@bobct1
Hi Bob,
I have mixed feelings about user-posted links that go to product vendors (as opposed to manufacturers, like Hayward or Pentair).
Your links illustrate some of the reasons. The last link, to poolsupplyworld, I don't mind so much. But I killed the link to mightypools. Let me show you why.
Here's the domain registration WHOIS info for poolsupplyworld.com:Domain Name: POOLSUPPLYWORLD.COMLet's compare that to the registration for mightypools.com:
Registry Domain ID: 603685925_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
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Registrant Name: Eric Brophy
Registrant Organization: Pool Supply World, Inc
Registrant Street: 1382 Blue Oaks Blvd Suite 200
Registrant City: Roseville
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 95678
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.9167404550
Registrant Email: eric@poolsupplyworld.comDomain Name: MIGHTYPOOLS.COMPool Supply World has done what you'd expect a legitimate Internet merchant do do, and have made their location, and their contact information visible. This means, if something goes wrong, you can track them down.
Registry Domain ID: 1832990352_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.wildwestdomains.com
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Registrant Name: Registration Private
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Registrant Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Registrant Street: 14747 N Northsight Blvd Suite 111, PMB 309
Registrant City: Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province: Arizona
Registrant Postal Code: 85260
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.4806242599
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Registrant Email: MIGHTYPOOLS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
By contrast, Mighty Pools has done everything they can to hide their real identity and location from their customers, by using an anonymous proxy registrar. What's more, it's a brand new domain, less than a year old:
Update Date: 2013-10-29 11:00:00
Creation Date: 2013-10-29 11:00:00
This is NEVER a good sign, and pretty much guarantees that there will be no after-sales support, much less warranty support. I did check their website, and they have also omitted their location and contact information there, as well. Consequently, as I have down with other anonymous Internet companies, I would strongly recommend against purchasing any products from them. You *might* get what your order, and it *might* be a good deal. But if it's not, and you buy from them, you are out of luck!
Before buying online you need to do 'due diligence' to make sure the company you're buying from actually exists, as something other than a temporary 'marketing stand' for some fly-by-night sleaze ball pool company:
1. Do a WHOIS search on their domain name. This is a 2 second process, if you have a Linux box available to you, but it's a little harder via Windows. Here are links to two sites, returning full records on both domains:http://www.whois.com/whois/mightypools.com2. Do a BBB search for the company. Caution: an A+ rating does NOT guarantee that the company is OK; there are some pretty shady A+ companies. But a poor rating DOES guarantee either that the company is shady OR not taking care of customer complaints OR brand new.
http://www.whois.com/whois/poolsupplyworld.com
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/mightypools.com
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/poolsupplyworld.com
Here's Pool Supply World:http://www.bbb.org/northeast-califor...in-ca-47003956Not surprisingly, there is NO record for Mighty Pools. So, while I can't offer any recommendation one way or the other for Pool Supply World, I can offer a definite recommendation regarding Mighty Pools: Stay away, far away from them, and all other companies that try to conceal their location and identity!
Good luck with your purchase!
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