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haha, that totally hits home. We started looking at hot tubs a little over a year ago and we were really green. I was originally budgeting $5k for a hot tub. That budget went completely out the window after I started reading threads on this site. So a little over a year ago we raised our budget to $12k and started saving up. Fast forward to today and that same $12k tub is now $16-$18k depending on what we wanted to get. I started a poll on here a while back asking what people thought the prices were going to do in the next year and pretty much unanimously everyone agreed that the prices were going to go up at least another 10% next year. This was also backed up by the local dealers we talked with. They all said their pricing is going up soon.So long story short, we bit the bullet and ordered a BullFrog A8 about a month ago (at a price of 3-4 times what we originally planned for). And now we're in the waiting game. We've been told it should be delivered sometime in Feb (2022). Here's hoping to no delays!
... And now we're in the waiting game. We've been told it should be delivered sometime in Feb (2022). Here's hoping to no delays!
...good choice, can't beat the layout on the R8/A8 ...
Quote from: waterpro on September 17, 2021, 12:48:54 pm... And now we're in the waiting game. We've been told it should be delivered sometime in Feb (2022). Here's hoping to no delays!Folks at PDC tell me they're out EIGHTEEN months at this point!
I ordered a new Arctic spa in mid-March '21. Estimated delivery date was September. We received an email about 2 weeks ago saying there would be at least a 1-2 month delay due to manufacturing delays, lack of parts, etc. I don't really expect to receive it before the new year...
We will see, some manufacturers are doing a little better than others. I know that the ports on the west coast are still a mess so anything can still go wrong.I have a friend who has an Island Grand Cayman on order. It was part of a stocking shipment to our dealer that was scheduled to arrive last July. Both of us put deposits on tubs in January. Mine was part of a stocking shipment due in to the dealer in March, it slipped to May and was installed May 20th. At that time, he was told that his tub had slipped to November. He checked with the dealer yesterday and they checked the production schedule with Artesian. They were told that the tub was still on schedule for delivery to the dealer for early November.So some manufacturers have been able to keep schedules from further slipping.