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I have the price list for hot spring , master spa , vortex spas , catalina spas and they are under 10 k .. catalina is nearly 6500 $
Dealer work on a 35 % minimum margin up to 55 % and even 65 % on swim spas.If the manufactuer price is 4000 $ for a regular tub , the distributor will make 10 % and dealer usually make 35 % .so you are ending up paying : 4000/.90% = 4444 $ / .65 % = 6836 $ ( you have to add shipping , accessories , storage etc )Swim spa usually cost 8-10 k to build depending if they use a galvanised steel frame or wood frame wich I would not recommend . Hope this help
Quote from: Vortex Spas Canada on December 14, 2013, 04:21:48 pmDealer work on a 35 % minimum margin up to 55 % and even 65 % on swim spas.If the manufactuer price is 4000 $ for a regular tub , the distributor will make 10 % and dealer usually make 35 % .so you are ending up paying : 4000/.90% = 4444 $ / .65 % = 6836 $ ( you have to add shipping , accessories , storage etc )Swim spa usually cost 8-10 k to build depending if they use a galvanised steel frame or wood frame wich I would not recommend . Hope this help So the price of a regular spa is inflated approximately 45% if it is purchased from a dealer? Damn.
Quote from: rosewoodsteel on December 15, 2013, 10:02:47 amQuote from: Vortex Spas Canada on December 14, 2013, 04:21:48 pmDealer work on a 35 % minimum margin up to 55 % and even 65 % on swim spas.If the manufactuer price is 4000 $ for a regular tub , the distributor will make 10 % and dealer usually make 35 % .so you are ending up paying : 4000/.90% = 4444 $ / .65 % = 6836 $ ( you have to add shipping , accessories , storage etc )Swim spa usually cost 8-10 k to build depending if they use a galvanised steel frame or wood frame wich I would not recommend . Hope this help So the price of a regular spa is inflated approximately 45% if it is purchased from a dealer? Damn. Why are you so wrapped around what and how much a dealer marks up his spas to make a living, and pay his bills what difference does it really make? It is what it is for any particular dealer. To try and guess is a waste of time.. A dealer will only go so low on a spa, he knows what his margin is. So again not sure what you are trying to accomplish here?
The question was how much we can cut from the actual sale price if theres no dealer involved wich I answered , Vortex also own a quite large dealer network for other brands we sell and this is why I was able to provide the right number . Any dealer who operate a store with employees will need that 35 % margin and thats fine. Some custumer will prefeer to pay more to have that local dealer and some will prefeer to go whithout a dealer and save that money for somethin else and we have to respect this choice .Vortex doesnt have any dealer in the Usa or canada because we go online , and you can be sure that we dont make 35 % margin on a 12,995 $ swim spa that include a delivery and we are only using high end product and material but guess what we dont have to pay any rent , any employees etc so at the end custumer is saving money and the manufacture is controlling the product and making as much money as if they would have a dealer network.We are always arguing with this old mentality of dealer network owner wich you seems to be part of wich i have alot of respect for because i was actually a dealer before starting to work for Vortex but the % of custumer who are willing to save money by cutting the dealer is growing year after year and as a business you have to consider that .So yeah rosewood , for a regular hot tub its nearly 35 % and they need that margin to survive , for swim spa its something around 50 % of average wich I think is too much but guess what this is probably why we are selling so many right now so I am not complaining .You can send me a private message for further questions , I think it will be better that way