3071, Report:
#1031105
Posted Date:
May 17 2000
The Pool Depot uses BAIT and SWITCH to scam $7,000 from honest people
The following happend to me during the summer of 1997. To date, the Pool Depot still has not refunded my deposit. My experience happened in San Antonio, Texas, but this company does business nation wide by advertising on local television stations.
The Bait:
We can install a pool...
Entity
The Pool Depot
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3072, Report:
#2203
Posted Date:
May 05 2000
Great White Pool Service Phoenix Arizona rip-off artist Great White RIP OFF
I recently hired Great White Pool Service of Phoenix AZ to service my pool. I met with the owner Robin Wagner on a Monday and he was as nice as pie! I explained that I had guests flying out from New Jersey on Saturday and would like to have the pool ready for a weekend get together....
Entity
Great White Pool Service
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3073, Report:
#2166
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2000
In Deep-o with Pool Depot; The $7000 mistake
About 3 years ago we saw an ad on TV for a $250. above ground pool. We called the #, and a few days later a salesman nicknamed Joe Cashregister (he even had the nerve to tell us this) appeared at our home. He had an impressive sales binder showing us some pictures of beautiful poo...
Entity
Pool Depot
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3074, Report:
#1975
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2000
No Pool, no money
We called Eastern Manufacturing, a company based in Baltimore, to get a pool for our family. The company had been in business since before World War II. We talked to them over the phone and ordered our pool. We sent a check to pay for it and they told us we would receive the pool...
Entity
Eastern Manufacturing
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3075, Report:
#1690
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
cal spa
We purchased a Cal Spa 10/97 and since then it has been broken 5 times.We have a 5 year warranty but the company is making us pay to have it fixed. The spa last broke 10/99 and is still not fixed because of all the red tape. When we called for repairs we found the store of purchase ...
Entity
california acrylic industries
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3076, Report:
#1365
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2000
SOLAR PANELS FOR SWIMMING POOL
ON AUGUST 5, 1999 COMPANY BY NAME OF HELIOCOL, ARIZONA INC. SALESMAN JOHN LEATHERMANN CONTACTED US TO SELL US 6 SOLAR PANELS THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED ON OUR BACK ROOF OF PATIO TO BE HOOKED UP TO SWIMMING POOL TO PUMP WATER UP TO PANELS TO WARM SWIMMING POOL 10 MONTHS OUT OF YEAR. UP...
Entity
HELIOCOL ARIZONA, INC
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3077, Report:
#1237
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2000
Don't buy a Cal-Spa hot tub
We bought a Cal-Spa hot tub, including the service agreement. Within 2 months the heater needed to be replaced. A motor was replaced and the whirlpool knob was replaced. Three years later, the whirlpool knob has never worked. We had to replace the heater a second time. The serv...
Entity
Cal-Spa
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3078, Report:
#1213
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2000
Cal Spa Business practice
For Over 5 years I have sent letters, emails, and phone
calls in an attempt to get a response from Cal Spas
concerning my tub which has been a real lemon from the
very beginning. All chrome trim fell off starting the
first week. The motors were replaced within a year, the
...
Entity
rick tanner
Categories: Pools & Saunas
3079, Report:
#769
Posted Date:
Nov 09 1999
CATALINA POOL INC. MIAMI< FLORIDA STUCK US WITHOUT A FINISHED POOL
THREE MONTHS AGO I PURCHASED A HOME ON 4460 POST AVE MIAMI BEACH.
THE FORMER OWNER SINGED AN ADDENDUM SAYING HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE POOL WHICH WAS ON IT'S WAY TO BEING COMPLETED. EX-OWNER HAD HIRED CATALINA POOL INC. TO DO THIS JOB AND HIRED SOME OTHER CO. TO DO T...
Entity
CATALINA POOL INC.
Categories: Pools & Saunas