New spa store in town

[Chas]

Well, there's a new spa store in town. It sells Caldera Spas and patio furniture.

It's called "Spa and Patio Center." It's located in an old warehouse, though the inside looks pretty good.

I guess I had a little too much time on my hands!

Pictures as I get time...

 

[Spatech_tuo]

Congrats on the new showroom. Hot Springs and Caldera are both very fortunate to have you representing them.

 

[spahappy]

Congrats Chas, just one question, How did you manage to clone yourself ;D

Wishing you the best of luck Chas!!!

Spahappy

 

[pkud]

Congrats Chas, I am "Elated" to hear that you have opened a new showroom and hope that you "Aspire" to have the sales pour in like the falls of "Niagara" in order for you to enjoy a much deserved "Tahitian" vacation or maybe even to "Geneva" or "Martinique" awe shucks, why not "Kuwaai"   ;D

 

[Alan]

I guess I had a little too much time on my hands!

...

You certainly didn't spent it coming up with the name.  Kidding, good luck.

 

[drewstar]

Huh. Last year in my neck of the woods (Central MA) a spa store in a somewhat "warehouse-ish" Building opened up.  The name? "Spa and Patio".  How original Actually I wonder if it's a franchised name or just that there's a lot of uninmagintive store names out there?

The "Spa and Patio" by me is a D1 dealer.  As well as grills and has recently added pellet stoves.  

They were also in the MA news last week. 7 of thier tubs were stolen out of thier parking lot.  :'(

Contest time: Come up with a Spa store name:

Muddy Waters Spa and Pool.

Cryptosporidium Elite Spas  


Opps. Chas, no offense. It wasn't clear to me from your first post that the store was yours. I wasn't trying to offend.  I was just goofing around.  Good luck with your store.

 

[Vinny]

Good Luck Chas!!

But how are you going to stop all that product bashing from your sales staff? ;D

I can just imagine the first meeting of both staff - keep the pointed sticks hidden! - LOL

Seriously, May you have much success!!

 

[Spatech_tuo]

Good Luck Chas!!

But how are you going to stop all that product bashing from your sales staff? ;D

It'll work out great.

Customer: "We plan to check out other spas as well to compare to your Hot Springs."

Chas' salesperson: "If you plan to shop elsewhere I'd recommend you look at Caldera spas over at Spa and Patio Center. They are certainly our toughest competition and make a very good spa as well."

 

[Chas]

Chas' salesperson: "If you plan to shop elsewhere I'd recommend you look at Caldera spas over at Spa and Patio Center. They are certainly our toughest competition and make a very good spa as well."

Awesome! I printed that one out, and will make it part of the sales training manual!!

Thanks!!

 

[Vinny]

It'll work out great.

Customer: "We plan to check out other spas as well to compare to your Hot Springs."

Chas' salesperson: "If you plan to shop elsewhere I'd recommend you look at Caldera spas over at Spa and Patio Center. They are certainly our toughest competition and make a very good spa as well."

Great scenario! - I didn't think of it that way!

That's why I repair stuff and NOT in sales.

 

[Mendocino101]

Much success to you Chas ....I am sure you will be blessed....

 

[Lori]

I know that you and everyone else have worked your tails off to get this store up and running!!!

May you always have plenty of customers looking for clean, hot, bubbly water!!!

;D ;D

 

[kent]

congrats on the new store! with two stores, you may not find yourself with as much "time on your hands" for a while, but i bet its worth it.
good luck, and i hope most of the people that stop in to see the new place, "wind up in hot water". (supplied by you of course) ;D
oh yeah.... dont forget to keep a close eye on those trucks of yours. you dont want them wandering around, turning up with a flat tire later....

 

[Chris_H]

Chas,
Are you owning or renting the building?
Chris

 

[Chas]

We lease the warehouse/Caldera building and we just bought a building into which we are going to move the "Spas etc." (HotSpring) store. More than twice the floor space, huge parking lot, fronts right on Main Street, and it has an apartment upstairs for my nephew to move into.

After 20 years of doing this, we realized that we should have owned a building long ago...

 

[Chris_H]

What is your square footage of both buildings?

 

[Chas]

The Caldera building is 7200 square feet, with about half being warehouse and about 900 being upstairs offices. That ends up as 3900 feet of showroom space.

The new building we bought is going to end up about 4000 square feet, not including the little apartment. The lot is close to 10,000 square feet so we are planning on enlarging in the future.

Our existing store is only 1850 !! We are looking forward to having some room to show more wet spas, and have a more 'designer' look to the whole thing.

My wife is a real talented decorator, has her degree in marketing - though focused on clothing/textiles - and we are both looking forward to being able to cut her loose to create a nice space for both stores. Also, HotSpring has an amazing team of talented people who have been very helpful in designing the structure and layout of the floor itself.

If it wasn't so hectic and nerve-wracking, it would be fun!!

 

[r100rs]

Just curious - with all those earthquakes your having do you need to turn the pumps on to get a massage?   ;D

I use to live in Northridge - left in 71 due to that earthquake

r100rs

 

[Chas]

I use to live in Northridge - left in 71 due to that earthquake

r100rs

What a wimp.

 

[Lori]

I think, because of all that floor space he has, Chas is causing the earthquakes by running all of his tubs at the same time!