WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING A USED HOT TUB/SPA

With the Michigan unemployment rate at 15% Most people are having a hard time going out and spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on a new hot tub/spa these days. I find more and more people looking for bargains on web sights like craigs list and eBay. I even have made purchases off these sights in order to save a buck or two. Now the downfall to this savings is that almost everything that you purchase comes as is. No warranty, no guarantee. Just two people exchanging money and away you go never to see this person again. I recently was in the market for a car that would get me through the winter. It didn't have to be nothing two special but at the same time nothing to pathetic either. After looking for over a week on the infamous craigs list I finally found what I thought was a good deal. I called the gentleman up got his address and went over for a test drive. The cae looked descent, and drove even better than it looked. Add the story behind the car from the guy and the girl that actually drove it and it was a deal that was to good to be true. I had the car for less than two weeks and blew up the motor and the transmission while driving down the highway. I was out $1400 and there was nothing I could do. I signed a bill of sale stating the car was sold as is. The pretty girls story cost me $1400.
The moral to the story is just be very careful. If you are purchasing a used hot tub from someone that you do not know.
A couple things to look for are:
1. Make sure the tub holds water. If they wont fill it with water for you then DO NOT BUY IT!!!
2. Make sure the electrical parts run. A lot of times these tubes are sitting in the front yard with FOR SALE signs on them. Ask the owner to hook it back up so you can see it run . If they wont then again DO NOT BUY IT!!!
3. Are all the headrests, cushions, and jets there.
4. Does the tub come with any kind of a written warranty
If all else fails....
Quality Pool & Spa has several refurbished spas for sale in our showroom. A lot of these spas we get from our customers that have purchased a spa from us in the past and are ready for an upgrade to a newer spa, so we do a trade in on there old spa. Then we bring back to our showroom fill with water and replace any parts that do not work, paint or stain the cabinets, and make them look real nice again. All of our spas come with a 30 to 90 day warranty. Something you wont get from a someone selling there spa out of there backyard.

The main thing is just be careful. Sometimes you can get a Hell of a deal on-line from a backyard seller, then theres the ones that know there selling you a piece of crap but do not care and want to make alot of money of from it and make it your problem.

Chad C Butcher
Customer Service
Quality Pool & Spa
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