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outdoorlf
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Apr 11, 2014

Hallmark Manufacturing Customer Service

Consider this when purchasing your new TC.
1. These are not inexpensive Campers, they are in the upper category for cost per square foot for a truck camper.
2. Thoroughly investigate everything, got ours home and thought the appliances had a plastic film on the doors, went to clean them and found the scratches were in the appliance finish.
3. The Rhino Roof Rack did not slide front to back (Hallmark uses their track), the screws they use to mount the track to the roof prohibit the rack from moving more than a few inches.
4. The stereo and speakers they use are the lowest quality on the market, one of the speakers went bad within two trips.
5. Hallmark was straight up when we put our deposit down, the delivery lead time was 6 + weeks, we had an appointment to pick up the camper on a Friday, we live 3+ hours away (Colo Western Slope). We were there for over 5 hours, partly due to the fact they did not have all of the accessories installed before we got there, we did not want to take more time going over the camper with a fine tooth comb.
6. 3 days before we were to take delivery we were informed the Fox Wing Awning we wanted was back ordered, I think they must have ordered the awning the week before we were to pick up the camper. We settled on an awning that we did not really want but did not want to have to make the trip back to Longmont to have the awning we wanted put on in 2014 when Fox Wing was supposed to have the back orders filled.
7. First time using the camper we tried to remove the post and table, thought I was going to need a handyman jack to get it out of the floor.
Note;
We informed Hallmark about all of the issues immediately, to date they have done nothing about providing an apology or offer to replace or rework any of these issues, they continue to claim back ordered appliances, Atwood constantly shipping them scratched appliances, etc., etc.
• I re worked the screws in the roof rack, Hallmark did nothing to acknowledge the issue, took 3 hours to do this.
• I replaced the speaker, after going through their lack of Customer Service and the length of the trip to Longmont it was less expensive to stay home and buy new speakers than pay the fuel to go to their shop.
• 8 months later they have done nothing about replacement of the Oven Door, every time I contact them they provide the same excuse.
• I am pretty sure they are still building new campers with new appliances, funny they do not have a replacement available. If I wanted to sell this camper today it would look as if we do not take care of our investment.
• We have zero confidence they will stand behind anything that may occur in the future.
Consider these points when TC shopping this spring.

8 Replies

  • outdoorlf wrote:
    Update on Hallmark Manufacturing Customer Service;
    Received a new cook top and oven door in stainless steel yesterday, approximately 10 months after receiving our new pop up truck camper. It seems as though the issue is Atwood which manufactures the oven/range.
    Still happy we made our purchase with Hallmark in spite of the lengthy delay in resolving this issue. Hallmark by far has the best pop up truck camper out there.


    Boy, that's a big switcheroo. You went from thinking Hallmark was terrible to saying they're the best pop up truck camper out there. After all the issues and run-arounds you had? A new cook top and oven door made the difference?

    Interesting.
  • Shows one of the benefits of buying a used camper from the original owner. They have already dealt with all the problems. With the terrible warranty and after sale service provided by the camper manufacturers one is really on their own even if they buy new (and pay twice as much for their camper).

    With a 3 year old Lance camper we found we could not get replacement parts for things that should not have broken in the first place. Cheap materials and changing campers year to year makes for a sorry situation for their customers. Only Airstream takes the time and effort to make a quality product that is designed to last many years. Too bad they do not make slide in campers.
  • I'm glad to hear some resolution here. I'm also glad there is some ragging going on someone's new camper that is not a Lance. I can see because of the travel distance how you could get sucked into a bad situation like this. As always: caveat emptor.
    As my LA PHil trombone section leader, Ralph Sauer was fond of saying, "Is it too much to ask for simple competence?" Still works for me.
    jefe
  • Update on Hallmark Manufacturing Customer Service;
    Received a new cook top and oven door in stainless steel yesterday, approximately 10 months after receiving our new pop up truck camper. It seems as though the issue is Atwood which manufactures the oven/range.
    Still happy we made our purchase with Hallmark in spite of the lengthy delay in resolving this issue. Hallmark by far has the best pop up truck camper out there.
  • I was also surprised given the homework we did prior to settling in on our camper, checked every manufacturer, we were willing to spend the extra $$ on the best we could find, 95% of what they provided has been great, just the final 5% that is a disappointment. I hesitated posting this complaint but have had it with lack of return calls, emails and continued dodging the issue. I am in the service industry and would be out of business if I provided this level of service.
    Hallmark, if you are out there do not hesitate calling me, not too late to gain my confidence.....
  • I’m also very surprised that you are having any customer service issues with Hallmark. I have never experienced anything but friendly top notch service from them over my many years of being a customer.
  • I'm sorry to hear that. They have gone above and beyond on anything I have needed as recently as last week, including repairing self- inflicted wounds.
  • This is unbelievable, I have never heard anything but good things about Hallmark.

    Sorry to hear about all your problems.

    Paul