Dark on Nostr: Haha unfortunately that hot tub was the worst consumer purchase I’ve ever made. We ...

Haha unfortunately that hot tub was the worst consumer purchase I’ve ever made. We financed the purchase of it 12 years ago. Literally one month after I made the last payment on it, after only 8 years of use, I walked past it and did a random check on the water one December day and noticed that the water was only 72°F. No action on the pumps. Just lukewarm chlorinated water. As I opened the inspection panel on the side, I noticed the smell of burnt electrical insulation. I opened the motherboard enclosure, and it was just a mess of charred boards and wires. I’m likely looking at $2500 to get a new board, reinstall the pumps, and get a new cover which is badly needed. Screw that. I have sats to stack. I figure that between the purchase price, the cost of borrowing, additional electrical consumption, treatment chemicals, service calls and parts, this $13,500 CAD purchase ended up being around $23,000. Plus it went through 4 pumps that were all fortunately covered by warranty. The Bluetooth sound system only worked for about a year before I had to replace the Bluetooth receiver. Then a year after that, it died again and the retractable speakers stopped retracting. Then the amp packed it in.

Sure we had some good times in it and some pretty memorable parties with it full of people, but the per use cost likely worked out to between $30-$40. I should have just bought a quad and I’d likely still have it now for hunting and stuff.