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FWIWI went back to craigslist to re-read the add, and it is not there anymore. They must have broke some rule as it has been removed.
There is an abundance of sleazy companies in the spa industry and they are becoming desperate. There is a big weeding out occurring and it it long overdue. Going to be really interesting to see who's still around in 6 months.For anyone looking to buy a new spa....it would behoove you to go with a stable brand during these times. Do your research!Terminator
The problem is that many of these companies started with nothing, are building cheap product with cheap materials and really don't require much to stay in business. They are like leaches and will continue to suck the blood out of the industry.Here’s a metaphor for you: in the military in jungle situations we had to continually check one another for leaches and help each other get them off. The spa industry has a problem helping one another out to the point that we can control this and that just breeds more of them.The only thing that will ever "weed" these leaches out is to get some regulations on the industry.The pie is only so big and there are quite a few of these little guys getting slices and not giving anything while the big guys help feed the input for more pie.
Seems like a bad analogy. Just because your big doesn't mean that you contribute any more than a smaller company does. So, size doesn't REALLY have anything to do with it. Rather, it is the WAY they run their businesses that are the differentiators.
Let me be a bit more clear then....These small no name manufactures with no engineering department, no quality control department and no testing whatsoever are selling product on the internet without service, without the financial wherewithal to support one bad run of warranty calls can and will leave many customers hanging after they bought into a lie. Your product testing shouldn't be by using customers as guinea pigs....Believe it or not Marquis is a fairly small company; they’ve survived all the years with good planning, customer support and making a name for themselves within the industry. They also won industry awards for consumer influence and education when they where and even smaller player then they are now. Just because there is a resource to push a lot of product doesn’t make it right to flood the market with untested, cheaply built products made with substandard methods and materials just to hit a price point.
EXACTLY my point. Some smaller mfg's are better than others.