I agree that the salesman blew it, since I had asked several times about the larger tubs, but they were $10-13k. They seemed to display the tubs already equiped with more extras than I wanted (specifically stereo), and to get one without he said was 4-6 weeks delivery. I told him my original range was 7-8k, but as you see I spent 9k. I wondered if the sundance topline model could go down to that range, but I guess I will never know.
I think I did a good amount of research and wet testing to know that I will love the tub. No looking back.
My patio project is moving along, but my pavers are back ordered one week so I am going to sit tight for a while longer. I will send pics when I get some bricks down, but for now my patio just looks like a gravel driveway. My contractor ran into a snag when coring out the base. He kept sinking into some sort of soft dirt 3-4 feet down, so he had to dig it all out and backfill with my original concrete patio that I jack-hammered out. Then another 3 yards of gravel. The contractor is a friend of mine and didn't charge me for the extra labor. My original patio cracked and sank, I guess I know why now. Good thing I got it fixed before putting a 4000lb tub on it.
