False advertising on prices. Listed shock in a box for $3.49 and then won't honor price trying to upcharge. Terrible pool opening and closing procedure. Much better options then this place. Lousy set customer service. Like many of the "real reviews" show this place is garbage. The owners should take a deep look on how they do business. read more

Terrible! Don't waste your time or money. Twice now they where supposed to open my pool. Once on 6/4 and 6/5. They wouldn't answer my call knew it was me had to use a different phone then they picked up. Please don't use this company they are the worst. I can't believe they are still in business. Stay Away! read more

Please whatever you do, do not use this company!!! Our pool that they installed about 3 years ago keeps falling apart. The liner keeps coming off and it's a waste of our time and money. Once they have your money they don't care about your pool anymore. We have given up using them to fix it and now have to spend more money for someone else to do it right!!!!! read more

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Worst possible customer service experience yet with any company I ever had so far in my life. The people are ill mannered and uninformed. They put me on hold for 10-15 mins every time I called and rescheduled my pool opening 5 times already and never showed up. Please save yourself from frustration and harassment. AVOID The Pool Store at all costs!!! read more

This place put our pool in 5 years ago . Every year since installed they have either been 2-3 hours past the schedule time to open or close the pool . 2 out of the 5 years the actually never showed up to close the pool til the next day . They do not at all respect your time . I brought my auto pool vac in for a inspection . They told me how much so I decided to just buy new only to change my mind a few weeks later . I called and asked them to go ahead with the repair . When I went to pick it up it still wasn't fixed even though the repair guy said it was done ! Horrible place ! They get your money for an install (30k plus) and then you can't get anybody to give you answers . read more

I can't say enough about The Pool Store! They did a beautiful job on my salt water pool! They trained us on all of the procedures on running and maintaining the salt system. Everytime I call the store, all of my questions are answered as their employees are very knowledgeable. Pricing was a lot better than other quotes we had received. They just ordered my safety cover and when it comes in, they will close my pool for the winter. The Pool Store does it all! Tony, the owner is the greatest and Pat and his crew did an unbelievable job with of our installation. Thank you guys! I will recommend your company to everyone I know! read more

Poor service for my pool opening. They didn't let me know they wouldn't able to make it to the scheduled appointment (I had to call them the day of) They did not diagnose what my pool needed and they did not follow up. I ended up going to another store to get the right chemicals my pool needed. I will not be using them again. read more

TERRIBLE experience. Multiple calls and emails went unanswered. We told them several times that we needed them to bring an air pillow to be inflated and installed and they did not, and now our winter cover will be ruined. They took apart our filter which had been sealed shut and now we will need to pay to have it repaired when it's time to have the pool reopened. Will never use again and will tell our friends and family to STAY AWAY. read more

TLDR; Customer service is much better than other reviews are reporting and a pump install went smoothly. I almost bypassed The Pool Store because of all the negative reviews. I sent my daughter out to get a few things and figured she would go to the other local store, but she went to The Pool Store. She said the people were really nice and helpful. She even went out again with a picture of a leak we had and was helped accordingly. When I decided to just replace my pump, I called around to see who could install one the quickest. I'll admit that I called these guys last... again because of all the negative reviews. Well, they were able to install the next day, so I booked them. The only negative part of the experience was I had to call them the day before to get our time frame, which was a bit annoying, aside from that... excellence. The two guys who came out were friendly, personable, and got our pump installed quickly. They even stayed to answer some pool care questions and give me some advice to get our pool clear. I was a loyal Seahorse customer for years until they closed down and did not look forward to using Leslie (I find them expensive and rude). I am so happy my daughter happened to stop in The Pool Store and look forward to using them in the future. Now, on the topic of the negative reviews, some are obviously disgruntled ex-employees, which is very immature as Yelp is for customers, not for employees. A few other reviews are ridiculous because if you OWN a pool, you should EDUCATE YOURSELF on how to TAKE CARE OF THAT POOL. I could pick apart many negative reviews on here and point out where the problem lies with the pool owner, not any service, but I'd much rather go and enjoy my pool and its new pump! read more

Worse pool company. I scheduled an appointment three weeks in advance and pre-pared. The pool store called me two days before opening to reschedule my appointment and to add an additional $100. The Owner Tony Williamson got on the telephone and tried to blame her employee's scheduling and pricing error on me, refused to honor the agreement and hung up on me. I would never recommend them. NEVER. read more

I went to pool store to get supplies today and was told I couldn't be helped because he was by himself and could not help me . I have spent thousands of dollars over the yrs on liner , filter and supplies here and will be the last dollar spent here. read more

RIP OFF ARTISTS I got a new liner form them and my bottom drain cover came off it took a week for them to come out and fix it, they said one side of the cover was stripped and would fix it next spring, well the cover came off again. We called them again it took them 3 days to come out told us we were still under warranty ok good. The crew came and fixed this time and left then came back 15 minutes later and said that we were not under warranty and charged us $125.00 for putting the cover back on and then threatened us if we did'nt pay they going to back and take the cover back off. We thought this was unethical and rude. PLEASE DO NOT DEAL with these people read more

Worst customer service ever, sold a pool to us that was in stock. Took my 6636 dollars, then told us problems with covid. Texas problems, requested a refund, cut us off like a bad habit, no return tex or emails, read more

DO NOT USE THE POOL STORE IN SEWELL !!!!!!!! they did a half ass job opening my pool , gave me no information about anything . i even scheduled an orientation ($125.00) and they didnt show up and they didnt call either i called back the next day and was told "our bad" rescheduled and they didnt show or call again . i then called back again and spoke to the owner and she was the most unprofessional woman i ever had the misfortune of speaking to. THEY HAD NO PROBLEM CASHING MY CHECK THOUGH read more

BEWARE!!! Do not deal with this company!!! Complete and total incompetence! Toni will tell you everything you want to hear and than some just to get your money. We read all the reviews (mostly bad) and decided to go with her because most of the bad reviews were for her pool closings and openings. We were getting a new pool installed and for a significant amount of money. From the start it was nothing but miscommunication...the first guy we talked to at the store showed us pools (fiberglass), we picked a 12x23 with a 5' sun ledge that he explained to us was included in the 23'. The wife and I went home to measure out our yard, talk about our future plans for size of the pool we're getting and the size of the yard (grass) remaining after pool was installed. The 12x23 we decided was perfect. The cost of the pool with some of the extras we were doing was $50k. We went back to see Toni with a deposit, sign the contract. That's when Toni informed us that the actual size of the pool was 28'! 5' bigger than we had planned for and were sold! She told us the guy we spoke to was wrong and 12x28 with a 5' ledge was the size this particular pool comes in. That extra 5' was really taking away from our yard but we decided to go with it anyway. We also had a big shed right where the pool was to go, tight on funds i ask Toni to work with us and not charge us the $600 fee for moving the shed to which she agreed (after a lot of huffing and puffing). Finally the day of construction comes... her construction manager Pat comes out to mark out the area on Labor Day of all days and in slippers! Unaware that the shed was in the was of him marking out and that toni was moving it for free he was pretty upset... Pat and myself ended up moving and 10x10 shed from one side of my yard to the other with nothing more than brute strength and ignorance. We had to sign more papers after the mark out and that's where we noticed an extra fee if they hit water... we were assured verbally by Toni the day we signed that there would be no fee! Additional charge for hitting water was our only concern , we knew they're going to hit water, our house just about overlooks a waterway!! Pat called Toni and she said she never said that, and that they've done many pools in this area and never hit water... such a liar!! We knew right then and there that we were going to get put through the ringer. The next day they came to dig and guess what...yup, they hit water! I asked pat to give me a number on what we could be looking at for water control, he had no clue. Him and toni would go back on the forth on the phone for the better part of a half day, she would tell him what to say, he would reiterate it to me, I'd reply and he'd have to call her again, she would tell him, he'd tell me, I'd tell him, he'd tell her, sound ridiculous? Yup, it was. Not once did she call me (even after I've made numerous attempts to call her) she even makes it a point in her sales pitch that "she gives everyone her cell phone because she's always available" "I don't care if it's 10:00 at night, someone calls with a problem and I'm on the phone working it out" comforting right? Well it was 12 in the afternoon and me her and pat must have went back and forth a dozen times without getting anywhere. Never experienced anything like it. Here's the best part.... after all the craziness pat informs me that the pool that's coming is actually 31' long this is sounding unbelievable but i assure you it isn't.... 31'!!! I told pat that's way to big and not what we ordered, he told me "they no longer make the pool yo I told pat it's not my problem that they sold me a pool they no longer make, that's not the pool we ordered or agreed on. Pats reply- "take it or leave it". Great business and communication skills huh. I am a contractor, I have been for a long time. I would never in my life tell a customer "take it or leave it". That was the straw that broke this camels back. My wife was completely done with this whole situation the day the big dope came on Labor Day wearing slippers but they had our money and we were locked into a contract. After the take it or leave it I threw them off the job, they had to bring a dump truck full of dirt back to fill the hole in my yard and we had to get a lawyer involved to get our $8,000 deposit back that that animal Toni was trying to keep. The check finally came today (July 13th) which is much more then the "deposits will be refunded in 30 days" bullshit in their paperwork. I'll be waiting until the check clears to post this review because i know that sad excuse for a human being will cancel it. If you've read this far and have read the other horrible reviews she has please do yourself a favor and stay far away from these scumbags! read more

I would give zero stars if I could. Do not waste your money and time on this business. I haven't even swam in my pool yet and I wish I never put out this kind of money for it. read more

Completely misdiagnosed my pool problems and then never returned my calls to get things fixed. Called multiple times, sent emails, spoke to the owner. Fortunately I got things fixed after going someplace else. I've spent a lot of money here and was a loyal customer but clearly they don't care about customer service and don't stand behind their work. read more

Worst experience ever... if you're considering using them check with the better business bureau first. You will see a list of people complaining. I didn't check and after a few bad experiences with them, I checked. I had the same exact issues with them as others did. They started out with lots of promises and assured us that they are the company to use but half way through it became a really bad situation and the owner is off limits once there is an issue. You might save a few dollars but it's not worth the headache.. read more

Staff is super friendly and helpful. I've had a dreadful experience at other locations. The pool store went out of its way multiple times to correct problems other businesses created. They are super busy, but trust me the weight is worth it. Thank you pool store for going out of your way read more

Negative stars,thee absolute worst company I've ever dealt with in my life.Communication is God awful,still waiting on an email back from the owner tony in sicklerville,from back in October. They closed my pool and didn't take the timer clips off,so the pool turned on at 10am after they closed it earlier in the am. So the new pump that I paid extra for them to install(because of the warranty ) ran for 8hrs dry! Long story short and a hundred calls from my end and emails from my end, they came out a month later and took the pump to the shop. Just called them this April to see about my pump,they couldn't find it and would call me back. No call back,I called the next day. They found it!!!!! You'd think the owner would have it installed and open the pool at a discounted price, if not for free. Nope,they installed it,and wanted to charge 250 to open lol. So who knows if the pump works,I'm sure they'll come right out if it doesn't . Oh and they didn't bring the right parts,so the one guy had to go get parts,leaves the tailgate down while driving,pool chemicals all over the road,a lady hit the buckets and cops ended up on scene. But overall just a great company read more

We wanted to install an inground pool and did much research on who to choose for installation. After hearing some horror stories of other companies and their installation and many many contractors that were at their home, we chose to go with The Pool Store! For starters, Toni the owner INSTANTLY made us feel comfortable in designing our pool and this was not about money or dollar amount. At one point she even told us we can always install things at a later date (heater and salt water) instead of us stressing out over budgets. She guided in the right direction and assured us the pool would be perfect. Well she was not lying because we truly could not be happier with our experience and outcome of our pool. Secondly, all of the contractors that came to our home worked for and with Toni/ The Pool Store and EVERYONE was on the same page during the entire process. The office called me multiple time to always inform me of the next process and steps to expect including who would be at our home and why. Communication is key for us and I couldn't boast more about it. The office sent us photos of pools so we could give it to our children for Christmas because this pool was a surprise. They worked with us every step of the way! All of my many questions were answered and my worries subsided because of the ladies in the office and Toni's reassurance that we will have an amazing summer of 2017! Overall, our pool was completed in 3 1/2 weeks, start to finish, and add in a little snow to that time frame too! I can't thank the pool store enough and Toni for her amazing team she has! read more

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I went with this place to open my pool and its a huge huge regret. Please dont waste your time or hard earned money here. The WORST customer service I've ever encountered. I was blatantly called a liar on the phone and in person when I demanded my money back since they had not done what they were supposed to. They literally took my cover off of my pool and rolled it up with algae and leaves still on it and threw it in my shed. All of the water on my tarp went into the pool after the guys said it wouldnt. So I paid $213.99 for them to dump dirty water in my pool and roll up my dirty tarp. When I called about how unhappy I was, I was told there was nothing they would do and I would not get a refund. I was yelled at on the phone by the owner/manager Tony and told I was lying. They are so very unprofessional I am surprised they are still open. When my husband got home, he called and was told they were too busy to take his call. Really? So we made the trip to the store and told to my face again that I was lying. Then I was promised an hour long vacuuming and that was done today The guys were in and out within a half hour. Im just done. Please go somewhere else. Oh and dont ever expect a call back if they say they will. I never got one in the 2 weeks I was involved with this headache. And I was hung up on as well. Just beware. I will never go back. Ever. Horrible human beings. read more

Horrible customer service. I made an appointment for a service repair. They never showed up on the scheduled day nor did they call. I called later that day and they said that they would call me back. No return phone call was received. I called back the following morning to see my appointment was going to be rescheduled. They placed me on hold for about 10 minutes and told me that a service tech was in my neighborhood and was going to stop by after that appointment. No one ever stopped by that day nor did they even call to advise that they were not going to show again. I would not recommend them to anyone read more

Mike came out to assess our pool for service contract in late April. Although he came out and started , he or they as a company, never followed up and our pool became green and smelly. Many text messages and many promises I was left disappointed. It is now June 5th and we have a green pool and are going with another service company in our area. I would not recommend dealing with this company. I run a successful service company and know the value of follow up and customer satisfaction read more

This was my first experience with The Pool Store. The crew who came out to close my pool were extremely professional, knowledgeable, and friendly. read more

I hate to give a bad review, but when you have to call a company everyday to remind them that they started working on opening your pool a week ago, it's unprofessional. We were constantly promised on the phone that someone would be out to do this or that the following day, and sure enough we were let down each day. They got increasingly more distant as soon as they had our credit card info. The complimentary pool cleaning can't clean the unproductive and unprofessional tastes in our mouths. Could not wait for them to finish their week and a half long process to open our pool (aka tuck liner) so that we could move onto bigger and better things. Go elsewhere! read more

Fantastic business. I highly recommend The Pool Store! We used other companies to open and close our pool and were very disappointed. The Pool Store took away all of our worries. They spent their time doing everything correctly. We have had them open and close our pool and they were wonderful. I called a few times about issues I had with other things and they kindly helped me troubleshoot the problems and I was able to fix them myself. They could have easily declined to be so helpful and had me spend money for them to come out. Their prices are very reasonable. I don't have a bad word to say about them. I have had nothing but great experiences with this company. A definite 5 stars from me. I would give more if I could! read more

These guys just screwed me ROYAL.. Never showed up and when i called they just blew me off, VERY unprofessional and NON-Caring. Will never use them again!!!!! save yourself the AGGGGGG Bill Myers Sr. Mullica Hill,NJ read more

how about negative -10 stars.. this place is a complete disgrace for a business!!! i have no idea how this place is still in business. we have been going through nothing but headaches for over a year. the owner takes on way too many jobs just to take your money and she has workers to complete the jobs!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE- IT WILL BECOME YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.. (if i wrote specifics on what they did wrong i would be here til tomorrow writing a novel) read more

I only gave this pool store a 1 star is because i couldn't give it a 0 star. Completely unprofessional. Don't ever expect to get a call back because they are always to busy or lazy. When you call and question why no one shows up you get the run around and change their stories. If your like me and call someone out on their BS they get defensive and try and make it like you did something wrong. Not even sure why i gave this company another chance after the fall season when i watched one of their closers scrap dogshit of their shoe into my pool and try to say they didn't do it. read more

Thank you to everyone at The Pool Store for everything you do did to bring our backyard to life! We LOVE our new in ground pool! The process was easy and we appreciated Toni and Cheryl for keeping us informed every step of the way!! Cheryl was awesome as she always took the time to email me in a timely matter and was especially very patient with my millions of questions! Thank you again for a beautiful pool that we are looking forward to making many memories in! read more

I used the Pool Store last August to install my inground pool last summer 2018. From the very beginning, Toni, the owner was awesome. She went over the entire process, did not try to sell us on anything extra, and was upfront on what would we would be in for. The process went as planned and on schedule. Pat the Engineer was a true professional when he came out to mark out and answered all of our questions. Toni gave us her personal cell phone and snytime I did text her, she had an answer for me within the hour. From the permit process to the installation, all of the workers were on time and profesdional. I also used them to open and close my pool with no issues. I even emailed Toni about my opening and she got right back to me within a day. Not sure why people are so negative but Im sure you had nasty attitudes. Toni will work with you on any issue if you are nice and polite. You get more with honey than vinegar. read more

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Very rude people who lie to customers because they are incompetent and almost impossible to get on the phone. This place is a joke, don't do it! read more

Not sure what happened to this company . They went downhill really fast . Absolute inefficiency, lack of attention to detail and to their clients. Scheduled an opening . Came out to open pool, left safety fence on after requesting it be taken off several times. Threw the timer clamps into grass and I had to scout around to find them. Left no sight glass near pump and water was pouring out . Called them back to schedule a cleaning. Never showed. Called office...( different person each time ) and they had no record of it. Came out again to replace sight glass but not remove fence ( said it wasn't on schedule ..again ! ). Asked them to do it while there. Guys were nice enough to take care of it. Waiting another day for the re-scheduled cleaning....again no show. Again called office ( again another different person answering phone ) and again no record of cleaning scheduled. After being over charged, my equipment tossed around and/or missing, leaving leaks on pool pump area and many many missed appointments..I've had enough . Doesn't seem to be consistency in the office because you speak to someone new each time and there is no follow up to anything. read more

I was hoping I didn't have to give them 1 star. They came here took the cover off my pool and left never brought the water level up to the level line. Finally my Boyfriend told them we want the pool open? Cleaned and closed. Oh I forgot they threw something in to shock it. They finally came back told me to be patient with then and I told them I would be. I was told to give them 900.00 cash and a check for $900,00 dated August 10,2018 which they cashed the next day. I was told on a Friday my pool would be crystal clear Saturday, I was also told they would be here everyday until the pool was right. Never happened. My boyfriend went to the store and was told we should be ashamed at the way we had are pool? It was black. Yes my pool is black it was paint black day one. They keep $800.00 and gave him a check back for $1000.00. I would not recommend them to put and s plastic pool. Very Un professional. Said they took 9 bags of leaves out of the pool. They through some leaves in the yard. NEVER AGAIN read more

They are not customer friendly. It is the worst customer service I have experienced. After the sales call and payments you can't get them to call you back. They absolutely do not return phone calls. They do not show up when they say they will. Customer service is very poor. They only make excuses and broken promises. They get mad when you ask questions or want answers. If they had called and kept us informed about all the changes in the plan or schedule that would probably help with the frustrations but they did't. They just don't show up when they say they will. This didn't happen once but has happened 5 times. They screen calls and do not call back after leaving multiple messages. Every time you call you get the same excuse they are with a customer and will call you back and they NEVER call back. At this point I feel like they took our money and abandoned us. read more

The Pool store closed my pool last fall in late October. Five days later the cover fell in the pool. My husband called them repeatedly to come out and fix the problem. They said they didn't have anyone available. Eventually, the pool froze and we couldn't do anything except watch our pool fill with debris and leaves. They should have returned our calls and offered a free opening or something. When we opened the pool this Spring, our pool was very dirty and the pipe was cracked and they never even plugged up my pool. Pool 101!! I would not recommend using this unreliable and incompetent Pool Store for anything. Twp Resident read more

Horrible customer service, zero stars not an option. There were 3 employees behind the counter and one other customer in the store besides myself and my bf. Never acknowledged us once and we had to listen to them banter with the customer about how inferior women were. Another customer walked in, an older gentleman, who they waited on in front of us, Still never acknowledging us and then began making some rude comments to him about "how old he had gotten." We dropped everything we both had in our hands on the floor and walked out. Will drive the extra 15 minutes to the other pool places. Completely unprofessional. read more

Awesome Job! I cant say enough good things. They installed our ingroud vinyl pool in our yard (that was very tight and no room). Everyone was nice from the owner to the guys that closed the pool after installation. I would recommend The Pool Store to anyone interested in a new inground pool install or service/repairs. read more

They were working on our pool and the motor broke. The weather was hot. They left our pool with a broken motor for over a week. After several days of calling and asking when someone would be out we had to call another company to come and fix our motor. A pool can't stay open and not work in hot weather. They called 10 days later and said someone was coming out. 10 days are you kidding me. I complained to managers/ the owners daughter and anyone I could get on the phone and that didn't get me anywhere but frustrated. Bottom line they don't care. They won't be in business long. read more