I've been researching a new liner for a while now, and I'm used to seeing the designs where there is sort of a faux tile design around the waterline. The last place I went to, the guy seemed very knowledgeable but was trying to talk me out of those designs. He said that he thinks they are ugly and "fake looking", and said if my pool "settles a little" and the water line isn't exactly right, it will look horrible.

He also said with the last 300 liner replacements he did, only 1 person chose that type. I started to get the feeling he was just saying this, maybe because they are more difficult to install, seeing how they need to be level?

Are the faux tile designs really that uncommon, and are they "fake looking"? Is it really a problem if the water is 1 inch or so out of level?