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American RV Center has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • American RV Center

      600 E Baseline Rd Evansville, IN 47725-9354

      BBB Accredited Business
    • American RV Center

      PO Box 3641 Evansville, IN 47735-3641

      BBB Accredited Business

    Business ProfileforAmerican RV Center

    RV Dealers
    Multi Location Business
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    This business has 0 complaints

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 1/1/1982

    Years in Business: 53

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    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    Products & Services

    This company offers Recreational Vehicle Dealers/Van Conversion.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    American RV Center has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • American RV Center

        600 E Baseline Rd Evansville, IN 47725-9354

        BBB Accredited Business
      • American RV Center

        PO Box 3641 Evansville, IN 47735-3641

        BBB Accredited Business
      Location of This Business
      600 E Baseline Rd, Evansville, IN 47725-9354
      BBB File Opened:
      1/1/1982
      Years in Business:
      53
      Business Started:
      1/1/1971
      Business Incorporated:
      9/3/1992
      Accredited Since:
      1/1/1982
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      40
      Alternate Business Name
      • Basden RV Center, Inc.
      Business Management
      • Ms. Tam McCullough, Comptroller
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. John "J.B." Strassweg, President

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. John "J.B." Strassweg, President
      • Ms. Alice Strassweg, Secretary
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (812) 867-1010
        Primary Fax

      Customer Complaints

      0 Customer Complaints

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      Customer Reviews

      1 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Tim R

      1 star

      02/15/2022

      Awful. They are a Forest River dealer and BJ ****** refused to do work under the factory warranty on my new Forest River camper. He told me they would be happy to fix it for me once the warranty has expired. I have the emails to prove it.

      American RV Center Response

      02/16/2022

      Mr. ******* I am very sorry you are dissatisfied with your interaction. As I have replied to every one of your other retaliatory reviews, our records indicate you have a Vengeance Rogue. While we are a Forest River dealer, we do not sell that particular brand. Much in the same way Buick is a GM product, if you are a Buick owner you must return to a Buick dealer for warranty service work. We exist to provide priority service to the customers who purchased their campers from us first and foremost, as well as traveling Route 66 RV members with an emergency. Forest River's philosophy, as well as ours, has been to buy from your local dealer as they are best equipped to provide you with the best service experience. They have an entire webpage dedicated to exactly this, and multiple reasons why . It's located here for you to see -> https://forestriverinc.com/Owners/Buy-Local Again, I apologize you are unhappy our views align with Forest River's views of customer satisfaction and felt the need to leave a retaliatory and defamatory review.

      Customer Response

      02/17/2022

      I contacted Forest River directly and asked where I could go to get my camper serviced. They provided me a list of area dealers, including yours. They did not say I can only go to a dealer who sells that exact model. They did, however, tell me that if none of the local Forest River dealers could get me in, I could take my camper to ANY rv dealer for repairs and they would reimburse me for the cost. That does not sound like you are prohibited from working on it while it is under warranty.

      American RV Center Response

      02/17/2022

      Mr. ******* We are absolutely aware of the line of communication Forest River directs to the customers that call them, that is certainly not in dispute. I'm very sorry you are dissatisfied with the outcome of this situation. The Buick/GM example above wasn't meant to be taken as our store being prohibited to do your work. We CAN do your warranty work, but not without a sacrifice to our own customers which we are simply unwilling to do. Customer satisfaction is paramount to us and I apologize again you feel we failed you.

      Customer Response

      02/18/2022

      It's not about my feelings. I bought this RV at RV Dynasty, a member of the Route 66 RV Network. According to the network I am supposed to be able to get service at ANY member dealer. According to their statements "You'll be treated by every ROUTE 66 dealer as though you purchased your RV from them."

      Customer Response

      02/18/2022

      Thank you for reaching out Tim we are actively looking into this. A Forest River dealer cannot refuse warranty work of any Forest River line, it's against their agreement with Forest River.

      Per the manufacturer:

      Dealers must "agree to provide timely service to all owners of Forest River RV brands, whether sold by your dealership or not"

      American RV Center Response

      02/22/2022

      I had a conversation with Rob ******* from Route 66, I was not aware until he told me that you were a Route 66 customer. He advised me he was going to reach out and hav a discussion regarding. I have since been informed you refused his call.

      Since you provided a quote from Forest River, I will too.. The very first thing on the page I referred to you:

      "Dealers in our Industry are not franchised like automotive dealers and therefore not obligated to work on your product when it is not purchased from them."

      And one from Route 66.

      "As a member of the ROUTE 66 RV Network every ROUTE 66 dealer is committed to operating their dealership according to The ROUTE 66 Ten Commitments posted in every location and has agreed to treat any traveling ROUTE 66 customer as one of their own."

      The operative word in the quote being "traveling" of which you are not. We commonly do work on Route 66 customers who are in an emergency travel situation. We have no more comments regarding this situation with you.

      Customer Response

      02/23/2022

      I received an email from Rob ******* and asked if we could communicate through email or text. I did not refuse to speak with him.
      ********* RV has given me a service appointment with zero hassles about who I bought it from, not being able to work on it because they don't sell that particular model of Forest River RV or about warranty. The way it should be done. Unlike you. My comments about you and your dealership stand.

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