Long story, we hadn't sold much with Marquis because the price points just didn't do well with the Cal Spa line. We never really got to see their new price point spas and never had any real info on them so we relied on the Cal.
When we did have someone really interested in an Epic he went to the Denver showroom to see one and our factory rep sold it to him for the Denver dealer in our territory. Things kind of fell apart from there....I don't blame Marquis, it was a business decision for them but the reality is in this economy, working with us was by far better than working against us. We've had several opportunities to sell a Marquis since but haven't.
I love the company and the whole Marquis crew but just couldn't fit the price points in this economy. Had they worked with us more on the entry level it might have been a different story. When you’re so close to a mega dealer you become more of liability when you carry more then brand.
When I worked the Washington state fair they seemed to do better than the Cal booth but part of that was the booth locations, the layout of the booths and the models we had in stock.
We feel that we where spoiled by the service dept of Marquis to the point that it will be hard for any other company to fill those shoes.
