I would like to express my displeasure with the Wise Pool & Spa company for pool opening service 5/19/2021.
Upon arriving home to check out the pool, I noticed that it was extremely dirty inside. There was dirt on the steps and some miscellaneous debris inside the pool I noticed my pool vacuum was running along the inside of pool. This was very disturbing and I called the office of Wise Pool but they were closed for the evening so I made several attempts the following day until I finally got someone to take my call. That person identified himself as "Mike"... I shared with Mike why I was calling and I asked what service did he perform for $350
Mike replied - We remove the cover and "clean" and install stairs, railing, chemicals. I asked what did he clean and he said the pool cover! I replied that is not what I assumed I was paying for. The goal was to not have to go through the process of having to clean up the pool from the off season and drain the pool to the appropriate level, clean, remover dirt debris, add chemicals and repair or recommend repairs if my system doesn't meet all check points.
Mike replied - We don't do that. It would take up too much time. I could see no more than 6 or 7 people a day and I'm way too busy.
I shared with Mike that I had experience with pool service competitors that have opened multiple pools and their service programs include scrub the tiles, sides, steps, floor and vacuum pool in addition to adding chemicals and equipment check. Mike again stated that he doesn't do that because it takes up too much time and sorry for the misunderstanding.
I told Mike had I known that I was paying for Wise Pool & spas (he) to remove my cover and add chemicals that I would had solicited a couple neighbors to help perform those few things. His comment to that was well what do you do for maintenance? I replied, I perform my weekly chemical checks & cleaning but that I did not want to open or close the pool and that's why I called on Wise pool & spa to perform it. Again, Mike's only reply was "sorry for the misunderstanding".
There are a couple things I find wrong with my conversation with Mike of Wise Pool & spa and those are -
1. There was no attempt made to ensure my satisfaction from the clear lack of service performance that I had received for his rate of $350 for Pool Opening. Only "sorry for the misunderstanding"
2. I have mesh pool cover that is roughly 20' x 35' in dimension and I had taken my leaf blower and cleaned it off the evening prior to my scheduled appointment that they did not call to confirm as they promised. My spouse called that morning to check to see if they were still coming after multiple calls only to get their answering machine. Finally someone answered the sales line and verified our service was still scheduled.
3. Third, based on the dimension of my pool cover, I don't know where Mike could have "cleaned it" as he said he did because I don't have the lay down area around the pool decking to accommodate laying it out flat to clean but then again, I don't know what Mike's - Wise Pool & spa definition of "cleaning" is... There was no evidence that it was laid out in the yard so curious what cleaning occurred.
In closing - we decided to use Wise Pool to open our pool this season because we had purchased a new pool vacuum and other products a few years ago from them and they relocated from their former location to less than 5 minutes from our home so we wanted to support them further but after the poor performance in field service and the difficulty reaching anyone by phone even when there are 3 to 4 employees cars parked daily when you pass by their office, we will move on and give our business to a local competitor.
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