We use to visit a campground in the Suttons Bay Area in MI usually every year. The owner had a reputation of treating people crappy of which we were warned. One year we stayed the whole season. So the next year we reserved a specific site and confirmed by the owner in documentation. Our deposit was due 6 months prior to our arrival date of half the fee, so $1600 dollars was sent.
It was a 5.5 hour drive from our home. When we arrive he had a "friend" in our site which was half paid for by us. I suggested an alternative site to the lady in the office. She needed to clear it with the owner. Well he come roaring in with his big 4x4 diesel all in a huff. He jumps out of his truck yelling and waving his arms that the other
Site we suggested was already reserved and he wasn't putting someone else out for us ( yet he had no issues putting us out). I thought I was trying to help him resolve the conflict he caused. He tried to stick us in every crappy spot he had.
I told him what I thought of him as a man and that he could have and should have contacted me before our arrival date to discuss this as he accepted out initial agreement and he just cost me $300 in fuel. I demanded a full refund of my deposit and left to never return unless it passes to new owners.
And I did write a review online. Some campground owners don't give a rats rear end about what people think.