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Because when we sell a spa to someone and they have a trade in junker or bad Costco tub (junker)we remove it for them and or dump it off at Costco so they dont have to deal with it! They just deal with getting their money back from the store. We have had some people not even care if they got money back or not, they just want the Costco tub gone! We take old spas to the dump at no charge.
Its almost 3 years old. I've decided to take one attempt at fixing it, which I posted in detail on another board. If that doesn't work, i'm going to return it. I called costco and they will pick it up from my curb. Problem is the tub is dropped into my deck. I COULD get it out taking some boards and a header off, but really don't WANT to.