Well hsdancer- I am glad you did reply. Your post was very helpful to us. We plan on doing our inground vinyl ourselves except the dig. I am trying to gather all the helpful info I can. Do you have a post here where you are talking about your install or have before/install/after pics?
Thanks again.

Webfeet-
Did you look at www.nationalpoolwholesalers.com ?They have the same pools that are on the Hydra website & other inground kit websites. They promise to match and beat any other prices you can find. I have been to tons of websites and have not found a better price. AND... if you look off to the left of the screen you will see a plam tree logo and info stating that they are having a EXTRA sale on the kits- Take an addtional 22% off the prices that are listed !! That means we can up grade from a 20x40 to a True L for just a few bucks more. Also if you don't see the pool you want -just call them and tell them and they will custome it out for you. We have not ordered the pool yet but we did order the video and info packets (just waiting for them to come in the mail).
Something I didn't realize - anything on that website that is blue can be clicked on.

~Hoffmans