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lol...Your still not answering any questions...but if you ever do heres another for you... Do you believe in " Free Delivery" if so you must think the guys showing up with the truck and their time are volunteers ....Its great to get a good and fair deal and it should be like that always .....but to really think you are going to get something for nothing is foolish .... You want a free stereo ask the dealer to show the MSRP on the spa and tell him fine throw in the stereo and hes got a deal ...Of course that free stereo may cost you a few thousand extra ....but hey just think you are at that Saturn dealer you mentioned earlier and paying FULL RETAIL is something you can feel good about if its marketed right....
Amazing. Where did you get "price regualtions?" from? Did you really infer from my comments that I was looking for regulations? Let me ask you: Does everyone who comes into the store over the course of 2 months pay the exact same price for the tub?
Drewster, Just out of curiousity, in your "opinion" How would you like to see the pricing structured on hot tubs? And How would you say it is different than most other products we all can purchase today?
I guess I must be dense. What can I answer for you?
Remove the negotiaitng. Price stickered is price paid. Advertise the price. I can pick up the Sunday paper and see that a Sony Plasma 42 tv is $5K at Best buys. I can see it's $6.5K at Sears. I can buy it at Circuit City with thier price match policy as well as get a 30 day guarentee on the price. I have a fair amoount of confidence in that price, because next week I can see what the price is. I can go on the internet and look up Car's invoice's and also get a kelly blue book. I can compare a Honda amoung several dealers in one area.
on Today at 9:30am, drewstar wrote:"It's about being a wise shopper and getting a fair deal. As I mentioned earlier, the current pricing structure is much more heavely skewed in the dealers favor than the consumer, more so than in other markets." Can you please explain exactly why and how you feel this way.... As a dealer I have no idea as what you mean...?I asked you about seeing the MSRP for the spa and than offering to pay it as long it included a Stereo and I mentioned would you feel better if you payed FULL MSRP in the same way a Saturn dealer charges since you mentioned them earlier ....If you own a Saturn and feel good about them, that is fine but all Saturn has done is marketed FULL MSRP and because of the way it is presented people feel good about paying it but there is zero discount to it and is the very same thing that every auto sold in America has on it which is a window sticker...
Drewstar,Do you have any idea of how small the spa market is compared to what you just mentioned....The things you want are not practical because the market is so small....Do you have any idea of the cost of those ads that company's like Sears. Best Buy, Circuit City, run. A mom and pop spa store can not advertise like that .... I think you have gotten varied opinions on things and from several different people from different parts of the country and they seem to be consistent with each other....
Buy what you like, if you believe it was a good deal when you bought it and you are enjoying it then stop looking at tub prices until you need another one in 15 years. I bought gas yesterday for 91.1 cents per liter, last night it was 79.9 cents per liter, I have no regrets about being ripped off daily so why should I feel bad about potentially getting ripped off aevery 15 years.Ray