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JJI guess if you're selling your home or spa, it makes it more "sellable", like buying a 3 yr old used car. WWHT
Guess I'll add my two cents here...I wanted a good warranty on my hot tub because, in spite of the time I spent on here..and the research that I did,..I still didn't know much about the mechanics of a hot tub..And if someone asked me What would you expect would go wrong first...or what should last the longest?..again, I had no idea. So I really wanted a decent warranty. If, like Term suggested, the buyer could buy the tub without a warranty..I would have elected to have a warranty just because I didn't know much about the life of this expensive hot water heater on my deck...All that being said, I don't typically get extended warranties on appliances or even vehicles, so why is this different? I guess partially because there aren't reliability figures for hot tubs..I can't look on Consumer Reports for track records on pumps and shells..etc. As far as a warranty being transfered, My Marquis has the transferable warranty. The only thing that I really derived from that was that the manufacturer was confident enough in the product to extend the warranty to different owners. The spoke volumes to me. So that was a plus, but only from that aspect. But since I really didn't look at resale value on my tub, and therefore being able to transfer it to a new owner had minimal value from that perspective...Wow this sounds confusing even to me So I guess I feel that a warranty is pretty important to a buyer, at least it was to me.
Arctic must be doing real well since the inception of the new Mexican labor force its bringing in. Are these new employees getting paid around $18 per hour or Canadian minimum wage. Sorry to go off topic but the door opened when large profits were mentioned.
Why is having mexican workers an issue? If I'm not mistaken Hot Spings/Caldera has a factory in Mexico?
I can't say that we are 'doing real well' as a direct result of the Mexican guys and gals being here, but they are proving to be excellent workers and are certainly helping us meet our production goals.
But, again, looking at spas, it came to my attention that in Arctic spas, the difference between all models and the SE is all models, but the SE, have a 5 year warranty.THe SE has a 10 year warranty. Of course, like Termie says, it comes with a price. So, I haven't decided, if we go with Arctic, if we would go for the SE or other models. Seems like it wouldn't be a bad move to just have a 5 year warranty, since that is what everyone else seems to have.quote]The Legend SE isnt just a Arctic Spa with a 10 year warranty stamped on it. It comes fully loaded, and is one of the finer hot tubs are the market today. A Legend Extreme and a Legend SE do have the same number of pumps and jets(75), but the LSE has much more. It comes standard with the Forever Floor, Deluxe Northern Lights, and the Onzen water maintenance system as well. So you arent getting just 5 more years of warranty, you are getting all of the previous mentioned as well. Now you can add Deluxe Northern Lights and the Onzen and the Forever Floor to the Legend Extreme as well, but if you do that you are better off getting the LSE with the 10 years full warranty.
But, again, looking at spas, it came to my attention that in Arctic spas, the difference between all models and the SE is all models, but the SE, have a 5 year warranty.THe SE has a 10 year warranty. Of course, like Termie says, it comes with a price. So, I haven't decided, if we go with Arctic, if we would go for the SE or other models. Seems like it wouldn't be a bad move to just have a 5 year warranty, since that is what everyone else seems to have.quote]The Legend SE isnt just a Arctic Spa with a 10 year warranty stamped on it. It comes fully loaded, and is one of the finer hot tubs are the market today. A Legend Extreme and a Legend SE do have the same number of pumps and jets(75), but the LSE has much more. It comes standard with the Forever Floor, Deluxe Northern Lights, and the Onzen water maintenance system as well. So you arent getting just 5 more years of warranty, you are getting all of the previous mentioned as well. Now you can add Deluxe Northern Lights and the Onzen and the Forever Floor to the Legend Extreme as well, but it you do that you are better off getting the LSE with the 10 years full warranty.
Sorry to go off topic but the door opened when large profits were mentioned
So whats the deal with the "Forever floor"? Whats wrong with the normal floor of your spa that it warrants a forever floor? Why not just put a forever floor in every spa? Curious as I don't have a arctic dealer around here to even sell against?