Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: wmccall on June 02, 2005, 07:54:08 pm
-
A trip to the Artic spas website today annoyed me. DISCLAIMER Artic spas may be great. All their dealers may be first class, I truly don't know, because I have never seen one and never met a dealer or visited a dealership.
I occasionally hit the websites of spa manufacturers who are not in my area (Columbus, Ohio - Area population of 1 million +)
I get annoyed every time I go the Artic website and their dealer locator tells me that there are no dealers within 40 miles of my location. This doesn't seem like a great marketing move to me. I sent them an email asking about this, I'll let you know of any reply. A question/poll for everyone. How far, in miles (or kilometers for some, I'll do the math) is your dealer from your home? For now, this just applies to owners, or people who have made the purchase and maybe awaiting delivery. I'll average up the totals at the end.
-
I can answer this cause I actually OWN a coleman 461 it's just not in my yard yet. 75 miles north in Billings, the funny thing is we have an artic dealer and a D1 dealer in Cody but, both were to high on their price for me.
-
I can answer this cause I actually OWN a coleman 461 it's just not in my yard yet. 75 miles north in Billings, the funny thing is we have an artic dealer and a D1 dealer in Cody but, both were to high on their price for me.
How far are you from Cody, does that dealer show up when you put in your zip code?
-
Our Sundance dealer is a good 20-25 miles from us. Considering all the other dealers that we wet tested were much closer, it's quite the road trip.
Since my wife's work is halfway there, she gets the privilege of "go-fer" trips. ;D
-
I save you the math Bill - we're 15 minutes away.
-
I am lucky enough to have about 15 dealers pretty close by, the Beachcomber dealer is less than 2 k away, I could walk to it.
Ray
-
Oh, yea, mine is 19 miles away
-
My Marquis dealer is 15 miles away, almost all the major brands are located within 15 miles of me. I live on Long Island.
-
I recently ordered a Sundance Majesta. Our dealer is about 30 miles away. Not sure how that is going to work out when we need supplies, however there is a Hot springs dealer about 2 miles from our house.
-
Hi Bill
I bought an Artesian from a dealer about 25 miles from the house. every other brand of tub was closer but we really like the piper glen and the dealer. it been worth the trip! ....... it about tub time NOW!!!! usually around 10:00 each night!!!!.....later
john
-
My Caldera dealer is 3 miles from my house.
-
Probably about 15 - 20 miles away although it's a 45 minute drive!
-
Sundance around 5 miles..................
Jacuzzi around 7 miles.........
Hot Spring............20 miles
-
Our Sundance dealer is about 20 miles away from our home but my wife works about 10 miles from them ;D. Guess who picks up the supplies ::)
-
Luckily we have Hot Springs, Marquis, D1 and Sundance all relatively close by. Made our shopping much easier. Went with the Sundance, about 15-20 miles away, but with crazy traffic takes about 40 minutes to get there.
-
My dealer is 13 mi. from my door all the majors are within 30 miles.
-
Mine is 30-35 miles away! I have a Sundance dealer within 10 miles and the LA Spa dealer is within 15 miles!
-
My Marquis dealer is Caribbean Pools and Hot Tubs in Austintown, Oh. He is 60 miles from us and has given us great service when ever its been needed.
-
Sundance dealer is about 10 miles. The Arctic dealer, which is closer and cheaper on our chems, and cleans my filters for no charge to me, is about 8 mile.
Brewman
-
I bought my LSX from a dealer 200+ miles away. Subsequently, an MS dealership opened within 35 miles. Other dealerships are as follows:
Sundance--15 miles
Hot springs--35 miles
Jacuzzi--65 miles
D1--85 miles
Marquis--125 miles
-
So far the vast majority of people have bought within the 40 mile figure that Artic uses. I know Marketing people are driven by hard numbers. Still, its not like they have dealers every 40 miles.
-
FYI - email bmccall@insight.rr.com
subject Dealer locator
message Your dealer locater tells me that there are no dealers within 40 miles of me. Isn\'t that a bit limiting? I know of several people who bought tubs from dealers 40-80 miles away.
Good morning!
Thank you for your query. I've wondered that myself! Here in western Canada, an 80 mile drive is not unusual (I myself live 70 miles from the nearest major city)
The IT guys will be rewriting the web site this month, and I'll put in a request to have the search range extended.
Meantime, if you tell me where you live, I'll find your nearest dealer for you.
Tom
-
25 miles away from my home about 35-40minute drive
Alittle bit of a pain for water tests but not to bad
-
We have a very interesting shopping situation in Calgary in that most of the major brand dealers are at most, a 5 minute drive away from each other. This makes it about 10 minutes from my house.
There's actually a street with a Cal Spa, Beachcomber, Arctic, Pacific, and Marquis / Master Spa dealer on it. My Jacuzzi dealer has D-1 dealer about 30 seconds away from him, and the Hot Springs dealer has a new Sundance dealer about a minute's drive away from him. So it's great for the consumer to do comparison shopping and wet tests.
Mark
-
Four kilometres.
-
My Marquis dealer is was 20 miles from my home at time of purchase. They just added location two 4 miles away.
-
HS dealer is about 15 miles from my house.