Finally, fiberglass pool costs are coming down. That is true with a lot of fiberglass pool dealers. But the question is: What is really a good deal on a fiberglass pool?
As owners of a company that offers the best in fiberglass pools, we have found that we are still installing a good amount of pools, but we have come against some fiberglass pool companies that are pricing fiberglass pools at such low levels that they will not be able to survive. One only needs to look at the car dealerships to see that cutting cost, without cutting anything else will result in financial collapse, and the last time I checked there were no government bailouts for pool companies.
We at River Pools and Spas refuse to cut quality in any way or form, and that means we cannot cut fiberglass pool costs as much as the other fiberglass pool companies. We have had people that we have visited say they were more focused on quality rather than price if they had to choose between the two, and then after getting a few quotes, will turn around and focus on the price rather than the quality or service.
It always amazes me that someone thinks in terms of two or three thousand dollars they are saving, when in reality it is 35 to 40 thousand dollars they are risking. When we sit down with the customer, they already have a reference list of all the pools we have installed, which is well over 500 people, we do not pick and choose who goes on that list. In turn, our competition will come in and offer a few references and a cheap price which always becomes a distraction from quality.
I cannot believe that if a person is spending thousands of dollars on a fiberglass swimming pool that they would not demand a customer list. After all, some companies boast that they only put in 20 or 30 pools a year so they can focus on the customer. Great, have them give you that many names, so you can pick and choose who you want to call.
These same companies will say that River Pools and Spas is focused on volume not quality, yet even with volume, you will see all of our customers on our reference list, dating back to when we started up in the swimming pool business, including our vinyl liner inground customers. You will also find if you take the time to call all of them, you will get less than one percent negative feedback.
Yet even with that, we still are reducing the cost of fiberglass pool installations, just not as much as the companies struggling to stay in business, and that is why we will be around to service your fiberglass pool for years to come. And when you go to sell your home it will go up in value because of the beautiful fiberglass pool that you had River Pools and Spas install.
Beware when the price differences start to hit over five thousand dollars. That is dangerous territory, and do you really believe there is that much mark up on fiberglass pools? This is probably a company that is on its way out, and possibly with your money.
Again, I run into people who will still try the cheap swimming pool route, only to find out it was a disaster and they either spent more money than they intended to, or they are stuck with what they have, due to the fact that the ten thousand dollars or so they saved on the pool just will not fix all their fiberglass pool problems.
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