My husband and I purchased a membership in 2006. At the time, we thought our "one time fee" of 7,000 dollars was a lot of money, but we figured in a few years it could pay for itself. At the end of we found out about the maintenance fees and about the additional cost to be affiliated with other campgrounds (I guess they waved it when we signed the contract). Recently we were contacted to go in and take picture ids. When we went in the saleslady said, "I bet you didn't know you cannot just stop making payments" to cancel the memberships. She continued to tell us that many people don't know that so they have created a new option. If we pay 3,000 dollars they will ad an addendum to our contract stating that we can cancel our contract in 10 years. She told us how the maintenance fee was going up and would surely reach 800 dollars by the time we retire. If we paid the 3,000 they would also freeze the maintenance fee at a certain dollar amount (I forget the amount). The fact that she told us many people don't know about the lifetime membership fees tells me that they are deliberately misleading people. If you know a lot of people don't know about the lifetime of payments, why not tell them when they sign the contract? Why not type that in large print? I don't know why anyone would pay and extra 3,000 except to rid themselves of the contract. Needless to say, I do not believe anything they tell me now. She wanted me to initial that i was refusing the new option. I didn't even want to do that. They turned my dream of camping into a nightmare because I worry about other things I will find out.
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