I came in to Leslie's about a month ago. I told them I was a new pool owner, I just filled it up and there were zero chemicals in the pool and wanted them to tell me what all I needed.
They told me I needed
-Stabilizer
-Conditioner
-Shock
Within the month, my pool turned green and I went back for multiple water testings. After multiple shocks, my water was blue but super cloudy. They said all of my levels came back perfect and sold me 2 different clarifiers. After following every step they told me to do after that, still no improvement.
I called back and also went in and they said to put more clarifier in. But each day I went back I would get new advise from a different employee saying "don't put more in, it will do the opposite if you put too much." But wait, the last girl (Ashley) told me to keep putting it in every 5 hours until clarity.
Finally fed up with all of the back and forth, I went to a different pool store. They came back and said "umm, your Chlorine level is zero, you need that".
I have been to Leslie's for about 5 water testings and not once did you guys say "your chlorine level is at 0, you need this". Nor in my very first visit when I told Leslie's I was a new pool owner and very green to this did you say I needed chlorine. INSTEAD you sold me a slew of chemicals that you said would help, and when they didnt, you said to keep dumping more in.
After I visited the other pool store, the simple act of adding chlorine took my cloudy blue pool to crystal blue.
I felt so scammed into buying about 4 different bottles of chemicals, when none of your employees even mentioned that my chlorine level was at ZERO.
If you are a new pool owner and unfamiliar with the lingo... STAY AWAY from Leslie's!!! They make the "a pool is a money pit" true. read more