Thousand Trails Scam

JEBar wrote:


........its worthless

IMO - like your bottom line..:W

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back in '02 we received a 4 free days/3 free nights offer from Thousand Trails .... went to our nearest park, listened to the sales pitch, had a good time, but couldn't see the price .... the last night there a work camper suggested we take a look at Campground Membership Outlet in Florida .... they handle selling memberships for people no longer or able to camp .... a few months later we did and instead of paying the $4K+ price we were quoted for a new national membership we paid $1,500 which included the transfer paperwork and first year's dues .... we've been members every since and for us it has proven to be an exceptional value ..... our $600 a year dues covers 50 nights in their parks which breaks down to $12 a day .... when we go over 50 nights they charge us $5 a day .... our goal is to go over 50 .... so far as I know one can still purchase a used membership like ours .... if their parks are where you want to go and if you have the time to use your membership, it can't be beat .... if not, its worthless

About 20 years ago before we began full-timing, we attended a presentation and 3 free nights at a crummy park on the Oregon coast. The salesperson kept repeating over and over that if you don't buy in now you'll never find a place for your RV. What a crock! I wish I had kept a list for him of where we stayed during our 16 years of full-timing. It certainly wasn't with his organization!

Yeah, we fell for it!!, I bought something at CW and filled out a chance to win a free membership.. I get called a couple of days later that I won the grand prize, had a meeting at the store,,with the TT rep, Tried to sell us the lifetime membership,ridiculous price, we said no and this guys gives me a slip for three nights free camping!!
I asked if that was the grand prize and what about the free membership? Turns out it was three free nights membership! What a crock!

So I take the free pass and we stayed at one of the two close to us, It was near a river in a field, not allot of shade but a club house, pool and store.
While there the host stopped by and asked if I would like to attend a free vacation planner meeting, told him we were just guests.. He tells us we should attend anyway..
free snacks and some wine, It was a long drawn out TT membership meeting. Trying to get people to upgrade..
I show interest and told him that I wasn't sure I would use it as often enough to make it worth the amount they wanted..
This guy writes me a certificate for 12 free nights membership to TT, Tells me to try it..

We have been to the two close to us a few times, but still nothing i would spend that amount of money on!!
The camping was FREE but everything else cost twice as much as any other convenience store,, Plus the campground with the fishing lake has more charges and fees than any other place I have ever fished!!
The price of a bundle of fire wood was ridicules..
We only used eight of the 12 free nights.. that was enough for us!!

bdpreece wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
Your complaint does not meet the definition of a scam. How were you scammed?

If you are promised something and you don't receive it; is that not scammed?

I would call that a broken promise.

Bernie Madoff scammed people.

monkey44 wrote:
The question always that occurs to me when I read these "memberships" - how much did it cost to begin with, and divide that by the number of nights you use it, and add the nightly costs.

See if you arrive at a positive number in your favor.

Hullo.

Don't like anyone trying to razzle dazzle me in ANY aspect of life.

beemerphile1 wrote:
Your complaint does not meet the definition of a scam. How were you scammed?

If you are promised something and you don't receive it; is that not scammed?

Remember the old saying "there are no free lunches" and it sounds true to form here too.

The question always that occurs to me when I read these "memberships" - how much did it cost to begin with, and divide that by the number of nights you use it, and add the nightly costs.

See if you arrive at a positive number in your favor.

It's beyond me how people fall for this.