If you want a salty, rude, inexperienced dealer to do a half-ass job, Jay and his crew at Turbo Tubs, you are your guys. Giving them one star is generous at best.
We bought an overpriced hot tub from them less than two years ago summer of 2021, during the pandemic. No other stores had anything available; Even Turbo Tubs only had two, so we were excited to get something even tho we knew we probably paid a premium for it. We were ok with that. In hindsight a bad idea as it's been problematic from the start.
The digital control panel went out few months after we bought it. Luckily we were still under warranty, and Turbo Tubs came and fixed it for free. After spending so much money on the hot tube, I was disappointed, but at least it was resolved quickly and for free. I thought we should be good now. This was our only positive experience with them.
SERVICE ISSUE 1: A year later, one of the LED bulbs went out. I called Turbo Tub, and they came out to fix it. Unfortunately, this is where things start to go downhill for them. The light was relatively easy to fix and still covered under warranty. However, as the tech was finishing up, I noticed he was trying to leave the spliced wires to the new light exposed before he put the insulation and cover back on. I called him out on it, saying I wanted that to be sealed properly. The last thing I wanted was an electric short from water on exposed wires. His response, "it's low voltage"! WTF? He tried to use wire nuts that were too big, and it failed. Then he got annoyed and said I have to go back to the shop (1 mile away). An hour later, he came back even more annoyed because his truck had broken down. He tried to half-ass use duct tape, which fell apart from his sweaty hands. I suggested he use smaller wire buts and secure it with electrical tape. He lost his cool and said: "fucking customers telling me how to do my job." Once he realized what he said, he quickly tried to apologize and blame it on his annoying day.
SERVICE ISSUE 2: Six months later, during routine maintenance, I had a number of items break. The hoses connecting the headrest to the jets all cracked The few plastic screws from the headrest cushions came outOne of the small light covers behind the headrest broke offSo I called Jay, and he said he would try to squeeze me on Tuesday, 4/18. Tuesday came and went. NO CALL, NO SHOW #1.
I called them to see what happened, and he said the other calls took longer than expected. So he scheduled me for the next Tuesday, 4/25. Again NO CALL, NO SHOW #2.
Called him again, and this time he tried to tell me he didn't have the hoses, which he had confirmed were in stock and even asked me how much I needed. I told him not to worry about the hoses and to come to fix the light. So he schedules me for Monday, 5/1. NO CALL ,NO SHOW #3
At this point, I was done with them and called the manufacturer to complain and find another dealer.
SERVICE ISSUE 3: Today, Tuesday, 5/2, the tech randomly showed up. I figured I'd let him fix the light while he was here. Except he tried to epoxy glue to fill the hole where the light cover had broken off instead of replacing it with the correct part. I stopped him and said what are you doing. He said Jay told him just to glue the hole, and I would never have this problem again. I said why would I want something functional to be permanently unusable, how is that a solution. He said he'll have to order parts. So I called Jay to see what he was thinking, and immediately I get attitude, and he tries to tell me I agreed to that work. I said why would I agree to that and he said 'you didn't even know those were lights" (which was true since I had never seen them light up and they are behind the headrest). I told him that was not the point and that if they had never lit up, there is a bigger problem because he sold me something faulty. He started yelling and said I'm going to hang up on you now, and you find someone else to fix your hot tub.
Wow, just wow. Where is the accountability? Where is the integrity? If you hate your job, go do something else. read more