Well after 5.5 years of hot tub bilss in my Marquis Epic, I got stung today. Long story but I'll try to shorten it up. Cover went bad and after looking around I decided to order one from my dealer. Price was competitive and I was happy to give him the order. On Wednesday night went out to soak. No power to the spa. Oh well. Reset the breaker, everything started but I noticed that "240" never read on the display. Okay, leave it run overnight and check it in the morning. Next day it was 2 degrees colder that the night before. Shut it down and called. Tech came out today and found my circuit board was fried. Bummer. Replace the board, install the cover. Everything okay, right? Wrong. Went out to check the spa about an hour after the tech left and the breaker was tripped again. REAL BUMMER. Called and they told me my heater was bad. Will be out tomorrow. Here's the worst part: new cover, board, service call (understand with the price of gas), labor-
$1100.00!!!
I was ready for $500 for the cover (with the service call & tax) but wasn't ready for $1300-$1500!! I'm not mad at my dealer but almost $600 for a circuit board? REALLY?
I just though that after spending over $8000 for the spa, that I wouldn't have an $800-$1,000 repair bill (subtracting the cover) in 5 years. I guess I'm just not really happy with Marquis right now.
