Business ProfileforSycamore Lodge

On November 13, 2020, I went to this business with the intent of getting 21 free days of camping that were offered with the purchase of my new RV. They proceeded to do a tour of the campground and offer a sales pitch for a lifetime membership package. This sales pitch was highly predatory, offering a one-time-only sales price, and the salesperson making misleading claims, such as being able to cancel anytime after the loan is paid off. I was under the impression that I would be able to use the "Sycamore Lodge" campground for free anytime I wanted as long as I paid the yearly maintenance fee, and that I could use the other campgrounds offered at a flat member-only fee. Then, after I had paid off the loan for the membership, I could cancel the Sycamore Lodge membership, discontinuing the maintenance fees, and continue to use the membership for the remainder of the 30 years to camp around America at any of the partner campgrounds. This was not the case. The contract and the salesperson failed to mention that the "membership" is intended to be more like a mortgage and that they want to trap the member into a lifetime of maintenance fees. Being in the military at the time of signing the contract, it was my intent to purchase the lifetime membership and have it paid off by the time I got out of the service and begin to use it to travel around the country. I paid off the membership September 26, 2022 and requested to cancel the "Sycamore Lodge" membership via the company's website. I never heard back from them, so I sent an email directly. They responded saying I needed to schedule an appointment to discuss cancellation options, which confused me at the time. After the appointment, I was informed that the only way to cancel was to pay $4000+ to "buy out" the contract. This also confused me, since it was never mentioned in the contract or sales pitch. After the meeting I did a search on ************com and **********.io to discover that this happens to a lot of people.