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Get serious! Either buy the dang thing, or dont waste folks time here.
I am a twit.
D/CI don’t care about you whole post except for this comment: “They do not care about buyers!”Who the hell are you kidding? Where do you have the right to say that? If we didn’t care about our customers we would not have customers. Back to the rest of your post:Let’s use your analogy of the Vista (by the way did you sign up to try to win an Envoy):It costs $5,000 from the manufacturer (It does not. I can guarantee you it is absolutely much more expensive than that). Accessories:I need to pay for delivery to my warehouse. To the east coast it costs $350. You want an ozonator. It costs $165. You want a Hotspring cover cradle. It costs $225. You want an LED light. It costs $130. You want a starter chemical package. It costs $150 (took a guess). We are now at a total cost of $6,020.Installation:We also must include delivery to your house and installation of your options that you purchased (LED Light, Ozonator, Cover Cradle) Bear with me, I am going to do some math here:It takes on average 4 people to deliver a spa. It tends to take about 4 hours to deliver the spa (this includes drive time). For 4 people, for four hours, making 20 dollars an hour it costs you $320 dollars for your delivery.It takes 1 person an hour to install an ozonator. Cost $20 dollars.It takes 1 person an hour to install a Cover Cradle. Cost $20 dollars.It takes 1 person a half-hour to install a LED light. Cost $10 dollars.Total Cost for optional features $370 dollars.We are now at a total cost of $6,390.Commission:We have now $3,610 to spend for expenses. The biggest up-front and noticeable expense is commission. Most sales people get between a 5% and a 10% commission. You don’t even want to get into the cost if it is a hit team member selling at a fair or a home show.Lets use an average figure of 7.5% of the total purchase price. That now costs the dealer $750 dollars. Your profit has now gone from $3,610 to $2,860. This $2,860 needs to pay for the following: building, worker’s comp insurance, health insurance, trailer, car to deliver the spa, that person testing your water, advertising, and 4 years of Harvard for the dealer’s daughter.Oh and I forgot, I just saw on Dr. Spa’s site that a Vista sold for $8,529. Let see how the numbers work out now. $8529 Spa Purchase Price($1,020) Accessories($370) Installation charges($640) Commission (7.5% X $8,529)(5,000) Dealer cost for spa (actual dealer cost much higher)$1,499 Is that a profit I see? Oh wait I have to pay for my building, worker’s comp insurance, health insurance, trailer, car to deliver the spa, that person testing your water, and 4 years of Harvard for the dealer’s daughter.Do you honestly believe dealers are ripping you off?
Whoa.1. I am not strictly defending anyone. I actually understand each side of this.]