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Quote from: rosewoodsteel on December 15, 2013, 10:02:47 amQuote from: Vortex Spas Canada on December 14, 2013, 04:21:48 pmDealer work on a 35 % minimum margin up to 55 % and even 65 % on swim spas.If the manufactuer price is 4000 $ for a regular tub , the distributor will make 10 % and dealer usually make 35 % .so you are ending up paying : 4000/.90% = 4444 $ / .65 % = 6836 $ ( you have to add shipping , accessories , storage etc )Swim spa usually cost 8-10 k to build depending if they use a galvanised steel frame or wood frame wich I would not recommend . Hope this help So the price of a regular spa is inflated approximately 45% if it is purchased from a dealer? Damn. Why are you so wrapped around what and how much a dealer marks up his spas to make a living, and pay his bills what difference does it really make? It is what it is for any particular dealer. To try and guess is a waste of time.. A dealer will only go so low on a spa, he knows what his margin is. So again not sure what you are trying to accomplish here?
Quote from: Vortex Spas Canada on December 14, 2013, 04:21:48 pmDealer work on a 35 % minimum margin up to 55 % and even 65 % on swim spas.If the manufactuer price is 4000 $ for a regular tub , the distributor will make 10 % and dealer usually make 35 % .so you are ending up paying : 4000/.90% = 4444 $ / .65 % = 6836 $ ( you have to add shipping , accessories , storage etc )Swim spa usually cost 8-10 k to build depending if they use a galvanised steel frame or wood frame wich I would not recommend . Hope this help So the price of a regular spa is inflated approximately 45% if it is purchased from a dealer? Damn.
Dealer work on a 35 % minimum margin up to 55 % and even 65 % on swim spas.If the manufactuer price is 4000 $ for a regular tub , the distributor will make 10 % and dealer usually make 35 % .so you are ending up paying : 4000/.90% = 4444 $ / .65 % = 6836 $ ( you have to add shipping , accessories , storage etc )Swim spa usually cost 8-10 k to build depending if they use a galvanised steel frame or wood frame wich I would not recommend . Hope this help
So if I get you right , let say that you could have a branded jacuzzi hot tub online for 6,000 $ or the same jacuzzi for 8,500 $ in your local dealer... you would pay 8500 $ from your local dealer ?
I don't like.....But I would pay more to sit in it and see if it was right for me. And.....pay more to have it delivered and set up.....also would pay more for the warranty available from a dealer.....
Quote from: Tman122 on December 16, 2013, 05:48:40 amI don't like.....But I would pay more to sit in it and see if it was right for me. And.....pay more to have it delivered and set up.....also would pay more for the warranty available from a dealer.....Tman, when you state your opinion of what you like or don't like, it is based upon what you know and don't know, which in this case leaves the spa shopper at a disadvantage. While we all want to get the most for the money we spend, some look to shop and learn from all of the resources available, like this website, to make their decisions. That is certainly understandable.However, based upon what the shopper knows, they will "shop around" to become informed by a variety of opinions, and sit in everybody else’s spa free for nothing until they feel determined “they are all alike". Then they save the money to enter uncharted territory to learn about delivery, set up, and reading the manufactures hand book that tells them where the equipment is, and what is not covered by the warranty. This, as you have learned, is a learning experience.As for warranty, shoppers never anticipate the need to arise, and only imagine that it will be covered, until again they deal with the situation in what we will call a learning experience. These experiences are filled with frustration that we commonly see addressed here on the forum.Because the savings of let's say $2,500 in this discussion being the primary focus, we would all want to save that kind of money. But this is where I get confused, is the shopper trying to find out what we make on a sale in hopes of making it less when he buys, or is he trying to convince himself that buying direct form Ching-Ling Direct, or the Cost not so much warehouse, that they are really on to a better way to get into hot water cheaper. This again will be a learning experience.To some level, we are all self sufficient, and then we need help. I applaud those who are able to fend for themselves, in spite of the cost to others they do not even care about, for their own self serving interests. I suppose we have all done this sometime in our life, but many of us consider these to be lessons learned.To some, we have a value, and those would be our customers, to others, we don't have value and that is what they want to take out of the price. This too is a learning experience.I admire adventuresome, rugged, individualists that thrive in the Alaska wilderness, but I have no interest in being a survivalist in my suburban setting. In my younger years, many decades ago, I once changed my own oil to save the money, and because “I felt” I could do it myself, only to cross thread the drain plug going back in. Everything that happened after that was a learning experience for me.