I have used this company for my pool openings since 2018 (I don't have confirmation emails before 2018 but think I have been using since 2013). Because of my Cancer diagnosis, I did not open my pool in 2024. So I prepaid for a pool opening week of 5/5/25, three weeks in advance, and even let them know I didn't open it the year before. Full disclosure, I did not say why I did not open it, just that I did not open it. First, I get an email stating I should probably pay an additional $75.00 for chemicals. I agree. Then I get an email claiming my card didn't work. I do not think that is true. But, I might have "fat fingered". Okay. Gave a new card. Regardless, the only thing prepay does is give a discount and, keep in mind, I've used this company every year since, at least, 2018, except 2024 when I was undergoing treatment. Either way, they know I am good for it. Also, if card didn't work or a person chooses not to prepay, instructions are to leave a check on the pool for full amount. After not hearing, I call on 5/7/2025. No response. So, I reply to email about extra chemicals and find out they "never received" my reply emails. Okay. Again, using this company a long time, I give them benefit of the doubt. I give a new card number. They charge the card $275.00. Yet I never hear a word about when they will arrive or even that they charged my card. So, I decide to be proactive and call. Find out, yes card went through. Then schedule opening for 5/13/25. Get a message on 5/12/2025, someone will be out between 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. I had to be in court for work, but, I get a ready hold for my court appearance to be there at 1:30 pm. Then, from 8:00 am - 12:30 pm, I wait. I wait. I wait. Nobody shows. Nobody calls. Finally, at 12:30 pm, I have to leave because I value other people's time and do not want to be late. At 2:22, while I am in court, I see the employee standing at my door on my Ring. I text my daughter to see if she is still home to help them. She says "oh they are in backyard." Switch to backyard Ring camera. See them on my Ring. They, take a photo of my skimmer, hit the skimmer and make it flap, then leave. Next thing I know, my phone is ringing. I assume it is a cell phone and text it back that I am I in court but they can talk to my 26 year old daughter who is home. No response. I see the truck leave from my front door Ring camera at 2:35 pm.
At 4:50 pm, I call and I send a message to owner, who knows how to take my prepay but doesn't know how to make sure work is done or return phone calls, Jim Williamson, to ask what happened. No answer. No response to email.
I ordered deluxe opening. Before arrival, I hooked up filter, put water in pool, removed cover; basically, did 3/4 of the things I paid The Pool Store $275.00 to do. What I got: They, showed up late, took a photo and left. All that needed to be done was to add chemicals and turn on my filter. They could not do it. I have no idea why, since nobody has responded to me. They could not take away the cover, I removed, and throw it out (part of the package is they remove it and throw it out- so I did 75% of the job I paid them to do). Again, all they did, was show up late, take photos and leave. My Ring camera shows it all.
As stated, when I was done court, I called and sent an email. Despite that store should be open until 7:00P, nobody answered or even bothered to respond to my call or email.
If you have $275.00 to dump in the garbage and get nothing in return, I recommend this store. If not, stay away. After, at least, 7 years of business to this store, you get treated like an insignificant idiot, whose time is not as important as their time. They, cannot call when running late, cannot do the work they are prepaid to do, and cannot return calls when they fail to their job. Once they get paid, they don't care.
My credit card company reversed the charge. So I am sure I will get a call back, now.
Regardless, stay away. It's not worth the headache. read more