My sincere apologies to all for my caustic comment and poor judgement. I do not want to offend the participants of this forum.
My flip post was fueled by a rather fiery exchange on a completely unrelated forum and too much wine. (I should know better by now).
Anyway, looking through the posts here I am still frustrated by the overall state of the spa industry as a potential customer. In one way or another, my confidence to buy any particular make or model has been undermined by unreasonable pricing, deceptive advertising, poor quality, lame local sales people and equally lame dealers, or internet wackos (other than myself).
I have been researching and evaluating spas for a few years now off and on, and still read these forums to see if anything worthwhile might come up. I see nothing new, but I still miss Jimmy the Jim Jim.
Until I am confident enough to buy, I will seek solace and comfort with my ferret and return to my lurking status here.
Thanks for your understanding.
P.S. Nice catch on the William Wallace quote.