Business ProfileforArrowhead Lakes

The Michigan Department of Attorney General issued a Notice of Intended Action to Bay City-based Outdoor Adventures, which is the parent company of eight campgrounds in Michigan as well as this campground in Wapakoneta. The notice outlines serious concerns with the company's aggressive and misleading sales tactics and gives the company an opportunity to immediately cease and desist from engaging in unlawful business practices before the state files a lawsuit against the company.

The Attorney General's Corporate Oversight Division has scrutinized the company's sales tactics and cancellation policies. The review indicates that Outdoor Adventures is engaging in several unfair trade practices, including:

Causing a probability of confusion or misunderstanding about the legal rights, obligations, or remedies of a party to a transaction;

Causing probability of confusion or misunderstanding about the terms or conditions of credit if credit is extended in a transaction; Failing to promptly restore a deposit, down payment, or other payment.

Gross discrepancies between the oral presentations of the seller and the written agreement covering the same transaction; and,

Causing coercion and duress as the result of the time and nature of a sales presentation.

According to the Attorney General office, Outdoor Adventures can avoid legal action by agreeing to voluntarily comply to ensure it addresses all of the concerns outlined by the Attorney General, including a mechanism to ensure appropriate reimbursements are made to all customers affected by the company's unfair trade practices.