Mr. Bradford,
I believe that most consumers that visit this website are for the most part interested in the unbiased opinions of other consumers that have some experience in regards to their concerns or their desire to get the most information possible in relation to their current desire to make an educated decision on the purchase of a fiberglass swimming pool. They want to hear from people that have no stake one way or the other in the outcome of their decision making process. Now that you have disclosed the truth about the fact that your wife is a sales rep. for Leisure Pools, it is evident that you do have a biased opinion when it comes to giving advice to the consumer about choosing a fiberglass manufacturer. Some of us that have been in this business for a long time could tell from your initial post that you were not just a consumer with a high regard for Leisure Pools. I could not fault you for being excited about sharing your experiences about the positive feedback you have witnessed in regards to Leisure Pools. My only complaint is that you were not forthcoming about your involvement
with the company whether it be directly or indirectly as a result of your wife's employment by Leisure Pools. It would have given you more credibility if you would have said from the start: "my wife works for Leisure Pools and this is what I have gathered from the consumers and installers I have met", or something along those lines. Now that I am done giving you a hard time, I think it is wonderful to hear that Leisure Pools has the integrity to back their pools up with action rather than excuses. I have met Kerry Pain myself and other than the usual rhetoric coming from certain manufacturers that continue to bad mouth every other product on the market, I have never seen or heard one bad thing about their product or about the way they do business. The one manufacturer that shall remain unnamed by me ( the so called "inventors of the fiberglass pool") whose initials are S.J. continues to spread rumors and insinuations about all the other manufacturers in an effort to frighten the consumer. Once again, I am glad that you are impressed with the manner in which Leisure Pools does business, somebody needs to bring some honesty and integrity to this business.
I am a consumer, an installer (previously) and... a woman! My husband is the Dealer Development Manager for Leisure Pools USA. I have been a guest in this forum for years and until recently I never felt I actually had something to offer. I certainly didn't think that offering a friendly opinion to someone in Kansas would lead to false accusations of my intentions.
I have been involved in many aspects of the fiberglass pool industry for 14 years so I would like to think my opinion has some credibility, as well as, educated and professional, however, that wasn't my goal. My goal was to be honest in my personal opinion.
May I offer you my "opinion"? (imagine that!) Rather than reading more into words try taking them at face value and correctly at that. While I was being accused of "double speak" you were originally recommending to "read the warranty" to see if the shell would have a warranty based upon who installed it and then later stated that a warranty isn't worth the paper it is written on. I think my explanation was clear and not misleading regardless of the manufacturer, even the one in which my husband is employed. You also clearly mis-read one lonely sentence being that you confused my position as wife and my husband as rep. Your all too obvious un-named manufacturer once again is clearly a subtle attack and shows that you are not of an unbiased nature.
I am not sure if your efforts have proven my lack of credibility or exposed yours.
Regardless of who I am, what I know or who I am married to, it was my own opinion without even a thought of personal gain whatsoever...in fact my husband has nothing to do with the State of Kansas and I have no idea who the Leisure Dealer was who Thanked me!
Within all of the words we have shared it appears we do agree on this particular manufacturer, LPUSA.