You’ll hear the ads, you’ll see the social media posts, and there’ll be that familiar man’s low voice of urgency on the radio or local TV station… “HURRY HURRY HURRY! Don’t miss OOOOUUUT! This weekend ONLY!” But let’s be honest here, is a pop-up hot tub expo really the best place to buy a hot tub? Well, here’s four reasons we don’t think so: Only ONE Company Will Be There.Sure, you’ll hear the advertisement that there will be all major brands on display, dozens of tubs all competing for your business, so you get the best deal! Well, that will NOT be the case if you show up. Just as a note, some of the brands you WILL NOT see at any pop-up expo… Bullfrog Spas, Hot Spring, Jacuzzi, American Whirlpool, Dimension One, Sundance, or Vita… However, ALL these major quality brands CAN be found at your local brick and mortar dealers. If you want to browse a true selection of great quality hot tubs, visit your local dealers. Local Service & RepresentationThe hot tub and spa industry’s best brands will ALWAYS and ONLY be sold by LOCAL dealers and brick and mortar stores. Travelling sales or pop-up shows are like the here-today gone-tomorrow Halloween shops and the Fourth of July firework tents. They “pop-up” in regions BECAUSE they don’t have local representation or a dealer to support them. Once a pop-up event is over, the sale team has moved on to a different city in a different region, their focus throughout the entire process is NOT you -- the customer -- Their focus is to sell as many as they can, get them dropped and delivered as quick as they can and move on to the next city. They Gave Me a GREAT Deal at the Hot Tub Expo! But did they really? Travelling pop-up expos live and die by their sales team. These professionals must rely on high pressure tactics, the illusion of a “great deal”, and are highly trained to sell ON THE SPOT. However, in many cases, you can find a much better “deal” at a local brick and mortar store. Pop-up expos come with a HUGE overhead for the cost of their floor space in the convention center, fair grounds or show event. They must recoup tens of THOUSANDS of dollars for booth space the short 3-4 days they’re there. You can be assured, it’s their JOB to make it sound like you got one GREAT deal, but it is NOT the best deal you can find. See our previous post regarding some of the tactics and claims that are used: are-you-buying-a-hot-tub-from-a-dealeror-the-electric-company.html Is a pop-up show the best place to get a QUALITY tub? You can’t TEST the spas at an expo; however, you can make appointments to do so at your local brick and mortar showroom. Would you buy a car on the spot, without test driving it? There are numerous factors that go into the overall quality of construction of a hot tub, many are beneath the skin of the fancy shell with flashing color LED lights that you see. Take the time to educate yourself on how tubs are built as the cost of ownership can fluctuate dramatically between the major high-end brands and some of the pop-up shows that offer discount brands or tubs sold from warehouses. Again, see one of our previous posts that goes further into the differences in quality and cost of ownership of the different types of spas: are-you-buying-a-hot-tub-from-a-dealeror-the-electric-company.html Are you still going to the pop-up expo? Then try and get some answers to these questions while you’re there:
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