Doughboy or Esther Williams????

[traceyb]

ok.......here's what I have to decide between:
The 28" doughboy w/ 52" walls......the desert spring w/ steel walls/resin caps
$7110.49 + pool krete ($1400) = $8510.40 OR
$7110.49 + heavy plastic over sand ($6-700) = $7710.49 or 47810.49
W/ this the barracuda, maint kit., solar and winter covers, 1.5HS pump,filter,skimmer,light,install,ladder,$30 worth of "start up" chemicals.....to get me going

The Es. Will.'s pool is 27" w/ 52" walls made of aluminum..it's the "CLASSIC" pool
$6711.69 includes instal,pool, 1.5 hs "jacuzzi" pump,225 sand filter w/ sand, sand bottom w/ PPB 400 (hard plastic w/ styrofoam coves to round out the bottom where the wall meets the floor., installed light,baracuda w/ xtra hose, winter cover only .....solar cover $139.99 extra. and no start up chemicals......so in addition to the 6K cost above the 4-6 wk start up package is $149.99.............I don't think I need to list all that is in that, but there are 7 different items w/many of each.
Give me some votes please?
the e/w folks can have it in they SAY about 2 wks if not much rain and the Dough. folks say about 4-5 weeks from now.
My original intent was to wait,buy this fall , install next spring.

[hoffmans]

tracyb
Are those quotes from your local dealer?

[hoffmans]

Dennis!
ahhhh.. don't be a pool tease!

You must have read my mind because I had thought about how much it would cost me to fly you and your wife up here, put you guys up in the Residence Inn for 2 nights and have you two do our install...... But I decided my husband would think i had finally fallen off my rocker. He is all man and would have taken it personally - as though I thought he wasn't capable enough to put our pool up. But I am sure we can pull it off by ourselves.


Anyways looks like tracyb is close to deciding which pool to get.

Meanwhile, I am going to go to the doughboy website and drool over the decks.


~Hoffmans

[prh129]

Tracey,

Both prices seem high to me - I don't know if that is related to where you live or not but in the northeast, the 24' round Desert Spring was less than 4500.00 for pool, pump, ladder, manual vac, hand skimmer and installation (not including water or electrical work). I would figure about another 500.00 for the 28' size so I would think you should be closer to 5K rather than 7K. Dennis seems to have the same thoughts as well.

There have been a few people on the forum who have the Artesian echo canyon pool and seem very happy with them. You might want to check out their website and find the local dealer to you. Get a price and find out if there is an installer in your area that is familiar with these pools and see if you can get a quote from them also. You can either use that information to try to negotiate a better deal with the EW or Doughboy dealer or go with the Artesian if they won't.

Peter

[traceyb]

yes they are.from the dealer around here (southern illinois)
..........from two different ones