Did Marcus buy Trailer Life?

[Seattle_Lion]

I've noticed that aside from the enormous amount of Good Sam and Camping World advertising in Trailer Life, the editorial strongly slants their way too. To me, the magazine is starting to look more like a brochure than an unbiased editorial product.

Has Marcus bought it?

[Bird_Freak]

Dutch_12078 wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:

Us out West wrote:
Your profile says you are a Senior Member. :h

Senior member here has nothing to do with GS.

The confusion likely comes from the fact you're still showing the GS member logo on your posts. This is apparently a shortcoming of the forum software in not cross referencing the current member GS database, but you can manually turn off the logo in your "Profile" settings.

I looked there and preferences and can't find where to turn it off.

[Dutch_12078]

Bird Freak wrote:

Us out West wrote:
Your profile says you are a Senior Member. :h

Senior member here has nothing to do with GS.

The confusion likely comes from the fact you're still showing the GS member logo on your posts. This is apparently a shortcoming of the forum software in not cross referencing the current member GS database, but you can manually turn off the logo in your "Profile" settings.

[Bird_Freak]

Us out West wrote:
Your profile says you are a Senior Member. :h

Senior member here has nothing to do with GS.

[Us_out_West]

Your profile says you are a Senior Member. :h

[Bird_Freak]

hotbyte wrote:

lanerd wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
I did not renew TL this year. In one issue there were only 15 pages that did not have a CW or GS ad. Even fewer without some kind of a ad.
It was just a waste of paper to me now however it did make a good fire starter.

Doesn't it come free with your GS membership?

Thinking we had choice of Trailer Life or Motorhome magazine and, having a class C, went with Motorhome.

I think when they dropped Highways you could get a couple of issues of TL or MH. I may be wrong here. I dropped my GS membership as well because I never stay at parks that honor their discount and I can buy rv supplies a lot cheaper from my local rv dealer or internet.

[hotbyte]

lanerd wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
I did not renew TL this year. In one issue there were only 15 pages that did not have a CW or GS ad. Even fewer without some kind of a ad.
It was just a waste of paper to me now however it did make a good fire starter.

Doesn't it come free with your GS membership?

Thinking we had choice of Trailer Life or Motorhome magazine and, having a class C, went with Motorhome.

[lanerd]

Bird Freak wrote:
I did not renew TL this year. In one issue there were only 15 pages that did not have a CW or GS ad. Even fewer without some kind of a ad.
It was just a waste of paper to me now however it did make a good fire starter.

Doesn't it come free with your GS membership?

[Bird_Freak]

I did not renew TL this year. In one issue there were only 15 pages that did not have a CW or GS ad. Even fewer without some kind of a ad.
It was just a waste of paper to me now however it did make a good fire starter.

[Bigdog]

You're right about CR not having advertisers,but I'll betcha that subscriptions don't cover all their costs. Ever heard of corporate supporters.

[SCVJeff]

mlts22 wrote:
I just wish TL were on a format usable by Android. Pixelmags is great... but not everyone has an iDevice that will bend to their will.

HEY... Thats an iPhone pun... 🙂

[mlts22]

I just wish TL were on a format usable by Android. Pixelmags is great... but not everyone has an iDevice that will bend to their will.

[fla-gypsy]

Just so I am on topic again, No Marcus did not buy TL. He is the CEO of the company that owns all of the varied enterprises associated with GSE

[TXiceman]

I gave up reading TL years ago. It is mostly advertising and very few other articles worth reading. The Escapees magazine is much more informative.

Ken

[beemerphile1]

Seattle Lion wrote:

...If Marcus didn't buy Trailer Life, his advertising dollars are corrupting their editorial policy....

Maybe you missed all the previous answers. Lemonis did not "buy" Trailer Life. It has been a part of Good Sam since the beginning of the Good Sam Club.

If anything, Good Sam bought Lemonis. He founded Freedom Roads RV which then merged with Camping World which then merged with Good Sam.

The better question is; Who owns Good Sam Enterprises? Marcus Lemonis is CEO and the face of the organization, but by my limited research the holding company appears to be 97% owned by Stephen Adams.