Good Sam towing or Coach Net?

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NC Hauler wrote:
JJBERISH,
In 100% agreement with your post...and in actually, I've been well taken care of by both GS, ERS and CN...no issues with either....I've had both over the years, with most of the last 11 years or so going to GS and only a couple to CN....I see very little significant differences, heck at one time, I had CN AND GS's (due to a purchase I made at GS club, I was able to get a years worth of GS ERS for 24.99, so I got it and already had CN)....

I Myself, see nothing wrong with either, both do a decent job, it's petty to argue about it and for that, I apologize...you have your reasons for going with who you have and I have mine, but in reality, the difference with me is , I have no fuss with either GS or CN, I could have either one and feel ok with either. again, like you, what I've stated has been "MY" experience..

To me, either GS or CN, BOTH work best for those of us who are towing our rv's, or driving a MoHo over regular car/rv insurance, but they'll be some who will disagree about that statement....:)

Bottom line, read the contract, and buy the one you feel best about...again, for no more than what either one of them cost, it's an excellent insurance for an RV'er to have...

And after all of this we both really agree…
I have no problem with CN services or GS, the likenesses are strikingly amazing, and the differences can be considered by some to be minor, or so minor that they are insignificant… CN didn’t short change me… I didn’t make an informed decision but I learned from it…
But for others the difference could be important even very important… I had a friend that goes to Mexico and to him sign and drive in Mexico is important… collision coverage was important to my DD was very important when she had two little ones with her and not a lot of cash on hand… and in my book towing or recovery to proceed under my own power was important when I didn’t have it, and is still important to me looking ahead…

My only gripe is the information available from CN on their product has all of the attributes in all of its literature, except they do not even have a link to the actual plan coverage’s and the plans limitations..

Withholding that information by the selling company is absurd and it should be important to anyone wanting to buy-in… the fact that we now have a link, we can see and compare, it is to credit and the thanks and to the effort of a couple on members…
now CN needs to step up and make it easily available to anyone that needs it…

anyway my priority now is, there is enough snow on the ground here to allow me to get serious about packing up to get out of here…

JJBERISH,
In 100% agreement with your post...and in actually, I've been well taken care of by both GS, ERS and CN...no issues with either....I've had both over the years, with most of the last 11 years or so going to GS and only a couple to CN....I see very little significant differences, heck at one time, I had CN AND GS's (due to a purchase I made at GS club, I was able to get a years worth of GS ERS for 24.99, so I got it and already had CN)....

I Myself, see nothing wrong with either, both do a decent job, it's petty to argue about it and for that, I apologize...you have your reasons for going with who you have and I have mine, but in reality, the difference with me is , I have no fuss with either GS or CN, I could have either one and feel ok with either. again, like you, what I've stated has been "MY" experience..

To me, either GS or CN, BOTH work best for those of us who are towing our rv's, or driving a MoHo over regular car/rv insurance, but they'll be some who will disagree about that statement....:)

Bottom line, read the contract, and buy the one you feel best about...again, for no more than what either one of them cost, it's an excellent insurance for an RV'er to have...

wbwood wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

wny_pat wrote:

wbwood wrote:
Was just looking at Coach-Net's comparison guide. Over all looks basically the same as GSRA, with the exception that GSRA has the Platinum + that will tow up to 100 miles to a place of your choosing. Coach-Net's top plans doesn't mention that. They still say unlimited towing to the nearest qualified repair facility. Which will be what they determine as qualified.

CoachNet will tow to the closest adequate facility no matter what the distance. They have towed a motorhome form Alaska to a facility in the lower 48, and from Newfoundland, Canada to the Cummins facitity in Quebec City, Canada. Now they have not done that for me, but they have gone above and beyond their contract requirement in one incident.

This is true, they will tow OVER 100 miles if need be, no charge.....As this poster stated, they also went WAY above and beyond for me also in the specific example I described in detail in my earlier post.

Heck, call either's toll free number and get the information "straight from the horse's mouth", so to speak....

Y'all aren't comprehending my post. I'm talking about GSRA platinum + states 100 miles no matter where. Coachnet does not state that on their comparison guide. It says on their top tier plan "to the closest qualified repair facility". Closest and what they deem as qualified. GSRA platinum + will allow you to chose on your own to who YOU want to tow it to within 100 miles.

You can not make a rational point with someone that doesn’t want to be rational and says as much… and that is NCs point… because he got service that went above and beyond this time he’s happy… nothing else matters… his over and above experience trumps all else…
We don’t know if CN approved and paid for this, the tow guy wrote something coverable on his bill to be paid by CN, the tow guy just did it on his own to help NC out, or even if the tow guy had permission from his boss to go ahead… still the results were over and above and trumps all else… end of story

And it is true NC did get more than he paid for… and I have no problem with that, I am happy for him… its just not a guarantee that anyone or everyone else would…

Just a week or so ago another someone was happy because a relative traveling to his home broke down a few miles before arriving… the relative didn’t have any ERS so that OP that had CN drove to the breakdown and then called for service because he the OP was there got the tow service the relative needed… OP praised CN for helping his relative out no questioned asked… when in actually it was theft of services since the OP wasn’t traveling with the relative at the time of the break down… but he was happy just the same and considered that a plus for CN…

Yes these guys are happy… I get that first hand… when GS went above and beyond for me I too was e-static… and when CN left me to fend for myself I was livid until they pointed out they had no obligation to pull me out of my muddy camp site because I was not experiencing a mechanical breakdown which would have been a covered event… but I soon realized they were right, and I wrongly assumed they would pull me out, it was then I realized the service I had switched from not only would have pulled me out but would have been required to…
I learned no matter how much the same they seem to be, are reported to be, that they are NOT THE SAME…
We now have links thanks to pnichols, and Dutch_12078, to the CN plan agreements, so anyone interested in making informed purchases can see the differences first and then decide if they choose to do so…

It is still unconscionable that NMC/ dab/ Coach Net don’t realize the importance of being up front about this… including a link to the actual agreement where it should be in their website…

Dutch thank you… another place that should be first on your list… the state of Wisconsin…

wbwood wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

wny_pat wrote:

wbwood wrote:
Was just looking at Coach-Net's comparison guide. Over all looks basically the same as GSRA, with the exception that GSRA has the Platinum + that will tow up to 100 miles to a place of your choosing. Coach-Net's top plans doesn't mention that. They still say unlimited towing to the nearest qualified repair facility. Which will be what they determine as qualified.

CoachNet will tow to the closest adequate facility no matter what the distance. They have towed a motorhome form Alaska to a facility in the lower 48, and from Newfoundland, Canada to the Cummins facitity in Quebec City, Canada. Now they have not done that for me, but they have gone above and beyond their contract requirement in one incident.

This is true, they will tow OVER 100 miles if need be, no charge.....As this poster stated, they also went WAY above and beyond for me also in the specific example I described in detail in my earlier post.

Heck, call either's toll free number and get the information "straight from the horse's mouth", so to speak....

Y'all aren't comprehending my post. I'm talking about GSRA platinum + states 100 miles no matter where. Coachnet does not state that on their comparison guide. It says on their top tier plan "to the closest qualified repair facility". Closest and what they deem as qualified. GSRA platinum + will allow you to chose on your own to who YOU want to tow it to within 100 miles.

Yes, I comprehended perfectly, and again, IN MY SITUATION that I posted about where Coach Net pulled me and my 5er out of a very harrowing situation, (at least being caught in a flooding river to me is very scary, considering the circumstanses), and THAT wasn't under their coverage either, BUT, they did it, THUS the reason, for now, I will stay with Coach Net...they went above and beyond to get my 5er out of situation to where it could have been swept down a river, and what they did, WASN'T in their contract....

soooo, "IF" I EVER have to be towed OVER 100 miles...I'll just wait and see what happens Been towing rv's quite regularly since 75' and (knock on wood), have never had to have my TV or whatever I was towing needing to be towed due to a break down issue, or for any other reason for that matter......it's such a piddly point compared to having your 5er pulled out of a flooding river area.....They've earned my business with that one time service call. I think a lot of others in here would feel the same way, especially if they had been the one's that were in the predicament that my wife and I were in....

NC Hauler wrote:

wny_pat wrote:

wbwood wrote:
Was just looking at Coach-Net's comparison guide. Over all looks basically the same as GSRA, with the exception that GSRA has the Platinum + that will tow up to 100 miles to a place of your choosing. Coach-Net's top plans doesn't mention that. They still say unlimited towing to the nearest qualified repair facility. Which will be what they determine as qualified.

CoachNet will tow to the closest adequate facility no matter what the distance. They have towed a motorhome form Alaska to a facility in the lower 48, and from Newfoundland, Canada to the Cummins facitity in Quebec City, Canada. Now they have not done that for me, but they have gone above and beyond their contract requirement in one incident.

This is true, they will tow OVER 100 miles if need be, no charge.....As this poster stated, they also went WAY above and beyond for me also in the specific example I described in detail in my earlier post.

Heck, call either's toll free number and get the information "straight from the horse's mouth", so to speak....

Y'all aren't comprehending my post. I'm talking about GSRA platinum + states 100 miles no matter where. Coachnet does not state that on their comparison guide. It says on their top tier plan "to the closest qualified repair facility". Closest and what they deem as qualified. GSRA platinum + will allow you to chose on your own to who YOU want to tow it to within 100 miles.

wny_pat wrote:

wbwood wrote:
Was just looking at Coach-Net's comparison guide. Over all looks basically the same as GSRA, with the exception that GSRA has the Platinum + that will tow up to 100 miles to a place of your choosing. Coach-Net's top plans doesn't mention that. They still say unlimited towing to the nearest qualified repair facility. Which will be what they determine as qualified.

CoachNet will tow to the closest adequate facility no matter what the distance. They have towed a motorhome form Alaska to a facility in the lower 48, and from Newfoundland, Canada to the Cummins facitity in Quebec City, Canada. Now they have not done that for me, but they have gone above and beyond their contract requirement in one incident.

Isn't that what I said?

Just used Good Sam for the fourth time, excellent service every time. I don't know anything about Coach Net but I don't think I would ever change.

About 30 seconds with Google turned up this link to the Coach-Net Benefit Guides for all of their current ERS plans:

Guides start on page 7...

pnichols wrote:
John (JJBIRISH),

I'm a bit confused. :h

What more information about Coach-Net benefits do you prefer than what this 28 page .pdf Member Guide spells out?:

http://stoltzfus-rec.com/images/CoachnetMemberGuide.pdf

Thanks for your great find, post, and link…
that was good work, and the next place I would have looked…:B

It figures you would find it somewhere run by an individual with good lifelong PA blue-collar work ethics as a worker, owner, and president of the now employee owned RV/Boat dealership …
Thumbs up to Stoltzfus RVs & Marine in West Chester…

Thanks again for you pnichols for you efforts…

I know now where to start all future RV related searches… :)