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I read this thread and I thought hard about this topic and decided to respond although it is not what the poster expects. Â A little story first. Â When I decided to buy a spa I did some research, which is how I found this forum, and came up with a list of spa brands that seemed to frequently come up as good ones. Â Then I went to the yellow pages and found local dealers for some, but not all of them. Â For those not found in the yellow pages, I contacted the manufacturers to try to locate the nearest dealer. Â Then, with a short list of good brands with local dealers, I went shopping. Â Not one dealer was sleazy at all. Â They all were professional, did not bad mouth their competition, went out of their way to accomodate wet tests, answered all my questions and so on. Â Not one negative thing can be reported. Â This is in West Palm Beach, FL and the four dealers I visited carry HotSpring, Caldera, Jacuzzi, and Marquis. Â No one could go wrong buying any of these products from the duly appointed dealers for this locality. Â Then I come back to this forum that is frequented by a lot of dealers. Â Guess what? Â All professionals, helpful, trying to make a postive contribution. Â From this seat in the house this seems like a pretty clean industry. Â I am sure that there are horror stories out there, but in general my sense of it is that a consumer who gets screwed by a spa company just did not do their homework. Â To steal a phrase "the truth is out there," obtainable by anyone who cares to take the time to seek it.Regards,Bill
Rewording the post titled "Dealers, describe your worst customer ever."__________________________Owners, what was your worst experience ever with a dealer? I'm sure some of you walked away from a dealer for one reason or another. Have you ever had cash in hand and walked out because someone was a complete jerk? Tell us about your worst experience ever. I bet there are some good stories since you have to deal with the public on a daily basis....... ÂÂ
Very clever post Snyper. Â