I was reading for example at http://www.walmart.com/catalog/allRe...ct_id=19336117 which is where there are reviews for a pool equivalent to mine. There were a few reviews that said things like "leaking after only five days" or "in a week pool ripped at seam" or "great for 45 days until holes appeared in the seams at the bottom, which rapidly worsened."

I suspect you're correct about most of the failures being related to something the owner did wrong to damage the pool, and I also suspect that any review site is going to be negative biased because people who have had problems are more likely to go online to complain. However we love our new pool and would like to do everything we can to take care of it and make it last a few years. It will definitely be stored indoors and handled gently during takedown and reassembly.