a problem for those using forwarding services - even when the service is told *not* to forward (ship) they still do. So you get to pay for postage to forward junk mail.

BTW - GS *does* give up sending you junk after a couple of years of non-membership in various GS "benefits".
That put a smile on my face - no halo though!.:W

And - (IMO) the forum does quite well from advertisements, folks purchasing from CW, and....of course - signing up new GS members.

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Actually, I'll bet it could be called "Theft of Services", but I'll bet that the postal inspecters have a ever fancier name for it.

milo wrote:
Wow ... most of you must be VIP's in life to get all that wonderful mail. They know I'm on the lower part of the food chain so I don't get didley from em. lol ... Must be cuz I'm a lifer and they know they won't get anymore money from me. Ain't life good!

Milo

Famous last words, ROTFL..:S

There's three (3) things certain in life:

1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Junk mail from GS (and others)

:W..:W..:W

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Mike & Fran wrote:
My wife came up with a great idea. Junk mail that sends you a postage paid envelope, she puts stuff in the envelope and writes no thank you. The Post Office makes good money off it and after a few times you never hear from them again!!!

Must call baloney (balogna?) on that one - as well as the brick idea.

The brick - won't go anywhere. (ask a postal employee).

The polite "no thank you" in the return envelope is simply (instantly) sent to the "round file" by the letter opener at it's destination.
(You don't really think a minimum wage employee is going to bother to cross-reference and remove your address from their mailing list?)

Have tried that one - complete waste of time!
The "stuff" keeps arriving from the same source.

As far as "collecting" for fire starters or simply tossing, that's great. (tossing is my solution).

However, junk mail can be a problem for those using forwarding services - even when the service is told *not* to forward (ship) they still do. So you get to pay for postage to forward junk mail.

BTW - GS *does* give up sending you junk after a couple of years of non-membership in various GS "benefits".
That put a smile on my face - no halo though!.:W

And - (IMO) the forum does quite well from advertisements, folks purchasing from CW, and....of course - signing up new GS members.

~

Wow ... most of you must be VIP's in life to get all that wonderful mail. They know I'm on the lower part of the food chain so I don't get didley from em. lol ... Must be cuz I'm a lifer and they know they won't get anymore money from me. Ain't life good!

Milo