Affinity Group (AGI) owns Good Sam, Woodall's, Trailer Life, MH Magazine, Camping World, etc etc., and also this forum.
I think it's an excellent idea...not everybody can afford to buy new all the time. CW seems to think it competes with their business but I would argue that it's complimentary, since it enables more folks to get into RVing and enables them to trade up.
Lots of folks sell trailer hitches when they move to 5ers and 5er accessories when they move to a MH and toad equipment when they sell the MH and move back to a 5er or leave RVing altogether. Sure, there's flea bay and the dredge list, but folks would rather deal with folks they know from the forum.
Just read a piece in the Wall St Journal today about how Sears is attracting designer upscale brands to their marketplace website...sears.com is now a destination like Amazon where you can buy stuff that's not just sold by Sears.
AGI folks don't see it that way, but in my view it's penny wise and pound foolish and I won't shop in CW because of it. Heck, they won't even sell RV.net T shirts....
