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James
Alabama
Reviewed on October 28, 2021
Total horrible experience. Zero stars A tech arrived to give us our “camper class” and told us we were not supposed to be in the camper rather rudely. He said he did not have time to prepare, was not familiar with the unit, but would go over the basics because they are all basically the same, and ...
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Total horrible experience. Zero stars A tech arrived to give us our “camper class” and told us we were not supposed to be in the camper rather rudely. He said he did not have time to prepare, was not familiar with the unit, but would go over the basics because they are all basically the same, and only had an hour allotted for the class. As the tech went over the camper basics it was clear that he was not familiar with the camper since I had to show him several of the features myself. We were then told to write down anything that needed to be fixed prior to delivery of our camper. We several cosmetic issues that were fixed prior to delivery. We sat in the lounge for 2 very frustrating hours waiting on the Business Manager to make our purchase. After 30 minutes in the Business Managers office, 2 hours went by and our camper was still not ready to go. I was told the delay was because there was only one qualified fork lift driver to move campers. When the driver finally arrived with our camper no instruction was offered or provided on how to safely hook up the camper to my truck. He simply dropped it off and left. The whole sales experience was unacceptable. Once we were home and really had a chance to go over the camper we found several other issues that would need to be corrected. We immediately notified the sales rep the day after purchase. We never heard back from the sales rep on a status of returning to fix these issues even though I had his personal cell number, left 2 voice mails, and had texted him. So I called the service department. The service advisor and I agreed to fix the shower as a “waiter” and the rest would be addressed at a later date. We arrived early for our appointment. A service advisor spent nearly 2 hours taking pictures of the camper issues, marking them with blue painters tape, and then loading all the issues into the Service Department computer. Then we went to lunch. Just prior to ordering lunch we received a call from the service department. They would not be able to do the repair because of at least 2 things: Warranty work had to be approved and it would take longer than a day (the whole shower would have to be removed). I do not understand why the work was not already approved (since we had the appointment for 4 ½ weeks and why it would take longer that a few hours. We were very unhappy at this point, hooked up, and took our camper home. We took the camper back for warranty repairs on our scheduled date. We were told the repairs would only take 2 days. The next business day, I received a call from our service advisor asking about one of the issues. I explained the issue to him and he explained it to the repair tech. He told me that the warranty work had not been approved yet and no work has been started. I was shocked for several reasons. First and foremost, once again my appointment had been booked for over a month and Camping World failed to call in to get approval for the warranty work. No work had been started yet. I immediately told the service advisor to get my camper ready and I would be down to get it in an hour. Then I called the General Manager. I explained the issue to the General Manager. He blamed the pandemic and Keystone’s process to get warranty work approved. It is unacceptable to place blame on Keystone when Camping World clearly failed. He agreed it was unacceptable and told me he would talk to the service department. Upon arrival at the Biloxi MS Camping World my camper was not ready to pick up. I was told the forklift ran out of fuel and they had to go get fuel. I was given paperwork to sign that said no work was completed, I owed no money, and I was taking the camper. My wife was very upset at that point, raised her voice and said we are not signing anything until we have our camper. A different service advisor (not mine) rudely said “why are you giving me attitude? I had nothing to do with this.” Again, this is an unacceptable way to talk to any customer, especially a customer that has been repeatedly wronged. They brought my camper around a few minutes later and I hooked it up to my truck. My wife came out after talking to the Service Manager and was extremely upset at this point. The Service Manager told her he was going to “call someone to escort you from the building if you do not lower your voice”. She was indeed talking very loudly to the Service Manager and it was clear he did not want the rest of the customers in the building to know about the unacceptable service we were experiencing. Just prior to leaving a customer that was back in service with my wife drove around and apologized. He told us that the Biloxi Camping World had his camper for 6 months and told us why. He said “They are liars and thieves.” Buy your campers and get your repairs elsewhere. I should have read the on line and BBB reviews before I went to Camping World. Several of my camping friends had similar experiences with Camping World. We will NEVER go back to a Camping World.
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