Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: drprwnap on July 28, 2005, 11:53:42 am
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I gang. I haven't posted in awhile because I've been busy at work (seasonal) and haven't purchased a tub yet. We have looked at HS , Marquis, and Coleman. I want to get back into the (serious) shopping mode but the wife has made HER decision and wants the HS Vanguard and doesn't want to look or wet test any more. I like the Vanguard but would like to look at a couple models from Sundance and the Marquis Epic. Anyway, does anyone have any ideas on how to get the wife back to shopping???? The Vanguard may be the spa for us but I would like to look a little more. HELP!!
drprwnap 8)
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Good lord man! Who wears the pants in the family? Tell this woman that you'lll by the tub you want, when you want and that's that! Any questions? :-X
Or perhaps try my method....Vodka: yummy delicious convincer of expensive toys.
Seriously, maybe she's tired of schlepping to different places all over the state and hearing the same old same old from smarmy spa salesman with their greased back hair and copious gold necklaces, leisure suites and mirrored sunglasses? 8)
Perhaps if you, on your own, without her did some comparison shopping and only if you found something significantly better suited for you, then and only then approach her to take a look? Dinner afterwards would be nice...and vodka.
Ort go with the Vanguard. I think it's a great tub.
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Anyway, does anyone have any ideas on how to get the wife back to shopping???? The Vanguard may be the spa for us but I would like to look a little more. HELP!!
drprwnap 8)
Tell her you want to take her to Nordstrams and then make a detour to the spa store. Or, if you can't get her to go then go by yourself and do your comparisons and that way you won't have to try to get her involved unless you are truly in disagreement with her choice.
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Do you have a solid price offer from the HS dealer. Perhaps telling her that even if she is sold on the Vanguard, which everyone seems to love, that You need to look at more to get a better idea if your paying a fair price by comparing that to others.
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Good lord man! Who wears the pants in the family? Tell this woman that you'lll by the tub you want, when you want and that's that! Any questions? :-X
I know you're just kidding, drewstar, but I will say this. I've been married for 28 years. You don't make it that long by being a dictator. I want a hot tub not only for my bad back, but also as something my wife and I can share and enjoy TOGETHER. Anyway, I'll try the Vodka. She likes that!
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maybe she's tired of hearing the same old same old from smarmy spa salesman with their greased back hair and copious gold necklaces, leisure suites and mirrored sunglasses?
I see they've met Stuart! ;)
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Bribe her!
Tell her that you will take her to dinner (and I mean some place nice, not a fast food place) if she will go with you to check out another spa.
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There's only one choice. Buy her her Vanguard. Otherwise it'll always be - "Had we had gotten the Vanguard" It is much more important to keep her happy that to get a better spa or a better price.
Remember - "If mama ain't happy, no one's happy :)"
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you sound a lot like me. I have only been married 4 years but I have learned alot. My wife makes up her mind and their is no changing it.
I have however, learned how to work with the system a bit. I suggest small things here and there that I know interest her.
With the hot tub, she was completely against it. I had no chance of getting one. So one day I said lets go out for a FAMILY DRIVE. She loved the idea. We saw a couple of hottub shops on our journey and just brought up that I would love to have one someday and that a friend from work that she knows just got one.
I informed her that the sales guy was a relative of someone on the job and said we should go and look just for fun. She said I know you, you are going to bug me to get one. I said no way, I just want to look.
We went in and within an hour I had put a deposit on a tub. (I did about six months of homework on my own, and new what store to take her to first).
My wifes only concern was cost and as you all know, the arcitc sales team does an excellent job of shouting how great they are, so it worked on her. Me I knew better, but she was like a fish out of water.
Who would have thought that the only thing holding her back was the cost of hydro.
Anyways, yesterday our tub arrived and my wife and son and I enjoyed an afternoon of relaxation and family fun. After the little guy went down, we had friends over and had a great time.
My wife loves it because it is fun, relaxing and just one extra tool for our marriage and family. Last night it was so nice listening to some music and looking out at the stars, the only thing was the hot water made us very tired and romance was not in the game plan.
Anyways try some of those angles and if that doesnt work, bribe her bribe her bribe her. Just think what she wants more than anything, get it for her and she will do anything you ask.
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I see they've met Stuart! ;)
Hey now!!! >:( Watch it...I don't wear gold chains anymore!! (They were pulling the hair out of my neck!) ;) ;D
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I see they've met Stuart! ;)
He wishes he could grease his hair back...... ;) ;) ;)
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Anyways try some of those angles and if that doesnt work, bribe her bribe her bribe her. Just think what she wants more than anything, get it for her and she will do anything you ask.
Hmmmm. Bride, Bribe. Bribe, Bride. Hmmmm
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Good lord man! Who wears the pants in the family? Tell this woman that you'lll by the tub you want, when you want and that's that! Any questions? :-X
Or perhaps try my method....Vodka: yummy delicious convincer of expensive toys.
Seriously, maybe she's tired of schlepping to different places all over the state and hearing the same old same old from smarmy spa salesman with their greased back hair and copious gold necklaces, leisure suites and mirrored sunglasses? 8)
Perhaps if you, on your own, without her did some comparison shopping and only if you found something significantly better suited for you, then and only then approach her to take a look? Dinner afterwards would be nice...and vodka.
Ort go with the Vanguard. I think it's a great tub.
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Drewsters got the answer. Just go by yourself and if you find something you really like then involve her.
Bringing her back would give you even a second shot at wet testing.
I have a 2005 Vanguard and it’s a great tub but I wish I would have been a little more open minded and wet tested a few others.
The Vanguard is great but I'm starting to think that a different tub may have provided better therapy.
My wife loved the cool down bench and she never asks for much, well anything really so I went with the Vanguard.
Again... let me repeat myself in saying I love my tub and you just can go wrong with a HS. The pearl/coastal grey color is awesome!
Let us know how you make out.
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Tell her the "facts" about Hot Springs:
Their not UL certified; they don't have enough suction openings; they don't have anti suction devices on their suction ports; their full foam and they don't make the 1 pump Vanguard anymore ...
... OK their STUPID facts but facts none the less! ;D
BTW, I agree with tonyp!!
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He wishes he could grease his hair back...... ;) ;) ;)
Maybe a nice toupee? I've seen some advertised in the back of Popular Mechanics for about $35. :)
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drprwnap,
There are several ways to look at your problem. Jeff Foxworthy pointed out in one of his sage bits of advice that "If she ain't happy, you ain't happy. And if she ain't happy long enough, you are not going to be happy with half of your stuff." A tub she doesn't like is what you could call setting the stage for her to be unhappy for a very long time.
Another way to look at this is to take the position that you are the man in the house and everyone knows that the man of the house always has the last words. And those words are "Yes Dear" if he knows what's good for him.
Your problem is that you have not yet figured out that the tub decision has been made. What did you do, take an extra dose of stupid pills this morning or something? ;-)
Regards,
Bill
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Tell her the "facts" about Hot Springs:
Their not UL certified; they don't have enough suction openings; they don't have anti suction devices on their suction ports; their full foam and they don't make the 1 pump Vanguard anymore ...
... OK their STUPID facts but facts none the less! ;D
Don't forget, people are going to start dying, mostly children, from those High Performance pumps and those insidious Tri-X Filters! ;)
Terminator
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and choking on the free rubber ducks.
Death traps for sure.
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and can you believe it ?!?! ::)
if lightning hits the duck while is in the tub, the "cheap" materials they use to make the duck out of could easily melt, get sucked into the filters, clog everything up with duck goo, and probably burn the motors out. i'll bet THAT isn't covered by the warrantee.....
not mention the lawsuits from the ducks next of kin, etc.....
need i say MORE !!??
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and can you believe it ?!?! ::)
if lightning hits the duck while is in the tub, the "cheap" materials they use to make the duck out of could easily melt, get sucked into the filters, clog everything up with duck goo, and probably burn the motors out. i'll bet THAT isn't covered by the warrantee.....
not mention the lawsuits from the ducks next of kin, etc.....
need i say MORE !!??
That's the reason I use only real, live ducks in my tub!
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Maybe a nice toupee? I've seen some advertised in the back of Popular Mechanics for about $35. :)
Hey how did this turn into a "Pick on the big hairy bald guy" topic?! ???
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Hey how did this turn into a "Pick on the big hairy bald guy" topic?! ???
You don't own an AR 15 do you?
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Its cuz we love ya Stu!
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I want to get back into the (serious) shopping mode but the wife has made HER decision and wants the HS Vanguard and doesn't want to look or wet test any more.
I saw this today and thought it might be appropriate:
KING ARTTHUER AND THE WITCH
Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.
The question?....What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.
He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him! a satisfactory answer.
Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer.
But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.
The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.
The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!
Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewerage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never! encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.
He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden, but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.
He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table.
Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus:
What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.
Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.
And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.
The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen, lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened
The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half.
Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?
Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous, intimate moments?
What would YOU do?
What Lancelot chose is below. BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below. OKAY?
Noble Lancelot, knowing the answer the witch gave Arthur to his question, said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself.
Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be! beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.
Now....what is the moral to this story?
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The moral is.....
If you don't let a woman have her own way....
Things are going to get ugly.
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Noble Lancelot, knowing the answer the witch gave Arthur to his question, said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself.
Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be! beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.
Now....what is the moral to this story?
scroll down
keep scrolling
The moral is.....
If you don't let a woman have her own way....
Things are going to get ugly.
Great story, Spatech t.u.o. That about sums it up in a nutshell. Although I am going to wet test an Optima tonight. Thanks!
drprwnap 8)
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drprwnap,
Your problem is that you have not yet figured out that the tub decision has been made. What did you do, take an extra dose of stupid pills this morning or something? ;-)
Regards,
Bill
Yeah I took a double dose!!!
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You don't own an AR 15 do you?
Not anymore....
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Can't give you any...