Complaint Review: The Pool Depot Global Sun Pools - Atlanta Georgia

Rip-off Report Investigation:

EDitor's UPDATE: Positive Rating and Recognition has been given to Blue World Pools for its Commitment to Excellence in customer service.

After an investigation by Rip-off Report, we found that Blue World Pools is actively resolving complaints and addresses contractor issues. This EDitor has reviewed the Reports regarding Blue World Pools and has found a real and dedicated effort by Blue World Pools' management team to effectively resolve past, present, and future complaints. Many of which were just misunderstandings and have now been resolved. Rip-off Report found that the number of Reports is so very small in comparison to its total number of customers. We did find some reports that may have been posted by a competitor. Some complaints came from people who did not even purchase a pool from Blue World Pools. Blue World Pools has worked with Rip-off Report to make the changes necessary to give consumers additional confidence and trust to purchase Blue World Pools' swimming pool packages. The truth is, no matter how hard any company may try, including Blue World Pools, there are bound to be a certain number of complaints. No company or individual can ever satisfy everyone, All companies will get complaints How those companies handle those complaints is what separates good businesses from the bad ones.

Rip-off Report Investigation found that Blue World Pools is fully committed to resolving all complaints quickly and doing everything possible to satisfy its customers, whatever it takes. . Blue World Pools also takes appropriate action against any of its contractors who are found to have broken Blue World Pools policies and procedures. We believe that the number of complaints against this company, whether through the Internet or other channels, is very small when put into context of its size.

More importantly, Blue World Pools executives recognizes that complaints posted on Rip-off Report (true or not) are issues that need to be addressed and if handled correctly can be valuable learning opportunities. With the feedback generated by Rip-off Report's Investigation Blue World Pools has made many changes allowing their customers a smooth approach to a complete satisfying experience when purchasing a fun and enjoyable pool. Blue World Pools has great purchasing power because they buy in such a large volume, passing on those savings to their clients the best selection at an affordable price.. ..

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NOW TO THE ORIGINAL REPORT THAT WAS FILED

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The Pool Depot/global Sun Pools ripoff...very poor consumer relations Atlanta Georgia

my mother purchased a pool from them 2 years ago. the cost of the pool was around $7000. ever since then, we have had nothing but harrassement from this company when we call to complain about their product. i wish i had known about this website before she made the purchase.

in april 2004, we ordered a new ionizer chamber for this pool. they billed it to her credit card. the pool was not staying clean like it should have. i found some wires that had come apart, so we called our electrician to come take a look at it. the problem was the transformer that is attached to the ionizer.

on june 2nd, i called global sun pools in atlanta and talked to mr. jim harris and told him we needed a new transformer. it was sent out. a day after we received the transformer, we also received another ionizer chamber. the electrician came back out to install the transformer. when he took it out of the package, the wires were cut into two pieces. we called global sun pools again to inform them of this problem. with it being a saturday, there was nothing they could do about it.

something told me on monday to call the credit card company and see what exactly global sun pools billed onto my mothers credit card. good thing i did. not only did they bill her for the $79 transformer, they also billed her for the $179 ionizer chamber. keep in mind global sun pools was not authorized to charge the second ionizer to her credit card!!! i had then imformed the credit card company that no more billings from the pool depot/global sun pools was to be put on the credit card.

i turned around and called global sun pools to let them know of this. i talked to mr. jim harris, who is supposedly the owner of this company, and tried to explain the situation to him.

after just a couple of minutes on the phone, he started yelling at me like i was a two year old child. he told me that his company does not do unauthorized billings. i then asked him "why would i order a new ionizer chamber in june, when i just ordered one in april?" he could not give me an answer except for "you are a d**n liar." needless to say, my blood pressure had shot up tremendously and all i could do was hang the phone up on him.

i have returned both parts for this pool to him via certified/registered mail, along with a letter to him.

when the salesman came to our home to sell us the pool, he told us that we could only get parts for this pool directly from global sun pools. that is a lie.

this is not the first time we have been treated this way by this company or mr. jim harris, but this is the straw that final broke the camels back as far as doing any kind of business with these people. i wish i would've known about this website before my mother bought this pool.

i would love to see this company go down hill, especially mr. jim harris. if anyone can help, please let me know via email with the subject being "global sun pools rip off". my email address is [email protected]. thank you.

Susan

mulberry, Florida
U.S.A.

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