got alot of rain here in not so sunny miami in the last week. so went to the pool store to have the water tested.
right in front of me, he used a bottle of water to test for ph and stabalizer that did not come from my pool. i noticed the very same bottle at all 3 of the test stations. he did use my water to test for chlorine and calcium though.
turns out i needed 8 lbs of sodium bicarbonate(baking soda) and 4 lbs of stabilizer.
ROFL, buyer beware. im a do it yourselfer mostly. i just added 1/2 a gallon of acid last week because testing said i need a gallon. i know rain water would take care of part of it, and iof anything, i should have needed a little more acid, not 8 lbs of sodium bicarb.
and if i had listened to him, i would be adding 2 gallons of acid next week to counter the super high ph the 8 lbs of bicarb would have created.
i am so sick of people. pinch a penny pool supplies.
the time when you used to be able to count on a professional telling you what you needed and then giving you JUST what you needed have been gone a long time. car dealers, realtors, electicians, plumbers, all of them.
people wonder why the majority of people in large cities are angry all the time and always acting like you are trying to steal from them. well, its not parinoia if they REALLY ARE all trying to steal from you. people are more than likely to be do it yourselfers in small towns. and a bad rep from a professional would spell the end of his carrier in a small town.
in a large city however, it doesnt matter if you **** off 100 people catching you trying to rob you, because they know their competors will do the same, and there will be 1000 new customers to rob right behind you when you walk out the door.
thats probably why service is so bad in most big cities. and problably why most people look really pissed every time they walk in to a car dealer, realtors office, or even.....the local pool store.
i watched a man wheel out a shoping cart of chemicals to his car the pool guy said he needed.
i said nothing. no point. the next place would rob his stupid **** too.
buyer beware.