Scam drawing allowed in Camping world stores-Marcus??

[bigmichael]

I can't believe that Camping World is allowing Ocean Canyon properties to set up booths in their stores for "gift certificate" drawings. I never enter these at RV shows and such, but thought it was legit because it was in the CW store at Nashville.

The person at the booth gave every impression I was entering a CW drawing-not supplying my number for time-share telemarketers. They then call and use the same come on that telemarketers normally use-you won blah blah blah! I subsequently went on the internet to discover it was time share sales, as many people report being "scammed" at CW with these drawings. We FT, so our phone # is our cell phone--and we have now received three calls so far today. I have now had Verizon block the number.

I think I am less upset with Ocean Canyon properties than I am with CW for allowing this to occur in their stores. Very misleading-and very odd that a reputable company like CW would allow it to go on. I'm very interested to hear if this is something Marcus is aware of.

Thanks

[fla-gypsy]

Francesca Knowles wrote:
I've seen this kind of outfit lots of times in CW's lobby- they always have a big ol' sign telling who they are/what they're selling.

I've never "entered" any of their drawings since it seems obvious to me that what they're really after is my phone number etc., most likely because they want to sell me something. Guess I don't see where the "scam" part comes in-?

X2, not to hard to figure out. It's marketing not a scam. Someone may actually do that sort of camping. In fact I know some who do.

[trnfla]

That is exactly why I purchased MagicJack device. Once set-up, you can disconnect it and it will email telephone messages that are left and you can decide if you want to call them back.

This way I don't have to worry about people calling my cellphone.

[Francesca_Knowl]

I've seen this kind of outfit lots of times in CW's lobby- they always have a big ol' sign telling who they are/what they're selling.

I've never "entered" any of their drawings since it seems obvious to me that what they're really after is my phone number etc., most likely because they want to sell me something. Guess I don't see where the "scam" part comes in-?