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Spiderman:
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What I'm saying is that it looks to me like it would be very difficult for someone to try and start up and sustain a spa business in today's climate, especially if they are not fully committed to excellence and have a STRONG financial backing. It is dang near impossible to sell a crappy brand of spa and have long-term financial success.
Term
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Thanks for the encouraging words Chris! I'm sure pumped now ;D I'm pretty confident with HotSpring, though. What's the worst that could happen? End up working in Shrevport? :o
Spatech_tuo:
--- Quote ---It seems like most of the salespeople I run across are short-timers.
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I was speaking to a dealer who was looking for a new sales person and he described them this way. Half are capable salespersons who know how to interact with people and it just so happens that what they sell are spas, the other half are "the Carnies who have teeth". He was looking to avoid the latter.
D.P. Roberts:
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Thanks for the encouraging words Chris! I'm sure pumped now ;D I'm pretty confident with HotSpring, though. What's the worst that could happen? End up working in Shrevport? :o
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The industry may be in a little bit of flux now, but I really think it's going to grow over the next few years. From my small amount of research, it seems like a lot of people pay for hot tubs with home equity loans. With all the turmoil in the housing market, it's not surprising that equity loans would be harder to come by.
However, I think the industry is really going to grow long-term. The main reason being that baby boomers are getting older, and more of them will want spas to relieve all those aches and pains. Secondly, with gas prices continuing to rise and no end in sight, it sounds like people are traveling less and spending more on their homes, which should continue to help hot tub sales.
hotubinn:
Read the thread on "No cover suction" in the other forum. This is the type of things you will have to deal with...How about replacing a $300 cover (which may or may not fix problem) because their is no "suction" :-?
East_TX_Spa:
You also get to meet exciting, verbose, intellectually stimulating conversasionalists like this guy:
Me: Come on in and make yourself at home! I'll be with you in just a minute.
Mr. Excitement: We're just looking.
Me: Great! Feel free to look around and I'll be happy to help if you have any questions.
Mr. Excitement: What do these run?
Me: Well, we've got 27 different models. They run between $3000 and $12,000. If you have a few minutes, I'll be happy to show them to you.
Mr. Excitement: I'm just wanting to know what they cost.
Me: $3000 to $12,000.
Mr. Excitement: Well, alright....let us think about it.
Me: OK. Take care.
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