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salesdvl

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It may not win any awards but....
« on: October 21, 2005, 10:26:26 am »
Seeing the post where the new owner was looking for help determining the age of his Hot Spring prompted me to go out a take a pic of my old beater.  Please keep the laughter down to a minimum.  I got it about 7 years ago when a customer bought a new one and our service guys "hauled away" his old one.  I paid for the repair costs which were only about $300.  And yes that is TIPTOP on it.  I added that a year later when our warehouse went though a cleaning and they found it.  
« Last Edit: October 21, 2005, 11:39:06 am by salesdvl »
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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2005, 10:31:44 am »
That's a beautiful spa my friend.  I have dozens of customers who still use their 20+ year old HS spas every day.  I've got one on the deck at my store that was built the month before I graduated high school, April 1985, and it runs like a champ!

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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2005, 10:43:17 am »
According to a guy in Colorado Hotspring Spas don’t last that long.  I guess he is wrong.  

You have a very nice spa.

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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2005, 10:43:25 am »
I may give you guys a hard time about Hot Spring now  ( cuz I have to) But there is no disputing the "energizer bunny" performance of the "older crowd".  And the TipTop is awesome.  I never have to worry about snow or kids climbing on it.  In fact, I'm 220.... OK I used to be 220..... once...... a long time ago...at birth....and I can stand in the middle.
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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2005, 10:55:12 am »
What is the TIPTOP?

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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2005, 11:10:25 am »
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I may give you guys a hard time about Hot Spring now  ( cuz I have to) But there is no disputing the "energizer bunny" performance of the "older crowd".  And the TipTop is awesome.  I never have to worry about snow or kids climbing on it.  In fact, I'm 220.... OK I used to be 220..... once...... a long time ago...at birth....and I can stand in the middle.
If you ever need some new arms for that tip top, I think I may have some of the remaining few out there. ;D

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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2005, 11:35:25 am »
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What is the TIPTOP?


A long time ago in a galaxy far far away Hot Spring used to make a 1 piece Rovel hard cover that hinged off to 1 side.  It was bulky and expensive. We used to sell them for something like $1200 extra and few people bought them.
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2005, 11:37:55 am »
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If you ever need some new arms for that tip top, I think I may have some of the remaining few out there. ;D


It's funny you say that cuz a few years ago one of our service guys snagged both arm assemblies off a customers spa that they were trowing away and he gave them to me.  They are now shrink wrapped on a shelf in my garage...just in case.   ;)
thanks.
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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2005, 12:07:36 pm »
Hey, I think that's a great spa...and made even better by the fact that it's still working.  I hope I have my Epic for 20 years!!
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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2005, 12:28:10 pm »
I also graduated highschool in 1985 and using that year of highschool graduation as a mark of logevity really just made me feel old.

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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2005, 12:59:18 pm »
I graduated in 1983 so I feel your pain.  :'(
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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2005, 01:03:06 pm »
1981 graduate here. Good God... :-[

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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2005, 01:12:54 pm »
1980 here.........NEXT?
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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2005, 01:23:58 pm »
You're all kids. '71 grad.
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Re: It may not win any awards but....
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2005, 01:24:29 pm »
I think I graduated from kindergarten in 83!   ;D

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