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Camping World has a 1.7 star rating based on 1263 customer reviews; consumers are mostly dissatisfied with customer service, refunds and cancellations, service department delays, and high price levels.

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  • Reports of refund and cancellation problems, deceptive sales practices, hidden fees, and billing disputes.
  • Multiple accounts of unresolved warranty work and inconsistent communication.

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Scott Bmke

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| map-marker Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Terrible Customer Service

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AI Highlights
  • - In-store returns were limited to a gift card; website says items can be sent to a warehouse for a check, and Bob was condescending and agitated.

Sturtavent WI Location

Wanted to return items purchased on the web site. Brought into the store and was only given the option of a gift card.

Per their website and customer service number, should have been offered the option of them taking items, sending to their warehouse, and issuing a check. The employee who handled us, Bob, was very condescending and became agitated, to the point of the other employee on scene telling him "Bob, stop it!' .

Not a good person to be the face of the company. It's too bad, we have several family members looking for RV's, definitely not sending them to Camping World

Pros:
  • Large selection of rvs
Cons:
  • Bad customer service

User's recommendation: Lots of other options/dealers to patronize

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Frank S Kvt

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  • - Warranty work began Dec 2024 in Mesquite, TX, later Denton, TX, with parts delays.
  • - October 2025: Camping World damaged the RV; warranties incomplete.

Ms. Bartlett,

I am reaching out to you to allow you the opportunity to read the below timeline of events and for us to reach an agreement on this very frustrating timely situation on claim number 0563****.

Timeline of events:

December 2024 we contacted Camping World located in Mesquite TX for the following:

Roof inspection

Warranty repair on the reclining chair

Warranty repair on the Hydraulics Leveling System

Warranty repair on the Clock

Warranty repair on the BMP Control Computer

December 2024 service technician came to my property and took pictures

January 2025 service technician came back to my property to take more pictures per Jaycos request

February 2025 service technician called stating they were closing the Mesquite TX location.

We were being transferred to the Sherman TX location where the parts would be delivered.

June 2025 we contacted the Sherman TX location to get status on the parts and timeline of repair. They responded with that they were still waiting on the parts.

July 14, 2025 we contacted the Sherman TX location. They informed us that we would need to take it to the Denton TX location because they didnt have room.

July 14, 2025 - RV was taken to Camping World, Denton TX, for the above warranty repairs and in addition the below warranty repairs.

Window Blinds detached from the wall

Hinge on the cabinet above the TV fell off

Washer & Dryer water connection leaks

Closet ceiling panel fell in

Vent in the kitchen was broken

July 14, 2025 at 4:18pm, I spoke with Deena Carrier, she offered a buyout of $59K. As you are aware, we purchased this RV brand new on February 24, 2024.

The current blue book average retail is $73K.

September 30, 2025 at 11:58am, I spoke with Ms. Carrier, she offered $44k.

NOTE: She is stating that the RV has depreciated by 15K while waiting on Camping World to do warranty repairs.

September 30, 2025 to October 14, 2025 several emails and calls were made between you, Terri Bartlett, and us to discuss concerns and options.

October 14, 2025 - there was no resolution. I drove 2.5hrs from Greenville TX to Denton TX after being informed by Emily Ensor that the repairs were completed and the RV was ready to be picked up. Upon my arrival, I met with Ms.

Ensor, she charged me $128.38 to replace a broken microwave plate on invoice #16514. After payment, I walked outside to view the RV. At this time, I discovered that the RV had been severely damaged by Camping World while in their possession. Pictures and a video were provided to you in an email dated October 14, 2025, at 2:18pm.

In addition, I discovered that the control panel was faulty preventing the slides from opening.

October 15, 2025 You contacted us and we discussed the damages and the incomplete warranty items. You asked me if we wanted a full buyout, our response was yes. You stated that you would reach out to the national team and for me to allow you two business days to get back to me.

October 27, 2025 I sent an email to you emphasizing that we still had not heard anything. Meanwhile, still not able to use our RV and the warranty timeline keeps on ticking.

October 27, 2025 10 minutes after I sent the above email, I received a phone call from Trevor Shackelford.

He stated that he would like the opportunity to fix things at his level. We told him that we expected a full buyback due to the warranty issues, damages to the RV and the timeline of events preventing us from using the RV. He stated that he would contact you and return our phone call.

October 28, 2025 I left you a voicemail.

October 28, 2025 I left a message for Trevor Shackelford to return my call.

October 29, 2025 - Trevor Shackelford, GM Camping World located in Denton, TX called timestamp beginning 11:56am to 12:03pm. During this call, Mr.

Shackelford offered a buyout of $42k or to put it on consignment for $65K.

NOTE: NOW the RV has depreciated an additional 2k while waiting on Camping World to do warranty repairs AND repair the damages to the RV while in their possession.

For us to decide on the ONLY two options that Trevor Shackelford provided, I asked the below questions.

When will the RV be repaired after them damaging it while in their possession. Trevor could not provide a timeline, even though the damage was discovered and reported to him in person on October 14, 2025.

When would the warranty repairs be completed that started in December 2024. Trevors response was that he was unaware that the warranty repairs were not completed. I find this even more disturbing as you can imagine.

You were even aware that the warranty repairs were not completed, but the General Manager is not .The service manager even stated that the control panel they installed is faulty. Again, Trevor could not provide a timeline. He asked for a list of the warranty repairs, which again, is disturbing that he hasnt even investigated this issue before contacting me.

The following was provided to Trevor on the warranty repairs that is listed under work order #16514A.

Recliner

Control Box

BMP Control Computer

Window Blinds

Cabinet above the TV

Washer & Dryer water connections leaks

Closet ceiling panel

Clock

Vent in the kitchen

Hydraulic Leveling System

None of the above, other than the hydraulic leveling system, could be verified due to the control box was not repaired. This prevents from the slides to open on the RV.

The service advisor, Emily Ensor, was present at this time along with the service manager AND Trevor.

Trevor also stated the following during this conversation:

I was being rude by asking these questions and quoted to me have you ever heard the term of bees and honey. I find this as a threating statement because I was not agreeing with his offer and questioning why he doesnt know timelines in order to allow me to make a logical decision after all of this.

He stated that he will no longer repair the warranty items.

He stated he was no longer going to do business with me, that if I dont come pick the trailer up today, he was going to call the police and file it as abandoned while he charges me daily lot fees.

He threatened to take the RV out to the fire lane.

As you can imagine, after reviewing the timeline of events above, and the final conversation with Trevor that has treated and spoken to us with such unprofessionalism, threating to do more damage to the RV while costing us more money, we are looking forward to resolving this matter ASAP before having to take further action. This has now caused health issues of increased blood pressure and unnecessary loss in time and money

Loss:
$82000

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Honor the warranty and fix the problem

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Darlene W Ctf

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I am having to hire an attorney to get this fixed. Camping world is doing nothing and this is a safety issue!!

AI Highlights
  • - RV fixed and ready, but inverter was installed backwards and is a fire hazard.
  • - We were told the bill must be paid by May 10 or storage fees apply.
Updated by user May 09, 2024

Camping World is refusing to write to me now. The last thing I got in my email is Terri letting me know they are going to keep my RV until I remove all my posts and sign a form that I will not sue them. NOT FIX THEIR INSTALATION ERROR * once I do all that, they will release my RV to me as a FIRE HAZARD AND NOT WORKING!

Updated by user May 03, 2024

Terri Barlet’s Response to our issue: On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 01:43:57 PM CDT, Terri Bartlett wrote: Good Afternoon Darlene, As an attempt to resolve this ongoing concern, I have reached out to my boss for guidance. He has offered to cover the current bill at our Kansas City location in the amount of $1,692.10.

In return for covering the bill you would be required to remove all social media posts. You would also be required to sign a General Release with a non-disparagement agreement. After we have the signed General Release and you have removed all social media posts than you will be able to pick up your camper. Thank you, Terri Bartlett Regional Customer Service Manager Office: (844) 632-**** Ext 2548 Terri.bartlett@***.com My Response: Hello, Terri It is my understanding that the price you just listed is only to cover the Diagnostic and the Estimate that proves Camping World Grain Valley MO (the location you are at) put the Inverter/Converter in wrong.

Camping World Kansas City Kansas is 35mins from your Camping World Grain Valley Missouri location and they are all owned my Camping World Holdings Inc. I don't care about the $1692.10 for the Diagnostic and the Estimate that proves Camping World Grain Valley put it in wrong because at this point, I now have an RV that is a Fire Hazard and not safe to drive on public roads. I do have an issue with the fact that I already paid once for the Inverter/Converter to be put in properly by Camping World Grain Valley MO and like you said it was still under Warranty when I dropped it off with Camping World KCK. It still had 6 months left on the Warranty when I dropped it off with KCK yet YOU waited until the warranty was up before you would respond to KCK saying the warranty is up.

It is unfortunate that Kevin your General Manager refused to let me bring it in to your location back in Jan 2023 or March - June 2023 (Again I had surgery in Feb.) It is my understanding that this fee you are offering to pay will force me to leave with an RV that is a Fire Hazard & something that I already paid once to be put in correctly. Attached are the items that potentially could be a problem because of your Grain Valley installation error. In order for me to have a resolution on this Camping World Holdings Inc, Grain Valley or you would need to cover KCK to properly fix everything that I PAID for originally and/or any problems the installation error caused at your Grain Valley location. As you have stated it was under warranty when we dropped it off at KCK back on Aug 7, 2023 when it was still under warranty for another 6 months.

This should be covered instead of you using time tactics to Fraud your customers into driving aways with a FIRE HAZARD on public roads Darlene Wright Have a wonderful Day! lifewave.com/Darlene1 StartX39now.com (watch 2 short videos) Amazing New Technology I had been told by the Camping World Store on Sep 12, 2022 my RV Inverter/Converter 3000 watt may not be working properly. They could not get one that large but did look it up and told me where I could get one. I picked one up at Home Depot on Sep 21, 2022 in case that was the issue.

I took the RV to camping world same day after I had just Bought 4 new batteries. The place I bought them from did not work on RV’s so they said to have Camping world hook them up. I made an apt with Camping World and let them know that my lights and fan on the inside worked intermittently. They were going to hook up the batteries, and if the batteries were not the problem, I had the Inverter/Converter there if they needed to change that out.

They said the batteries were not the issue, and then they said the Inverter was not working properly. So, they changed that out. They were having a 10 point inspection sale & a slide out maintenance sale, I agreed to both. They found 2 shorts with battery & electrical, I paid to have that fixed too.

They said it was ready to pick up. I had my friend Edria take me there to pick it up on Jan 13, 2023. Nothing was working still. I turned it on, and it smelled funny.

The batteries started burning. I shut it off, and they had a service person come out and they said they fixed it, I can take it now. I said no, nothing is still working. We were yelled at, degraded, treated like we were stupid because we were female by the manager.

I was told by the manager "I do not guarantee our service work, unless you bought the RV from camping world. Did you buy the RV from Camping world?" We were treated horribly, talked down to like we were stupid and we walked out. As we were leaving there was a poster that said “‘If you are not happy, I am not happy’ Call my office 866-232-**** Or Email me at MarcusVIP@***.com” So as I was leaving I was calling this corporate number and left a message. Before I got home I got a call back from them.

I was told Corporate would speak to Camping World Grain Valley MO and get this fixed. After a few days, Camping world Grain Valley said it was ready again. I talked to Corporate, they said they double checked everything and it was good to go, please go pick it up. Camping World Grain Valley MO charged me another $350.

So I went to pick it up and once again it was not working. This time I was very angry. This was ridiculous. The service manager came and walked me through it.

He told me that the only problem was the batteries were not charged up. He said if it does not work this time, he will personally take care of it, and I will not have an issue. After about 30 min, I paid and took the RV around the end of January. I took it to Wolds of Fun Village and plugged it in for a couple days, nothing.

It was still not working. I called Corporate let them know what was going on and it still was not working but I was at WOF Village plugging it in to charge the batteries. Corporate told me they would keep working on getting this taken care of, to give them an update after I figure out what is going on with the batteries. I called corporate again to give them an update on the batteries, They told me they would get back to me.

Corporate did NOT get back to me but I did get a phone call from Kevin Zawachi about Jan 5, 2023 from Camping World Grain Valley. He apologized, and said he can see that the paperwork did not reflect all the work done on the RV. He will make sure when I bring it in he will have his service manager correct all the paperwork to show all the work they did on the RV which should be covered by the company warranty. Kevin told me specifically "do not bring the RV in without an appointment with me personally." Kevin said "I will have the service manager make sure the paperwork is correct, document all the work they did, complete any work that wasn't done, and make sure the RV is ready for travel." I let him know I had surgery that day (so he emailed me his contact info), so It would be about a month or so before I can drive again.

I contacted him as soon as I was up and around on March 6, 2023. I then got the run around from him, and he would not correct the paperwork, or the issue. I have many emails to show this. The last time Kevin responded to one of my emails was May 26, 2023.

I emailed him last on June 2, 2023 I then called multiples times to make sure he was still working there and try to set up an appointment to take the RV in to Camping World Grain Valley. I took it to Wolf Lodge on Aug 7th 2023 to show someone the unit, and when I went to slide out the slider, it did not work. It stayed out some, because I did not want to screw it up more, I took it to the local Camping world KCK on Aug 7th 2023. I let them know what was going on and that everything should be under warranty.

At this time it was within the 1year warranty for another 6months. When I dropped it off with Camping World KCK, I specifically told them "I want all warranty work done FIRST, before you look at anything else or do anything else; because I don't want to owe you a bunch of money and still have an RV that is not working."They said no problem. I said once the warranty work is done, then we can talk about anything else that needs done. But first I need this warranty work done before I will agree to any other fees.

They said no problem. We had a bad winter, and they called a few times saying they were waiting on a price for parts, then they could not get to the unit because of the weather. Camping World (KCK) called me last winter, while the RV was in their care and told me they had a special sale. KCK asked if I wanted to have it winterized, since it's going to be there through the winter.

I was told there was too much ice in their parking lot and the RVcouldn't be pull out to have my unit worked on properly, so they wanted to winterize it. I OK'd the price to winterize it. Camping World KCK did not winterize the RV even though they held the RV the whole winter, I still do NOT know if anything broke on this RV do-to non-winterization. Camping World KCK never let me know of this extra part (quarter turn ball valve) that needed to be replaced before it could be winterized (I found this on my own looking through the estimates they gave me Jan 20th 2023)and Camping World KCK just chose not to winterize my RV while they held it ALL winter long for repair.

In this phone call they also said they were waiting on a pricing for a part, when I asked what part I was told they were not sure and that they would get back with me. I assumed, it had to do with the warranty work on the converter. Camping World KCK never got back to me. I spoke to Beth on Monday April 8th 2024 and was told she would get this done for me.

She gave me a price of about 500 or less for extra things they found wrong. I said great, but do not fix anything until the warranty work is complete. She said no problem. Then my daughter called and was told it was fixed, they took it to camping world in Grain Valley, they fixed their installation error, and it was ready to be picked up.

I owed 1200. To pick it up. She explained why I needed to pay the $2248.40. I asked for an itemized work order, because that is not what we spoke about earlier that week.

She then said Wait.. Let me figure this out. She got back to me April 11th 2024 at 5:23pm and said NO Work had been done on my RV YET. She said Grain Valley will not approve the work.

I said let’s call corporate then. She said she can not, she instructed me to call corporate. I then called corporate and was told Terry in Grain Valley was typing and saying I never even paid my bill in Grain Valley, and she will not cover anything. She also said that Grain Valley does not cover their work, only their parts and because I did not buy the part from them, there is nothing Grain Valley will do.

I was very angry! The estimate Camping World (KCK) gave to me on Jan 20, 2024 is incorrect. They have my Drop off date on this estimate to be incorrect considering they have had it since last year on Aug 7th of 2023. The InService date should reflect the proper date that I dropped my RV off with Camping World KCK.

May 1st 2024 NOW I'm being told that if I don't pay for it FIRST (they haven't fixed anything) then pick it up by May 10th 2024, I will start being charged storage. Yet it was only April 8th 2024 that I was told that Camping World KCK already completed the work and fixed all the warranty work (converter, slide out, light bulbs), and it was ready for pick up. To come and find out once again it was all a LIE, I was told by Beth that not one thing had been fixed on my RV. Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate) told me I had to pay $1600 to pick it up, even though no work has been done (This sounds like price gouging.) At that time Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate) also told me "You need to pay to have the converter put in properly because right now it is a fire hazard." The $1600 for me to pick it up was just the price for the estimate to prove that Camping World Grain Valley MO screwed up putting in the converter.

Yet Grain Valley refuses to cover it even though Camping World KCK had it for a total of 6months while it sat in their possession still under warranty. I have attached a couple email examples shared with Kevin starting immediately after pickup, and with Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley) who claims to be corporate but can't look up the picked up or dropped off dates or any correspondence. Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate) is now resorting to sending me multiple emails with the exact same thing in it, all in one day. I also corresponded with Corporate before I ever even picked up my RV in the end of Jan 2023.

I have stated everywhere to everyone it was not working that is why I originally refused pickup on Jan 13, 2023. I brought my witness Edria with me on Jan 13, 2023, because I was being treated horribly and I needed help. The RV was dropped off at Camping World KCK AUG 7, 2023 that was 6 months before the warranty was up. I had already OK'd the warranty items to be fixed under warranty.

What I did NOT OK was any other charges, which I have said multiple times on multiples occasions. I have also said on multiples occasions that I want the warranty items fixed. Yet, instead of fixing the issues under warranty they held my RV until the warranty was out then said your warranty is up even though they still have the RV and have had the RV since Aug 7th, 2023 when it still had 6mo warranty left on it. Again I am not sure why any of this back and forth between Grain Valley, Kevin Zawacki (General Manager Grain Valley), Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate), Corporate, and KCK is any of my problem since it is all Camping World Holdings Inc.

and this seems like it should be an internal issue and not one that Camping World should be publicly displaying to their customers. This is how you lose customers, get bad reviews, bad publicity, complaints with BBB (by the way they just lied to BBB earlier today), complaints with the state and/or legal actions taken. Corporate should be handling this properly in-house, instead of giving customers the run around and sending them to other people who refuse to handle things properly (AKA Terri Bartlett). I am very disappointed in the Customer Service and unbusinesslike practices of the Camping World Holdings Inc employees that I have so far had the displeasure of having them manage my Customer File.

Please see attachment for supporting documentation. Thank you Darlene Wright Have a wonderful Day! lifewave.com/Darlene1 StartX39now.com (watch 2 short videos) Amazing New Technology ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Darlene To: Elizabeth Newton Cc: marcusvip@***.com ; Kevin Zawacki ; Terri Bartlett ; Terri Bartlett ; InvestorRelations@***.com ; MarcusVIP@***.com ; csteam@***.com ; bmoody@***.com ; matthew.wagner@***.com ; jnapier@***.com ; PR-CWGS@***.com ; sa1234@***.com Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:42:04 PM CDT Subject: Re: ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS The estimate you (KCK) gave to me on Jan 20, 2023 is incorrect. I see you have my Drop off date on this estimate to be incorrect considering you have had it since last year on Aug 7th of 2023.

I would like you to correct your InService date to reflect the proper date that I dropped my RV off with you. Thank you Camping World (KCK) called me last winter, while the RV was in your care and told me you had a special sale. You asked if I wanted to have it winterized, since it's going to be there through the winter. I was told there was too much ice in your parking lot and you couldn't pull out my unit to have it worked on properly, so they wanted to winterize it.

I OK'd the price to winterize it. You did not winterize the RV even though you held the RV the whole winter, if anything broke on this RV do-to non-winterization you guys are liable for that. You never let me know of this extra part (quarter turn ball valve) and you just chose not to winterize my RV while you held it ALL winter long for repair. In this phone call they was also said you were waiting on pricing for a part, when I asked what part I was told they were not sure and that they would get back with me.

I assumed, it had to do with the warranty work on the converter. You guys never got back to me. I originally dropped off my RV with your other Grain Valley, MO location back in the beginning of October of 2022. I went to pick it up with my friend Edria on January 13, 2023 but refused pick up because nothing was working on the RV.

We were yelled at, degraded, treated like we were stupid because we were female. I was told by the manager that they "Do not guaranty their service, unless I bought the RV from camping world." We were treated horribly, talked down to like we were stupid and we walked out. On our way out we seen a sign "If you are unhappy, I'm unhappy. I'm here to help.

Call my Office Marcus VIP 866232****." and called corporate. Corporate told me to go ahead and pick it up and they would keep working on getting this taken care of, I picked it up around the End of January 2023. I continued to talk to corporate. Kevin Zawacki from Grain Valley MO reached out to me via phone and I was communicating with him since before Feb 6, 2023.

The last time Kevin responded to one of my emails was May 26, 2023. I emailed him last on June 2, 2023 I then called multiples times to make sure he was still working there and try to set up an appointment to take the RV in. Kevin told me specifically "do not bring the RV in without an appointment with me personally." Kevin said "I will have the service manager make sure the paperwork is correct, document all the work they did, complete any work that wasn't done, and make sure the RV is ready for travel." I dropped it off with you (KCK) on Aug 7, 2023. That is within the 1year warranty, you have had it ever since!

When I dropped it off with you, I specifically told you guys "I want all warranty work done FIRST, before you look at anything else or do anything else; because I don't want to owe you a bunch of money and still have an RV that is not working." So far we have the winterization issue listed above and now you are trying to say it's out of warranty even though you had it this WHOLE TIME. It was dropped off with you AUG 7th, 2023 that means you guys (KCK) held it for 6 months while it was still under warranty and you never fixed it within that time. NOW I'm being told that if I don't pay for it FIRST (they haven't fixed anything) then pick it up, I will start being charged storage. Yet it was only 2weeks ago that I was told that you guys already completed the work and fixed all the warranty work (converter, slide out, light bulbs), and it was ready for pick up.

To come and find out once again it was all a LIE, I was told by Beth that not one thing had been fixed on my RV. Terri told me I had to pay $1600 to pick it up, even though no work has been done (This sounds like price gouging.) At that time Terri also told me "You need to pay to have the converter put in properly because right now it is a fire hazard." The $1600 for me to pick it up was just the price for the estimate to prove that Camping World Grain Valley MO screwed up putting in the converter. Yet Grain Valley refuses to cover it even though you guys had it for a total of 6months while it sat in your possession still under warranty. I have attached just a couple email examples shared with Kevin starting immediately after pickup, and with Terri who claims to be corporate but can't look up the picked up or dropped off dates or any correspondence.

Terri is now resorting to sending me multiple emails with the exact same thing in it, all in one day. I also corresponded with Corporate before I every even picked up my RV in the end of Jan 2023. I have stated everywhere to everyone it was not working that is why I originally refused pickup on Jan 13, 2023. I brought my witness Edria on Jan 13, 2023, that is why I brought her along because I was being treated horribly and I needed help.

I would like for you guy to stop sending me to Terri the Region Customer Service Manager and send me to her boss instead because she is not handling this issue property. The RV was dropped off at KCK AUG 7, 2023 that was 6 months before the warranty was up. I had already OK'd the warranty items to be fixed under warranty. What I did NOT OK was any other charges, which I have said multiple times on multiples occasions.

I have also said on multiples occasions that I want the warranty items fixed. Again I am not sure why any of this back and forth between Grain Valley, Kevin Zawacki (General Manager Grain Valley), Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate), Corporate, and KCK is any of my problem since it is all Camping World Holdings Inc. and this seems like it should be an internal issue and not one that you should be publicly displaying to your customers. This is how you lose customers, get bad reviews, bad publicity, complaints with BBB, complaints with the state and/or legal actions taken.

Corporate should be handling this properly in house, instead of giving customers the run around and sending them to other people who refuse to handle things properly. I am very disappointed in the Customer Service and unbusinesslike practices of the Camping World Holdings Inc employees that I have so far had the displeasure of having them manage my Customer File.

I am 59 and disabled I am doing the best I can. Thank you Darlene Wright Have a wonderful Day!

Original review May 02, 2024
You know it was either last week or the week before when I was told that my RV was ready for pick up and that it had already been fixed. It had been taken to the Green valley center and fixed the way it was supposed to be.

I was ready to pick it up. I have no problem picking up my RV when its done and safe to drive
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On Thursday, May 2, 2024, 1:12 PM, Darlene wrote:
Still pissed off and now being pushed to pick up and pay for my RV not working and a fire hazard!!
Darlene wright
408-338-****
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On Thursday, May 2, 2024, 12:21 PM, Terri Bartlett wrote:
Dear Darlene,
I am sorry but at this time we have exhausted all efforts on your customer service ticket. We have worked very closely with our regional team and multiple service directors and have all come to an agreement that there is nothing else we can do for you at this time. The bill must be satisfied and this unit picked up by Friday May 10 or we will begin charging storage fees.

Thanks so much and have a nice day.
Terri Bartlett
Regional Customer Service Manager
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This is NOT a bill issue. This is a safety issue and you put my inverter backwards which is now a fire hazard. Plus, many other items could have been damaged due to this error on your part!
. I had been told by the Camping World Store my RV Inverter/Converter 3000 watt may not be working properly.

They could not get one that large but did look it up and told me where I could get one. I picked one up at Home Depot in case that was the issue. I took the RV to camping world after I had just Bought 4 new batteries. The place I bought them from did not work on RVs so said to have Camping world hook them up.

I made an apt with Camping World and let them know that my lights and fan on the inside worked and then did not. They were going to hook up the batteries, and if the batteries were not the problem, I had the Inverter/Converter there if they needed to change that out. They said the batteries were not the issue, and then they said the Inverter was not working properly. So, they changed that out.

They said it was ready to pick up. So, I had Edria take me there to pick it up. Nothing was working still. I turned it on, and it smelled funny.

The batteries started burning. I shut it off, and they said they fixed it I can take it now. I said no, nothing is still working. I spoke to the manager, and he told me he does not guarantee his installation, I just need to take it and pay for it.

I said NO. I left and said I need this fixed. As we were leaving there was a poster that said If you are not happy, I am not happy Call my office 866-232-**** Or Email me at MarcusVIP@***.com. So as I was leaving I was calling this number and left a message.

Before I got home I got a call back from them. I was told they would speak to them and get this fixed. Well after a few days, they said it was ready again. And they charged me another 350.

So I went to pick it up and once again it was not working. This time I was crazy mad. This was ridiculous. The service manager came and walked me through it.

He told me that the only problem was the batteries were not charged up. He said if it does not work this time, he will personally take care of it, and I will not have an issue. After about 30 min, I paid and took the RV. (I also paid extra for them to do a slide out oil on it, because we did not know when that was done last, and they fixed some light and stuff.) I took it to WOF camping and plugged it in for a couple days, nothing.

It was still not working. I called the corporation again and did not get a response from them. But I did get a phone call from Kevin at the local office. He apologies, and said he can see that the paperwork was not done right as to show all the work they did on the RV which should be covered by the company warranty.

He said he is the one I will be dealing with, no one knows about it, so only speak to him from now on. I let him know I had surgery that day, so It would be about a month or so before I can drive again. I contacted him as soon as I was up and around. I then got the run around from him, and he would not correct the paperwork, or the issue.

I have many emails to show this. I took it to Wolf Lodge to show someone the unit, and when I went to slide out the slider, it did not work. It stayed out some, because I did not want to screw it up more, I took it to the local Camping world. I let them know what was going on.

They said no problem. I said once the warranty work is done, then we can talk about anything else that needs done. But first I need this warranty work done before I will agree to any other fees. They said no problem.

We had a bad winter, and they called a few times saying they were waiting on a price for parts, then they could not get to the unit. I spoke to Beth on Monday and was told she would get this done for me. She gave me a price of about 500 or less for extra things they found wrong. I said great, but do not fix anything until the warranty work is complete.

She said no problem. Then my daughter called and was told it was fixed, they took it to camping world in Grain Valley, they fixed their installation error, and it was ready to be picked up. I owed 2000. To pick it up.

I texted Beth and asked her what the 2000. Was for and told her thank you for getting this done so quick. She said no problem and explained why I needed to pay the 2000. I asked for an itemized work order, because that is not what we spoke about earlier that week.

She then said Wait.. Let me figure this out. She got back to me and said NO Work had been done on my RV YET. She said Grain Valley will not approve the work.

I said lets call corporate then. She said she can not, she instructed me to call corporate. I then called corporate and was told Terry in Grain Valley was typing and saying I never even paid my bill in Grain Valley, and she will not cover anything. She also said that Grain Valley does not cover their work, only their parts and because I did not buy the part from them, there is nothing Grain Valley will do.

I was pissed. I have since been getting contacted by this Terri who keeps telling me that Camping world will not fix this installation error.

I was also told that I need to pay Kansas City Camping world to fix it, because it is NOW a fire hazzard. So weekly I am trying to get this taken care of, I have an RV that is still at Camping World and not safe to drive because they put in my inverter/converter backwards.
Loss:
$5000
Cons:
  • Too many to list - service department is awful

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: DO NOT EVER USE CAMPING WORLD TO SERVICE YOUR RV

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Mathieu Odt

Interesting. I am currently "working with Terri Bartlett" and getting no results with ignored return calls, etc.

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Misleading Company

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AI Highlights
  • - Bought a 2017 Leprechaun Coachman in March 2025.
  • - Cab issues were not addressed.
  • - Sewage pipes were zip-tied, and the cab is deteriorating.
Camping World - Misleading Company

My wife and I bought a 2017 Leprechaun Coachman back in March of 2025. Lo and behold, they do nothing about the cab side of things.

Now we are currently driving it back to Illinois from Vegas.

The sewage pipes were only held up by zip ties, and now the cab is falling apart. Son, do

Loss:
$6000
Cons:
  • Not truthful

Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Don't buy from Camping World they are liars!

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New trailer leaking not even 10 months old, they then talked to me like I new they built and sold a piece of crap, removed all the desire to camp and travel in a leaking as trailer.

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Camping World - New trailer leaking not even 10 months old, they then talked to me like I...

Bought a 2025 Keystone Coleman less than 10 months ago, and I pulled it out to go fishing, and the piece of crap is already leaking, and it's been covered. I don't have to worry about dealing with them again.

Loss:
$15
Cons:
  • Customer service sucks

Preferred solution: my unit repaired no worries wont go there again

User's recommendation: Go else where because the customer service sucks.

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Misleading, Unethical, Half-Truths, Flat Out Lies

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AI Highlights
  • - Spent a week with a sales rep to order a rig; delivery quoted 2–3 weeks.
  • - Keystone build sheet; then a $400 price increase and bait switch.

Same as everyone else. Spent a week working with a sales rep on ordering a rig.

Finally agreed to some numbers, and was told the rig would take 2-3 weeks to arrive. The last update was that they were waiting for the 'build sheet' from Keystone. Today, all of a sudden, I was given different information and an increase in payment of 400 dollars. Complete bait and switch.

Avoid like the plague.

I will make it my mission in life to keep people away from Camping World. I am very active in the RV community and will live and breathe telling people to avoid CW.

Pros:
  • Inventory on-hand
Cons:
  • Poor follow up
  • Unethical business practices

Preferred solution: Adherence to the original DEAL and numbers we agreed to...

User's recommendation: Avoid at all costs.

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Bill E Xix

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Customer service

AI Highlights
  • - Only issue at checkup was curtain screw missing.
  • - They claimed water heater, roof rot, with $1,500.
  • - Billed $252.11 for winterizing; not done.

I bought my camper in May of 2025 and took it in for a checkup last week. There was only one thing wrong with it: one curtain had a screw missing on one side.

Camping World in Columbia, SC, called me and said the water heater was broken and I had *** in my roof, and the boards underneath the roof were rotting, and they wanted $1,500.00 to fix the problems. I had not found any holes in the roof when I pressure washed it, and I have an instant-on water heater. I told them not to fix anything. I went to pick it up today, and they gave me a bill for $252.11.

They said it was for winterizing the trailer that they couldn't finish because of the water heater. I'm going to take it somewhere else to have it checked out because I think they are trying to scam me.

Loss:
$252

User's recommendation: no way will I recommend them

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Unprofessional, misleading, and inconsistent

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AI Highlights
  • - Steven was honest and patient.
  • - Price jumped to $32,999 and the $15,000 trade-in wasn't honored; we left.
  • - We bought elsewhere with better service.
Camping World - Unprofessional, misleading, and inconsistent
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On June 7, 2025, my husband, son (and his significant other), and I visited Camping World in Mesa, AZ. Wed been researching campers online and wanted to view a few in personone for us, and one for our son.

From the beginning, we were upfront: we were browsing and needed to explore options before deciding.

We were paired with Steven, a new sales associate who was fantastichonest, patient, respectful, and low-pressure. He was the best part of the entire experience.

While there, we saw a 2025 Forest River Campsite Ultra 19KB. It had everything we wantedeven if it was pricier than we intended. We let them know we had our own financing and shared details on our 2022 Forest River pop-up (like-new, fully loaded) as a trade-in.

Steven returned, visibly uncomfortable, and said theyd only offer $9,000.

That was a huge red flagthe trailer was worth much more. We stayed calm and said wed likely sell it ourselves. Before leaving, we spoke to Jacob, the sales manager, and complimented Stevens professionalism. Jacob asked what would make the deal work.

After a brief conversation, he offered $15,000 for our trade and assured us theyd honor that deal when we returned.

We were excited and ready to move forward.

Because of Fathers Day, we waited until after the holiday and followed up on June 21. We texted Stevenonly to find out he no longer worked there. He kindly referred us to Hayden, so we followed up with him and explained the deal.

Thats when things unraveled.

Hayden told us the trailer price had increased by $3,000from $29,999 to $32,999. We reminded him that Jacob had said the price was based on time on the lot and that we had a deal in writing.

Hayden suggested other models, including a Cougar and an Eddie Bauer Heartlandboth nice but not what we wanted. We were still focused on the Campsite Ultra.

Then came the real insult: after speaking to three different managers, Hayden said our trade-in value was now only $13,100not the $15,000 we were promised. We showed them the written deal, but they refused to honor it, saying it shouldnt have been offered.

We politely walked outand told them they didnt just lose one sale, they lost two.

Later that day, we went to another nearby RV dealer in Mesa. The experience was completely different.

When we showed them Camping Worlds offer, they immediately matched the $15,000 trade-in. We found a better camper for ourselvesan upgrade from the Campsite Ultraand yes, it was more expensive. We also bought a second camper for our sonalso a nicer, better-built unit than what he was looking at.

We left with two campers we loveand were treated with respect and transparency the entire time. That dealer earned our trust (and thousands of dollars) because they listened, honored their word, and didnt play games.

Final Thoughts:

Camping World Mesa was unprofessional, misleading, and inconsistent.

What started as a promising experience with an excellent salesperson turned into a frustrating and disappointing ordeal due to poor management and questionable tactics.

We wont shop there againand we wouldnt recommend this location to anyone.

Mesa has better RV dealers. Do your research, know your trade-in value, and take your business somewhere that respects you.

Youve been warned.

Cons:
  • Questionable tactics
  • Misleading
  • Unprofessional

Preferred solution: Nothing. We went elsewhere and got a nicer, better camper. Their loss and also their loss on future business, we will not be going back there.

User's recommendation: Mesa has better RV Dealers, do your research, know your trade-in value and take your business somewhere that respects you - not here!

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I haven't had good experiences with Camping World. Seems all they are interested in is making money and the *** with the customer. Also unethical sales practices.

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CEO Marcus Lemonis of Camping World, can you respond?

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AI Highlights
  • - Customer reports ongoing warranty delays, incorrect paperwork, and unresolved RV inverter/slider issues across Grain Valley, KCK, and corporate.

I have been writing to you about this at marcusVIP@***.com and only Terri from the local office keeps responding. This is horrible!!

Here is my story with dates:

I had been told by the Camping World Store on Sep 12, 2022 my RV Inverter/Converter 3000 watt may not be working properly.

They could not get one that large but did look it up and told me where I could get one.

I picked one up at Home Depot on Sep 21, 2022 in case that was the issue. I took the RV to camping world same day after I had just Bought 4 new batteries. The place I bought them from did not work on RVs so they said to have Camping world hook them up. I made an apt with Camping World and let them know that my lights and fan on the inside worked intermittently.

They were going to hook up the batteries, and if the batteries were not the problem, I had the Inverter/Converter there if they needed to change that out. They said the batteries were not the issue, and then they said the Inverter was not working properly. So, they changed that out. They were having a 10 point inspection sale & a slide out maintenance sale, I agreed to both.

They found 2 shorts with battery & electrical, I paid to have that fixed too.

They said it was ready to pick up. I had my friend Edria take me there to pick it up on Jan 13, 2023. Nothing was working still. I turned it on, and it smelled funny.

The batteries started burning. I shut it off, and they had a service person come out and they said they fixed it, I can take it now. I said no, nothing is still working. We were yelled at, degraded, treated like we were stupid because we were female by the manager.

I was told by the manager "I do not guarantee our service work, unless you bought the RV from camping world. Did you buy the RV from Camping world?" We were treated horribly, talked down to like we were stupid and we walked out. As we were leaving there was a poster that said If you are not happy, I am not happy Call my office 866-232-**** Or Email me at MarcusVIP@***.com So as I was leaving I was calling this corporate number and left a message. Before I got home I got a call back from them.

I was told Corporate would speak to Camping World Grain Valley MO and get this fixed.

After a few days, Camping world Grain Valley said it was ready again. I talked to Corporate, they said they double checked everything and it was good to go, please go pick it up. Camping World Grain Valley MO charged me another $350. So I went to pick it up and once again it was not working.

This time I was very angry. This was ridiculous. The service manager came and walked me through it. He told me that the only problem was the batteries were not charged up.

He said if it does not work this time, he will personally take care of it, and I will not have an issue. After about 30 min, I paid and took the RV around the end of January.

I took it to Wolds of Fun Village and plugged it in for a couple days, nothing. It was still not working. I called Corporate let them know what was going on and it still was not working but I was at WOF Village plugging it in to charge the batteries.

Corporate told me they would keep working on getting this taken care of, to give them an update after I figure out what is going on with the batteries.

I called corporate again to give them an update on the batteries, They told me they would get back to me. Corporate did NOT get back to me but I did get a phone call from Kevin Zawachi about Jan 5, 2023 from Camping World Grain Valley. He apologized, and said he can see that the paperwork did not reflect all the work done on the RV. He will make sure when I bring it in he will have his service manager correct all the paperwork to show all the work they did on the RV which should be covered by the company warranty.

Kevin told me specifically "do not bring the RV in without an appointment with me personally." Kevin said "I will have the service manager make sure the paperwork is correct, document all the work they did, complete any work that wasn't done, and make sure the RV is ready for travel." I let him know I had surgery that day (so he emailed me his contact info), so It would be about a month or so before I can drive again.

I contacted him as soon as I was up and around on March 6, 2023. I then got the run around from him, and he would not correct the paperwork, or the issue. I have many emails to show this. The last time Kevin responded to one of my emails was May 26, 2023.

I emailed him last on June 2, 2023 I then called multiples times to make sure he was still working there and try to set up an appointment to take the RV in to Camping World Grain Valley.

I took it to Wolf Lodge on Aug 7th 2023 to show someone the unit, and when I went to slide out the slider, it did not work. It stayed out some, because I did not want to screw it up more, I took it to the local Camping world KCK on Aug 7th 2023. I let them know what was going on and that everything should be under warranty. At this time it was within the 1year warranty for another 6months.

When I dropped it off with Camping World KCK, I specifically told them "I want all warranty work done FIRST, before you look at anything else or do anything else; because I don't want to owe you a bunch of money and still have an RV that is not working."They said no problem. I said once the warranty work is done, then we can talk about anything else that needs done. But first I need this warranty work done before I will agree to any other fees. They said no problem.

We had a bad winter, and they called a few times saying they were waiting on a price for parts, then they could not get to the unit because of the weather.

Camping World (KCK) called me last winter, while the RV was in their care and told me they had a special sale. KCK asked if I wanted to have it winterized, since it's going to be there through the winter. I was told there was too much ice in their parking lot and the RVcouldn't be pull out to have my unit worked on properly, so they wanted to winterize it. I OK'd the price to winterize it.

Camping World KCK did not winterize the RV even though they held the RV the whole winter, I still do NOT know if anything broke on this RV do-to non-winterization. Camping World KCK never let me know of this extra part (quarter turn ball valve) that needed to be replaced before it could be winterized (I found this on my own looking through the estimates they gave me Jan 20th 2023)and Camping World KCK just chose not to winterize my RV while they held it ALL winter long for repair.

In this phone call they also said they were waiting on a pricing for a part, when I asked what part I was told they were not sure and that they would get back with me. I assumed, it had to do with the warranty work on the converter. Camping World KCK never got back to me.

I spoke to Beth on Monday April 8th 2024 and was told she would get this done for me.

She gave me a price of about 500 or less for extra things they found wrong. I said great, but do not fix anything until the warranty work is complete. She said no problem. Then my daughter called and was told it was fixed, they took it to camping world in Grain Valley, they fixed their installation error, and it was ready to be picked up.

I owed 1200. To pick it up. She explained why I needed to pay the $2248.40. I asked for an itemized work order, because that is not what we spoke about earlier that week.

She then said Wait.. Let me figure this out.

She got back to me April 11th 2024 at 5:23pm and said NO Work had been done on my RV YET. She said Grain Valley will not approve the work. I said lets call corporate then.

She said she can not, she instructed me to call corporate. I then called corporate and was told Terry in Grain Valley was typing and saying I never even paid my bill in Grain Valley, and she will not cover anything. She also said that Grain Valley does not cover their work, only their parts and because I did not buy the part from them, there is nothing Grain Valley will do. I was very angry!

The estimate Camping World (KCK) gave to me on Jan 20, 2024 is incorrect.

They have my Drop off date on this estimate to be incorrect considering they have had it since last year on Aug 7th of 2023. The InService date should reflect the proper date that I dropped my RV off with Camping World KCK.

May 1st 2024 NOW I'm being told that if I don't pay for it FIRST (they haven't fixed anything) then pick it up by May 10th 2024, I will start being charged storage. Yet it was only April 8th 2024 that I was told that Camping World KCK already completed the work and fixed all the warranty work (converter, slide out, light bulbs), and it was ready for pick up. To come and find out once again it was all a LIE, I was told by Beth that not one thing had been fixed on my RV.

Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate) told me I had to pay $1600 to pick it up, even though no work has been done (This sounds like price gouging.) At that time Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate) also told me "You need to pay to have the converter put in properly because right now it is a fire hazard." The $1600 for me to pick it up was just the price for the estimate to prove that Camping World Grain Valley MO screwed up putting in the converter. Yet Grain Valley refuses to cover it even though Camping World KCK had it for a total of 6months while it sat in their possession still under warranty.

I have attached a couple email examples shared with Kevin starting immediately after pickup, and with Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley) who claims to be corporate but can't look up the picked up or dropped off dates or any correspondence. Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate) is now resorting to sending me multiple emails with the exact same thing in it, all in one day. I also corresponded with Corporate before I ever even picked up my RV in the end of Jan 2023.

I have stated everywhere to everyone it was not working that is why I originally refused pickup on Jan 13, 2023. I brought my witness Edria with me on Jan 13, 2023, because I was being treated horribly and I needed help.

The RV was dropped off at Camping World KCK AUG 7, 2023 that was 6 months before the warranty was up. I had already OK'd the warranty items to be fixed under warranty. What I did NOT OK was any other charges, which I have said multiple times on multiples occasions.

I have also said on multiples occasions that I want the warranty items fixed. Yet, instead of fixing the issues under warranty they held my RV until the warranty was out then said your warranty is up even though they still have the RV and have had the RV since Aug 7th, 2023 when it still had 6mo warranty left on it.

Again I am not sure why any of this back and forth between Grain Valley, Kevin Zawacki (General Manager Grain Valley), Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate), Corporate, and KCK is any of my problem since it is all Camping World Holdings Inc. and this seems like it should be an internal issue and not one that Camping World should be publicly displaying to their customers. This is how you lose customers, get bad reviews, bad publicity, complaints with BBB (by the way they just lied to BBB earlier today), complaints with the state and/or legal actions taken.

Corporate should be handling this properly in-house, instead of giving customers the run around and sending them to other people who refuse to handle things properly (AKA Terri Bartlett). I am very disappointed in the Customer Service and unbusinesslike practices of the Camping World Holdings Inc employees that I have so far had the displeasure of having them manage my Customer File. Please see attachment for supporting documentation.

Thank you

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Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:42:04 PM CDT

Subject: Re: ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS

The estimate you (KCK) gave to me on Jan 20, 2023 is incorrect.

I see you have my Drop off date on this estimate to be incorrect considering you have had it since last year on Aug 7th of 2023. I would like you to correct your InService date to reflect the proper date that I dropped my RV off with you. Thank you

Camping World (KCK) called me last winter, while the RV was in your care and told me you had a special sale. You asked if I wanted to have it winterized, since it's going to be there through the winter.

I was told there was too much ice in your parking lot and you couldn't pull out my unit to have it worked on properly, so they wanted to winterize it. I OK'd the price to winterize it. You did not winterize the RV even though you held the RV the whole winter, if anything broke on this RV do-to non-winterization you guys are liable for that. You never let me know of this extra part (quarter turn ball valve) and you just chose not to winterize my RV while you held it ALL winter long for repair.

In this phone call they was also said you were waiting on pricing for a part, when I asked what part I was told they were not sure and that they would get back with me.

I assumed, it had to do with the warranty work on the converter. You guys never got back to me.

I originally dropped off my RV with your other Grain Valley, MO location back in the beginning of October of 2022. I went to pick it up with my friend Edria on January 13, 2023 but refused pick up because nothing was working on the RV. We were yelled at, degraded, treated like we were stupid because we were female.

I was told by the manager that they "Do not guaranty their service, unless I bought the RV from camping world." We were treated horribly, talked down to like we were stupid and we walked out. On our way out we seen a sign "If you are unhappy, I'm unhappy. I'm here to help. Call my Office Marcus VIP 866232****." and called corporate.

Corporate told me to go ahead and pick it up and they would keep working on getting this taken care of, I picked it up around the End of January 2023. I continued to talk to corporate.

Kevin Zawacki from Grain Valley MO reached out to me via phone and I was communicating with him since before Feb 6, 2023. The last time Kevin responded to one of my emails was May 26, 2023. I emailed him last on June 2, 2023 I then called multiples times to make sure he was still working there and try to set up an appointment to take the RV in.

Kevin told me specifically "do not bring the RV in without an appointment with me personally." Kevin said "I will have the service manager make sure the paperwork is correct, document all the work they did, complete any work that wasn't done, and make sure the RV is ready for travel."

I dropped it off with you (KCK) on Aug 7, 2023. That is within the 1year warranty, you have had it ever since! When I dropped it off with you, I specifically told you guys "I want all warranty work done FIRST, before you look at anything else or do anything else; because I don't want to owe you a bunch of money and still have an RV that is not working." So far we have the winterization issue listed above and now you are trying to say it's out of warranty even though you had it this WHOLE TIME. It was dropped off with you AUG 7th, 2023 that means you guys (KCK) held it for 6 months while it was still under warranty and you never fixed it within that time.

NOW I'm being told that if I don't pay for it FIRST (they haven't fixed anything) then pick it up, I will start being charged storage.

Yet it was only 2weeks ago that I was told that you guys already completed the work and fixed all the warranty work (converter, slide out, light bulbs), and it was ready for pick up. To come and find out once again it was all a LIE, I was told by Beth that not one thing had been fixed on my RV. Terri told me I had to pay $1600 to pick it up, even though no work has been done (This sounds like price gouging.) At that time Terri also told me "You need to pay to have the converter put in properly because right now it is a fire hazard." The $1600 for me to pick it up was just the price for the estimate to prove that Camping World Grain Valley MO screwed up putting in the converter. Yet Grain Valley refuses to cover it even though you guys had it for a total of 6months while it sat in your possession still under warranty.

I have attached just a couple email examples shared with Kevin starting immediately after pickup, and with Terri who claims to be corporate but can't look up the picked up or dropped off dates or any correspondence.

Terri is now resorting to sending me multiple emails with the exact same thing in it, all in one day. I also corresponded with Corporate before I every even picked up my RV in the end of Jan 2023. I have stated everywhere to everyone it was not working that is why I originally refused pickup on Jan 13, 2023. I brought my witness Edria on Jan 13, 2023, that is why I brought her along because I was being treated horribly and I needed help.

I would like for you guy to stop sending me to Terri the Region Customer Service Manager and send me to her boss instead because she is not handling this issue property.

The RV was dropped off at KCK AUG 7, 2023 that was 6 months before the warranty was up. I had already OK'd the warranty items to be fixed under warranty. What I did NOT OK was any other charges, which I have said multiple times on multiples occasions. I have also said on multiples occasions that I want the warranty items fixed.

Again I am not sure why any of this back and forth between Grain Valley, Kevin Zawacki (General Manager Grain Valley), Terri Bartlett (Region Customer Service Manager from Grain Valley Claiming to be Corporate), Corporate, and KCK is any of my problem since it is all Camping World Holdings Inc.

and this seems like it should be an internal issue and not one that you should be publicly displaying to your customers. This is how you lose customers, get bad reviews, bad publicity, complaints with BBB, complaints with the state and/or legal actions taken.

Corporate should be handling this properly in house, instead of giving customers the run around and sending them to other people who refuse to handle things properly. I am very disappointed in the Customer Service and unbusinesslike practices of the Camping World Holdings Inc employees that I have so far had the displeasure of having them manage my Customer File.

I am 59 and disabled I am doing the best I can.

Thank you

Darlene Wright

Have a wonderful Day!

Cons:
  • Bad customer service
  • Lies
  • Bad work ethics

Preferred solution: MY RV BACK IN WORKING ORDER AND SAFE TO DRIVE.

User's recommendation: BEWARE OF LIES ~ STAY CLEAR OF ALL CAMPING WORLDS

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Darlene W Ctf

I am sick at the way Camping World has destroyed my RV. I went to take pictures of the inside and outside today.

They could not even turn off the RV, because the batteries are screwed up.

They never fixed anything, but sure did a lot of damage to the inside and out. Wiring and Batteries.

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After reviewing the pictures I took, I was wondering if maybe they did not spill stuff everywhere, maybe there was a bigger issue. I went with my family to Camping world to remove some personal belongings and have my son look at the roof to see if there is an issue there.

We were told we could not see my RV or remove anything unless I speak to corporate. We asked to see the bill and go over it, we were told NO, I have it. and they will not go over it with me. My son was going to check it out to make sure what I was being charged for and go from there.

We were ask to leave, after we were asking and asking for them to please just let me get my belongings, in case this is a water issue. we were told NO, by the manager who was on the phone with Terri. I'm was told unless I speak to them on the phone they will not let me see my RV or touch my belongings. I have been requesting to have everything in writing.

and They refused. They said we could not get a copy of the bill, we could not see my RV. We express concern for our belongings, they do no care. They did let me make an apt for next tuesday, but I will not have anyone with me then.

WE were there and told we will bring the RV around, then we were told. Not for you, Terri said you have to speak to Jason on the phone first. So is this stealing, I now have no access to my RV or belongings and have no idea what is really wrong with the RV now???? I am sick.

Also I have been told I have to remove all Reviews about Camping World to move forward. So If I take this down, just know it was not because I wanted to.

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Trevor R Qzm

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| map-marker Alpharetta, Georgia

Horrible Experience

AI Highlights
  • - Oakwood, GA dealership is accused of scams.
  • - They add a $1,000 explanation fee to the invoice.
  • - They push a warranty, adding $13,000 to the loan.

Buyer beware. Oakwood, GA location.

This dealership is a total scam. They will sell you anything they can regardless of your tow vehicle's ability to pull it. They charge $1,000 for some 18-year-old that hasn't quite mastered the English language to try to explain the features as fast as humanly possible. Of course, they add that to the invoice without telling you.

Then the finance guy, Jason, hard sells an extended warranty by telling you it only adds $50 to the monthly payment, but fails to mention he will add the $13,000 retail price of the coverage to the amount financed so you can have the pleasure of paying an exorbitant interest rate to finance it over 180 months on top of the RV price. You only find out when your first billing statement arrives.

Look up Camping World disputes online and you'll see all the customer complaints and class action lawsuits. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else.

Loss:
$14
Pros:
  • Selection available
Cons:
  • Scam tactics used to get your money

Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Buyer Beware!

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Guest

You let yourself be taken advantage of. You didn’t read what you signed, you did no online research on the company prior and you’re whining about interest rates on an unnecessary purchase you can’t afford.

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Jeff M Phk

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| map-marker Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Resolved: Poor service

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AI Highlights
  • - AC installation was poorly done; the case broke and wires were left loose.
  • - The unit failed on first use; I paid another service to fix it.

Installed a new AC in an existing vent that was prepped for a second AC. I can only say the installation was done by a technician I would call a butcher.

He broke the plastic case and left wires loose; the unit stopped on first usage. The location in Henderson, NV, was later closed by corporate; local customers stayed away from the service. The service manager thought the job looked average; I guess that was good enough.

So, I paid a reliable RV service to fix their work. Nothing like paying twice.

Loss:
$250
Pros:
  • Great parts
Cons:
  • Terrible service

Preferred solution: Apology

User's recommendation: Don’t use service

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dick w Bki

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| map-marker Kansas City, Kansas

Resolved: Extremely poor service

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AI Highlights
  • - RV A/C service began Apr 29 and remains incomplete.
  • - A trailer damaged the RV during a storm.
  • - No response after July 19 letter to Marcus Lemonis.
Updated by user Aug 08, 2025

Company fixed the issue and I have been provided with settlement agreement. They agreed that 91 days was too long and the delay was due the time needed to repair damage they caused.

They paid me for 2 months of covered storage $967. Definitely reach out to Marcos Lemonis via email.

Original review Jul 24, 2025
Took my RV in for A/C service April 29th. It's now July 24th and it's still there.

During the time it has been there, one of the utility trailers damaged my RV during a thunderstorm and high winds. Communications were good at the very beginning, but now nothing. They said it was ready and we set an appointment for July 10th to pick up the unit, but when I arrived, they said it was not ready because there was an area that needed to be fixed. I have not heard from them since.

Sent a letter to Marcus Lemonis July 19th, no response. Sent another one today. Everything negative you read about Camping World is true.

They do not care about the customer and communications are poor. They only care about selling RVs and the price of their stock.
Loss:
$5000
Pros:
  • Many locations
Cons:
  • Service department

Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Don't buy from them and go somewhere else to get it serviced

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Guest

Just wanted to update on this post. I finally got my motorhome back from Camping World after 91 days in their service department.

I meet with the service manager and general manager at the KCK location. After a discussion on my loss of use, they did agree to waive $161 I owed on the A/C replacement. Turns out the extended warranty company did not pay for shipping and I had a $100 deductible. Camping World also offered to pay 2 months of my storage charges of $483/mo.

I thought that was reasonable compensation, but I would have preferred to have my unit back much sooner! *** Weiss

Mark B Doz

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Horrible Service and Customer Service

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AI Highlights
  • - Brought a 2025 Grand Design 390RK to Camping World Murfreesboro on 7/28/25.
  • - As of 9/5/25, service is poor and parts have not been ordered.

Brought my fifth wheel into Camping World in Murfreesboro with multiple things wrong with it on 7/28/25. It is 9/5/25 and still has not been fixed.

It is a 2025 Grand Design 390RK. Grand Design is a well-known company. Camping World service department is horrible.

I worked with Harrison, and he would never call me back unless I threatened him to (come in and find him) or actually drive 25 miles to get answers, which I had to do 6 times. They promised me the unit would be fixed by 9/15/25 and have not even ordered parts yet.

User's recommendation: Do not buy or use camping world for anything.

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Refusal of Deposit Return

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AI Highlights
  • - Requesting a $4,000 deposit refund; no paperwork or trailer.
  • - No contract for stock # 232****A; I won't buy, finance, or pick up.
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Upon changing my mind on a trailer sale which, I have not signed any paperwork for, not seen the trailer In person, not taken delivery, etc, I am being refueed my deposit back. I am requesting my 4,000 deposit back and have stated that I want my money back multiple times over text and need confirmation when It's done.

I have received responses saying that It "Isn't what we agreed on" (no contract has been made). I have reported for fraud and filed a claim with my bank and Instead of giving me my money back I was told "we will see you tomorrow at 2 PM like we agreed to". I will not be going to vacaville and I will not be buying this trailer (stock # 232****A).

They have been rushing me the entire process and I have bounced through multiple personell and have been given vague half answers and propositions all day. Not to mention being hounded repeatedly every hour.

I will not be financing or making payments on this unit and I will not be picking It up and I will need my money back but the folks at Vacaville simply are ignoring yhose requests and are confirming an appointment time.

Very dissapointing and I am not pleased at all. I need this fixed immediately.

I have text screenshots.

Loss:
$4

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Go with a local small dealership. Camping world does not care about you and will bully you Into a sale and bounce you through a million salesmen.

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Guest

“We will see you tomorrow...” is the retailer. If you contacted your bank what was the outcome?

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Yes the retailer was the Location manager who was VERY aware I wanted my money back as he processed the deposit moments before I got new info and changed plans (mind you without having signed anything, It's my own stupid fault for letting him talk me Into a deposit on a trailer they provided lackluster pictures for) They let me file the chargeback and my bank says they won't process anymore charges from them. I hear this Is a common Issue for Camping World.

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Did you file a dispute and get an outcome? If you won the retailer has to return the money. If you didn’t file a dispute I can understand the bank protecting itself.

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Mark B Doz

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I have a brand new 2025 Grand Design and havebeen waiting 10 weeks to get fixed. My wife has not had a hot shower for 10 weeks. Also have had nno hot water to clean dishes. Have to call numerous times

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AI Highlights
  • - New 2025 Grand Design 390 RK; issues.
  • - Brought in 7/28/25; not fixed by 9/5.
  • - Hot water heater, dishwasher, cup cleaner, hatch latch, A/C are broken.

Bought RV brand new a 2025 Grand Design 390 RK. Have had numerous thing wrong with it.

Camping World keeps blowing me off. Brought in 7/28/25 and now is 9/5 and still not fixed things. Hot water heater is broken as wella as the dishwasher and cup cleanener. Hatch latch on back storage area is broken.

A/C in kitchen is bad in kitchen. Along with other numerous things.

Are luck with Grand Design is supposed to be a high end RV but having Camping World represent them is a low end decision. Do not buy anything from camping world!

User's recommendation: Do not buuy anything from them .I would not recommend them to my worst enemy.

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Anonymous
map-marker La Follette, Tennessee

HORRIBLE BUSINESS

AI Highlights
  • - RV consigned; inspection completed.
  • - Roof leak and water heater failure.
  • - Repairs completed; leak and water heater remained.
  • - $1900 in repairs.

Consign my RV over and a full inspection was completed. Roof had a leak and water heater had failed.

Camping world completed both repairs. returned my RV with a broken water heater and leak in my roof!

$1900 in repairs!!! What is wrong with this business.

User's recommendation: NO DONT DEAL WITH CAMPING WORLD

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Summary

Camping World is a large corporation that offers recreational vehicles. It was founded by David Garvin in 1966. Its headquarters is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States. Camping World specializes in the following areas: RV Sales, RV & Outdoor Gear, RV Maintenance & Repair, Good Sam Club & Services. It offers Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheels, Truck Campers, Pop Ups, and Toyhaulers. Camping World provides a number of financing option to all prospective consumers. It is possible to get pre-approved online. The company operates more than 100 retail/service locations in 36 US states including Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, Tennessee, and South Dakota. All company products are available online and through mail order.

Camping World reviews and complaints

Camping World is ranked 71 out of 447 in RVs, Motorhomes and Trailers category

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Camping World specializes in a wide range of camping products and services, including campers, RVs, RV parts and accessories, RV maintenance and repair services, and camping gear. It is one of the largest RV companies, with over 27000 dealers across the US.

Camping World FAQs

Camping World complaints on PissedConsumer.com indicate that most customers have had a dissatisfactory experience with the company. The top complaints are poor customer service, faulty RVs and campers, unreliable service, and unclear warranty terms.

You can file a complaint directly with Camping World via their customer service contacts – on email, phone, or live chat. If the company does not resolve your issue, file a complaint with your local consumer protection office, state attorney general, or the Federal Trade Commission.

The Camping World return policy stipulates that you can return items in unused or unopened condition, for a refund or exchange, within 90 days. Unopened items should be sent back in their original packaging, while a copy of the original receipt should accompany unused items. You can return items via mail or to a retail center.

Camping World does not indicate the terms and procedure for canceling their extended warranty. Contact their customer support for assistance.

Camping World buys used RVs and also sells used RVs on behalf of the owner. Contact Camping World or fill out the “Start RV selling Process” on their website to start the selling process.

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