What is your opinion of Good Sam Extended Service plan

Larry A wrote:
I purchased an Extended Service Plan for a 2003 monaco diesel pusher , cost $2,500./yr. , 2nd claim is fuel pump replace . Good Sam sent me to Cummins repair shop for fix. Total bill is $7,000. , Good Sam authorized approx $1,000. for repairs !!! 1st claim at same shop was for diesel gen. not starting, again referred to same Cummins shop , bad censer and gen had to be REMOVED FROM COACH TO REPAIR , cost $1,094. , Good Sam paid $271. Any advice on getting to someone to get this addressed would be appreciated . currently planning on small claims court unless their are many others out there with this experience , maybe as a group we could be treated more fairly ? PS. my deductible was supposed to be $500.00 per claim . The coach has under 40,000 mi.

I think this should be your answer. Good luck getting your money back. Another poster here has been waiting months for GS to refund his.

I purchased an Extended Service Plan for a 2003 monaco diesel pusher , cost $2,500./yr. , 2nd claim is fuel pump replace . Good Sam sent me to Cummins repair shop for fix. Total bill is $7,000. , Good Sam authorized approx $1,000. for repairs !!! 1st claim at same shop was for diesel gen. not starting, again referred to same Cummins shop , bad censer and gen had to be REMOVED FROM COACH TO REPAIR , cost $1,094. , Good Sam paid $271. Any advice on getting to someone to get this addressed would be appreciated . currently planning on small claims court unless their are many others out there with this experience , maybe as a group we could be treated more fairly ? PS. my deductible was supposed to be $500.00 per claim . The coach has under 40,000 mi.

Aadkins101-- Thanks for one of the few positivesabout the insurance on this post.. There is no question that component and appliance repairs are all big bucks on a TT!.. At $250 a year for a $300 deductible, one repair like yours pays for 8 years of premiums! I think the odds of a $2000 repair or several happening in the next 8 years is probably 100%! I am willing to bet I will use this policy and save money.. We shall see!

Our slide failed this summer. The repair cost was in excess of $2,350. We paid the deductible ($250) & our Good Sam policy paid the rest. No questions, efficient. I would not be without this policy.

lj2654-- $2000 a year? What plan do you have from Good Sam? Mine is $250 a year..

I think they are a waste of money

I had coverage for three years. I dropped it last year as I had a few claims denied for various reasons:
1). refrigerator cooling unit needed replacement- denied because there was rust on cooling tubes in back.$1800 repair bill!
But it cost me $2000 a year for coverage and just didn't save me any money on repairs. Now I put $200 in a maintenance fund monthly and use that for repairs and upkeep.

So far I think its great, used it once on a 2013 MobileSuites. The Schwintec slide broke, both sides needed replacement total bill $2900 costs me $300 deductible plus $250 shipping for parts they only pay up to $50 on freight. I had 2 freight bills because they could not determine both sides needed replacing until they fixed the problem on 1 side to get the slide to operate then they found the other side did not work properly. A lot depends on what your abilities are in doing your own repairs, I do a lot of my own work but I don't have the tools or equipment to do a slide repair of this magnitude and most of the time you are not at home when the breakdown occurs.

This breakdown occurred in an rv park so I needed help in getting the slide back in, way too big and heavy when its overhead, my Good Sam Roadside paid a tech to come out and help get it pushed back in, there were no Rv service centers in the area that could work on the slide. Extended warranty service only pays if the tech actually fixes it.

seems like a good deal to me especially compared to those the dealers sell. I went for it.

Not worth it to me, specially on a trailer. There is only so much that can go wrong.

Have you had a large number of warranty claims within the first year? If not, you probably won't have any in the second year either.