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Spatech_tuo:
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So here is my next mission, I am going to find 10 hotsprings dealers, 10 sundance dealers, and 10 Marquis dealers (using dealer locater on websites). E-mail them and tell them to give me their best price on the model I am looking at from them with Shipping to my location. I will pay cashiers check to the best offer, and see what prices come in.
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Apparently we have a person who's become all knowing in his few days researching spas and is out for spa truth, justice and the American way to overcome these communist spa companies/dealers. Out to find the truth behind why these spas don't sell for $1999 like they “should". Disgusted that the makers won’t sell to him at their cost (including warranty of course) and skip the middleman. I'd suggest you go to Costco and buy one of their spas and tell everyone how they're just as good as the so called premium spas.
IOWASPAMAN:
I keep a 38% margin. My manufacturer shows a MSRP that is basically equal to a 50% markup. I currently use the one price with no wiggle room technique.
Out of my 38% I need to pay for utilities,employees, training,my lease,service vehicles,stocking parts,delivery of the spa,and 2nd trip to assist customer with anything missed at delivery with water care questions,advertising, (yellow pages ain't cheap) after that is all said and done, I take a salary and reivest the rest into the business, which after all is said and done on a spa that costs me from the factory $5000, I get to reinvest around $400, or 8% to grow my business to stay around and help you in the future.
So I ask you, is 10 spas sold at $1000 profit really better than 5 sold at $1500?
I am in the business, and I understand what many dealers are facing. I also am a consumer. I see how a small business works and I support my local retailers. Just like people you have worked for tips are generally better tippers. As a consumer I have a choice of who I wish do to business with. As a business owner I have the rigt of who I wish to do business with.
whypaymore:
The reason that they will not let them be sold on ebay is because the real cost of them would be revealed.... The dealer selling them on ebay would only need to mark them up $500, $800 bucks, and he would be happy seeing all of the sales that he would get. The problem, when a customer comes into a local dealer and says I can get this on ebay for X amount can you match that price? He probbaly could but then he would have to do it for everyone right? There would be no more making millions off of spa sales.
Mendocino101:
Needaspa....
What about that w2 and check stub...I guess you just don't have the sac for it.... I don't think you have much of a sac for anything...except to bludgeon people into getting what you want.... you are a jerk off...who needs to get lost...
needaspa:
'Why, they ught to just ship them from the factory as wholesale prices and skp the dealers all together!'
Man, that would be great!
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