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A website posted photos and provided an address in Grand Island, Nebraska. But a Google map search and Grand Island police indicate there is only a vacant lot at the address listed on the website.

A California woman named Pam, who doesn’t want her last name used, believed there was a RV dealership and that her $20,000 down payment would lead to a motor home. Pam said, “On the website there were pictures of RVs with a sign in the background so absolutely I thought there was a big lot there.”

Nebraska State Patrol Auto Fraud investigator Gene True said he couldn’t find any State license for Grand Island Truck and RV center. He said three buyers have filed reports that campers or motor homes they purchased had not been delivered. True said one man drove to Grand Island from Oregon only to discover the dealership was not at the address on the website.

True said the victims have reported losses totaling almost $60,000. True said, “I’ve never heard of anybody getting their money back.”

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What qualities do campers most value when considering where to pitch a tent or hook up the RV?

Good service is key, of course. But dependable Wi-Fi is also big on campers’ wish lists.

So says Bob MacKinnon of GuestRated.com, a sort of TripAdvisor for the outdoors set. For the past four years, the site has invited happy (as well as unhappy) campers to share their evaluations of RV parks and campgrounds they’ve slumbered in. Results for 2011 – consisting of 30,000 responses covering 3,000 individual facilities – are out. And while the A-list (44 campgrounds made the top grade) is too lengthy to get into here, 12 of those have earned a perfect grade for four years running.

They are:

• Buttonwood Campground, Mifflintown, Penn.
• Dogwood Acres Campground, Newville, Penn.
• High Plains Camping, Oakley, Kan.
• Kozy Rest Kampground, Harrisville, Penn.
•  Lake George RV Park, Lake George, N.Y.
• Mill Creek Ranch RV & Cottage Resort, Canton, Texas
• Misty River Cabins & RV Resort, Walland, Tenn.
• Ocean Lakes Family Campground, Myrtle Beach, S. Car.
• Pioneer Campground, Muncy Valley, Penn.
• South Haven Family Campground, South Haven, Mich.
• Sunny Brook RV Resort, South Haven, Mich.
• The Vineyards Campground & Cabins on Lake Grapevine, Grapevine, Texas.

Complete results will be available Jan. 1 on GuestRated.com and the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds websites.

Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) has awarded the Meadville KOA Campground in Pennsylvania with the 2011 President’s Award, presented Nov. 8 at KOA’s annual convention in Las Vegas.

The KOA President’s Award is presented annually to campgrounds that receive high scores in customer service from their campers and also receive top scores in KOA’s annual quality review. KOA surveys hundreds of thousands of campers each year regarding their KOA camping experience.

“Our campers play a key role in helping us select the very best KOA campgrounds to receive these awards,” said KOA President Pat Hittmeier. “This year, as we celebrate KOA’s 50th birthday, these awards take on a special meaning. To be one of the very best in a longstanding, iconic company like KOA really is a unique honor that this special KOA campground can share with its campers.”

KOA was founded in 1962 on the banks of the Yellowstone River in Billings, Mont. To find out more about the Meadville KOA Campground, or any of the other 472 KOAs in the U.S. or Canada, visit www.koa.com.