As stated by other customers...AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
I wish we would have seen these reviews before purchasing from this store. However, we spent a lot of time researching which spa we wanted, and this was the only store in Boise that sold it. So, we bought without investigating the dealer. With many of the details left out, here is our experience:
During the purchase of our new home, we decided to purchase a swim spa from Spa Center Inc the first week of October 2022. We paid a substantial deposit. The owner, Mr. Hoy told us to contact "his concrete guy" to prep the area for the spa, and assured us that it was an easy process and "his guy" would have no problems.
We closed on our house within days of the purchase of the spa. The concrete guy came out to the house right away. He had a lot of questions before he could start. We tried to reach Spa Center Inc. and Mr. Hoy...no answer...no call back. The concrete guy tried to call days later with no luck either. Many days pass. Mr. Hoy called us asking us to come down and pay the balance of the spa. We agreed to go down the next day. We arrived at the store during normal business hours to find it closed for the day. We called and left a message for him. This was probably the only time he actually returned our call. He apologized, and asked if we could come down over the weekend. We agreed, and paid the balance the next day. It took some time for the concrete guy to get all of his questions answered and a plan for the prep. And while we waited, the weather began to change. So it took even longer to get the ground prepped for the delivery of the spa.
Jump forward to November. The delivery can finally happen 11/29/22, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. We waited to hear from Mr. Hoy on Monday...no call. Tuesday morning arrives...no call. We went down to the store to find it closed for the day. There is was note on the door that says they will return 11/29/22 at 10 AM. We stopped by Spa Center Inc. the afternoon on the 29th and nobody was there, and nobody answered the phone. We decided to also send an email. Wednesday afternoon we returned to the store to find a new note on the door that says, "We will return tomorrow". So someone had been there, and not returned our calls or email.
We went to the store everyday for a week, hoping that someone would show up. Finally, on 12/06/22, Mr. Hoy was in the store when we arrived. After discussing that we were upset that nobody was communicating with us about our purchase and delivery, he became very belligerent and unprofessional with us. He had me in tears. We asked for our money back, and he said we would have to sue him. He yelled at us to leave his store. We almost left, when he stopped us. He changed his tone and said he didn't want to lose us as customers. He then offered a rebate for all the trouble and the delivery within a couple days. We agreed.
12/08/22, (Day of delivery) the day was getting late, and we had not heard from Mr. Hoy, and again, he was not answering our calls, so we went to the store. We discovered that our spa had been damaged by the forklift he was using. A new one had to be ordered. Fast forward to 2/17/2023. There had been numerous unanswered calls, many stops into the store, many unpleasant words spewed at us, but the spa had finally arrived. By 2/24/23, the spa was delivered to our home. However, not everything that was in our purchase agreement showed up with the delivery guys to include the rebate he offered. We tried to resolve this with Spa Center Inc and Mr. Hoy in person and through a "Demand Letter". With out resolve, he has left us no choice but to file with ADA County Small Claims Court, and File a complaint with the AG through the Consumer Protection Act.
This has been the WORST purchasing experience of my life!!!! read more