Let me start at the end: I had a spa. I no longer have one. I have no idea where it is.
In the beginning, April, 2013, I read the Yelp reviews and called Spa Mover to see about moving and storing my spa. The owner was cordial and professional sounding, and showed up on the appointed day, removed the spa without damaging it, I paid him his fee in cash, and we agreed he would take the spa to his warehouse, clean it, fill it, and sell it. He quoted a sale price of around $2,000, and said he would earn his money by installing it for the new buyer.
A couple months went by, and I checked with him. He was evasive, said he hadn't had time to get it set up.
A couple more months went by, and I checked with him. He was more evasive, and said he hadn't had time to set it up.
The next time I was able to reach him (after multiple attempts) he suggested that the spa be taken out to the Dell Diamond by his company to sell at an expo that was going to be held. I agreed.
More time went by. More phone calls were not returned. By the way, I'm still talking about 2013.
Finally I caught him on the phone, and the story suddenly became a little different: he had "consigned" the spa to an unnamed company to sell at the Dell expo, and when I asked how much it sold far he stammered a little bit and then said "$1,500." I was surprised, and quite suspicious whether that was the correct price. And also, he now had charged me a "commission" of $300, and assured me he would have a "cashier's check" to me within days.
Forward into 2014. I call now and then and leave messages asking for a return call, and he never calls back. I of course have never seen the "cashier's check." I emailed through his website, with no response.
I assume, given the history outlined here, that I will never see my spa again, and never receive the funds promised.
It's surprising and disappointing that a guy running a company doesn't return phone calls. It's surprising to me that the story changed so much over time. I was also surprised to learn that my recourse is only via civil court, i.e. small claims court.
I hope at least someone is enjoying a high end, bargain priced spa somewhere.
My advice to anyone considering using this company is to consider very carefully what I have said here.
UPDATE: Within hours of posting the above review, I suddenly got a call from the guy I called the owner, Austin. I called him the owner because in my earlier dealings his comments had led me to believe he is the owner. Now, suddenly he was just a simple employee, and "they" had moved him to Houston some time ago, therefore he didn't know about all my phone calls, etc, and he'd just gotten the information I had never been paid for the spa at the mysterious alleged sale at Dell Diamond. The tale he told was yet a different version of who sold the spa, and yet a different version of why "they" had planned (I say planned because to that point I had received no payment) to charge me a commission. I won't bore you with all the details of the conversation, but will report that Austin appeared on my doorstep the following day, Saturday, and handed my wife 15 hundred dollar bills, and asked her to sign an electronic receipt. So, a year after driving away with my spa, I finally received some money for it. I attribute the sudden contact and payment directly to this Yelp review. I still have no certainty regarding how much the spa sold for, but at this stage, after all this, I accepted the funds offered.
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