Camping World is bent on buying up competition and sometimes they buy up dealerships and then shut them down after the owner has signed a not to compete clause. They also offer to buy out many mobile RV repairmen if they sign a not to compete clause.
That being said, they sometimes buy a dealership and operate it under the old name if that name was well established. Go figure.
I personally have had nothing but bad luck with RV lots and salesman except for one place that sells used only,nothing new and they were the BEST. I am so sorry I didn't get to buy from them.
That is
http://www.portersrvsales.com/They are located in SC and if you ever get the chance to visit there, spend the whole day there. Matter of fact, on one of my morning visits, I was in my Class C and made lunch in it, then returned to shopping and looking. I had a friend with me too and we had a blast and learned tons about RV's what we liked, what we didn't, what was a must-have what was optional and so on. One of my friends has bought from them 3 times.
Their website is not good at all, but going there is person is awesome! They seem to have a lot more RV's than their website can keep up with.
What I loved about their place:
First of all, the rigs are ALL UNLOCKED! You don't have to wait 30 minutes each time for some salesman to go hunt down keys. I've been to lots like that and it was frustrating!
Second of all, the salesman does NOT go with you. You have to shop on your own! So you can seriously look a rig over and not listen to the salesman try to constantly push you into spending more than your proposed budget.
They give you a print out of their entire inventory and price list. You can walk around or use a complimentary golf cart and go see as many rigs as you desire.
If you have questions and or want to buy one, at that point the salesman will deal with you. They have a service shop that is not open to the public, they use it to put their used rigs in working condition and I know of others that bought there and negotiated some upgrades or repairs as part of the deal.
I wish all dealers would take lessons from them.
It was refreshing to be able to walk in and see lots and lots of rigs and know instantly what the price, year, length etc. was without playing a guessing game with a salesman.
Over the years I've seen their business grow, they had to move to larger space and so on. They must be doing something right.
I was planning a trip to go see them again but I stumbled into this 5th wheel distress sale locally and well, binga-banga-boom, I bought it.