Yup this is my creative side here.This is a great story .Try to think outside the box.
After 22 years, we finally filled in our built in pool last summer because of the repair costs .
We went out and bought an expensive Above Ground pool(Prox Retail price around $8k I think...it was part of a package deal with the Demolition and fill in of the built-in pool so I could be off a little on the price although definitely above $5k) that is :
33' Long, 18' Wide , and 5' Deep. This is no Walmart pool here folks.High quality everything. So the ground never hardened up enough last year to install it .
This year we see that we just don't have the room for it.
So...It is sitting in Boxes at the Retail Pool store warehouse in Baltimore , Maryland.
I am looking to trade it for a NIB Pinball machine that would be of interest to us here .I am willing to add some cash if necessary.
Someone and their family could really be enjoying this next summer and for years to come.
Most likely pickup in a good size truck or van would be the way to go here.Field Trip ?
If someone out there in the Pinside universe is seriously interested in this trade, please pm me for more specifics.
Thanks for reading my diatribe.....

Apathy Bump.

Very clever bump.

Landscape changed around the fill site as settlement occurred.One foot here and there makes a difference on the edges needed as leveling areas.That's how it goes sometimes doncha' know....

The pool frame,liner, $1000 pump and filter(which includes a return that you should know of course having run a pool store), and ladder.Yep, all $8K worth.This is high end stuff.Sounds like you may not have sold the really good stuff where you worked.There are really big differences in pools and prices as you should also know.
You can buy your own skimmer, vacuum, and chemicals for a couple hundred bucks. Sound fair?

And yeah the repairs on the built in included far more than $12k and was costing more than $1k a yr in repairs the last few years.Above ground pools cost far less in repairs and operating costs.

Yes.

And , as I stated before, I am more than ok giving the Name and telephone # for the pool store to a serious trade person to verify that the product exists and what costs are.

I know that this is one of the only Above Ground Pool Frames that will support the weight of an adult if that person were to sit on the top edge of the frame.That type of activity is not encouraged, of course, due to safety concerns.I know that the frame is also not supposed to rust.Specifically I would have to call the store I purchased it from.I already have a call in to them on a message about another question that I had.
That Pool store designs , sells, and installs $50,000+ built-in pools quite frequently.

Btw, I am only looking for a Stern Pro NIB of a title that we don't have. I would never expect to get Retail Value for this trade.

OK guess that I will cancel this trade offer due to Extreme lack of interest.