Maybe everyone is making a mountain out of a mole hill! Could it just be
that the park did not want dipalitated dirty coaches in their park? Maybe
they did not know what a GMC motorhome is. or how well kept up they are.
Wouldn't it have been better to drive there and let them see the coach, and
find out what their beef really is? Meetings in person are always better
and more personal. I will bet they would have got in had they appeared in
person.
>
>> We called Bay Pines Travel
>> Trailerpark to make reservations. They had vacancies and proceeded to
>> take
>> our information as to time and date of arrival. They then asked the make
>> and year of our motorhome. We told them it was a 1973 GMC to which he
>> responded
>> that "we don't accept motorhomes over ten years old." .......
>
>Ray and Elisa,
> I agree, it's outrageous! Unfortunately, being a prejudiced jerk is not
>illegal in most states, so sadly you probably can't sue them. (Although a
>nasty letter from your lawyer might be enough to give 'em indigestion for a
>day.) Maybe the ACLU would like to consider the class, age, and economic
>discrimination aspects.???
> I would recommend spreading their bad name (with all disparaging
>information this side of legal slander) to any RVing organizations,
>Newsgroups, magazines, etc. to which you belong. If you're a member of a
>local GMC club, perhaps a shocked enquiry from your club would give the owners
>further reason to rethink their stance. Maybe even a letter to the editor of
>their local newspaper, just so the locals know what sort of sleazebag is doing
>business in their fair city.
> In the long run, discrimination costs them money, as it does any other
>business. We just need to do whatever we can to up the price, and make that
>cost more visible and immediate. BTW, we should demand that the editors of
>campground guides either delete such restrictive sites, or note prominently
>that about half of their readers will be turned away.
>
>Hang in there!
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louisville, CO
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
that the park did not want dipalitated dirty coaches in their park? Maybe
they did not know what a GMC motorhome is. or how well kept up they are.
Wouldn't it have been better to drive there and let them see the coach, and
find out what their beef really is? Meetings in person are always better
and more personal. I will bet they would have got in had they appeared in
person.
>
>> We called Bay Pines Travel
>> Trailerpark to make reservations. They had vacancies and proceeded to
>> take
>> our information as to time and date of arrival. They then asked the make
>> and year of our motorhome. We told them it was a 1973 GMC to which he
>> responded
>> that "we don't accept motorhomes over ten years old." .......
>
>Ray and Elisa,
> I agree, it's outrageous! Unfortunately, being a prejudiced jerk is not
>illegal in most states, so sadly you probably can't sue them. (Although a
>nasty letter from your lawyer might be enough to give 'em indigestion for a
>day.) Maybe the ACLU would like to consider the class, age, and economic
>discrimination aspects.???
> I would recommend spreading their bad name (with all disparaging
>information this side of legal slander) to any RVing organizations,
>Newsgroups, magazines, etc. to which you belong. If you're a member of a
>local GMC club, perhaps a shocked enquiry from your club would give the owners
>further reason to rethink their stance. Maybe even a letter to the editor of
>their local newspaper, just so the locals know what sort of sleazebag is doing
>business in their fair city.
> In the long run, discrimination costs them money, as it does any other
>business. We just need to do whatever we can to up the price, and make that
>cost more visible and immediate. BTW, we should demand that the editors of
>campground guides either delete such restrictive sites, or note prominently
>that about half of their readers will be turned away.
>
>Hang in there!
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louisville, CO
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
