My family decided that we were going to use the money we had set aside for this years vacation to purchase a new hot tub instead. We’ve never owned one so I started by doing some research online and came up with 2 brands that were highly rated and sounded like either would work for us. I tried to research pricing but couldn’t find much information. We started off by going to Arctic Spas. We went in and were informed that there were no hot tubs available until November and were given a very high and broad quote. Moved on to another store but again, end of August or early September before delivery. We found a tub that was acceptable and put down a refundable deposit just in case and then went to a Hot Springs Spa dealer in Southwest Washington State. Very nice people, the store was busy and we really liked the hot tubs. Again we were told that the inventory was limited in their warehouse but they did have some being delivered in the next week or two. We discussed options with the salesperson and she said that they had a Hot Springs Flair that was coming in and met our needs. She quoted us $12,995 before tax which included locking cover, lifter, cv steps, salt system, start-up kit, subpanel, and 8x8 smart deck. She came down $1,000 in price and so the final quote was $11,995+tax. I was a little skeptical about the price but my wife was ready to commit and we felt like our options were pretty limited if we didn’t want to wait for months so we put down $1,000 deposit. It’s about 1-1.5 weeks out from delivery and I haven’t paid the balance yet. I found this forum and noticed a lot of people are getting higher end tubs from Hot Springs for less money. Sometimes significantly less for the Flair model. There were other higher end options available but she said they were a lot more expensive and that this one was closest to our price range. Does $11,995 sound like a reasonable price? Am I getting taken here? Thanks in advance!