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Buying Used Hot Tub Spas: Avoiding Costly Purchase Mistakes Of Previously Owned Hot Tubs

By Michelle Rocca
Are you looking to buy a quality used or refurbished hot tub? Ideally, you want to buy a used spa that will not give you problems. The ideal previously owned spa would be a refurbished model. Why buy a reconditioned, refurbished spa?

An ideal refurbished spa:

Would be a common, brand name unit (for future purchase of replacement parts, filters, and supplies)
Would go through a check list;
Would be sanitized;
Would have questionable parts replaced;
Would come with a warranty;
Would have a contact person for follow up concerns or issues.

$250 to get the spa delivered;
You need a new cover ($350 for a cheap one);
Pump seal is leaking ($150);
All the pillows need to be replaced (at least $125);
Usually one or more of the jets are shot ($250 or more to replace several bad hot tub jets).

You now have over $1,900 in that unit that was a great deal for $500.00- and that is if everything else works-which is normally not the case. Remember: there is a reason people are giving them away, which leads to the next concern:

Why are they selling their used spa?

Are they moving?
Are the payments too much to handle?
Are they upgrading to a new hot tub?
Has the hot tub been a headache?

The ideal situation for a previously owned purchase would be that the previous owner was unable to make the payments, and it was repossessed. This is usually the best case scenario to be happy with your pre-owned purchase.