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Quote from: 999 on July 09, 2012, 03:56:33 pmMy experience was to decide the tub that I wanted and then visit three reputable dealers and play one off against the other. They have a margin just like any retailer and will know what there minimum profit will be. The trick is to get them as close to that as possible and also get the extras thrown in.. installation, steps, cover litter, chemicals, crane lift etc.If you were buying a car you would do the same, mats, service, a full tank of fuel etc so its no different buying a tub. Get what you can. The dealer won't sell it to you if he's not making a profit!And therein lies the rub, or to be put another way, my Economics major finally has some bearing on reality. If you happen to be in an area where you have 3 dealers selling the same brands within a reasonable distance of your house, then you benefit from the over-supply with lower prices. If however, you were like me in the middle of nowhere PA, you end up with a choice of 3 different dealers in a 200 mile radius. Hard to negotiate well within a oligopoly. So if you find yourself in the latter situation, figure out the tub that makes you happiest for the price you can afford with a dealer your comfortable with and go soak. Over the life of the tub, the few hundred buck you might've saved will net out to $7/mo. Not really enough to keep you up at night.
My experience was to decide the tub that I wanted and then visit three reputable dealers and play one off against the other. They have a margin just like any retailer and will know what there minimum profit will be. The trick is to get them as close to that as possible and also get the extras thrown in.. installation, steps, cover litter, chemicals, crane lift etc.If you were buying a car you would do the same, mats, service, a full tank of fuel etc so its no different buying a tub. Get what you can. The dealer won't sell it to you if he's not making a profit!
As long as we can be polite I am sure we can all get along, but some have more of a problem with that than others