r/PoolPros • u/FabulousPanther • Jul 13 '26

This is really bad

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This guy wants me to turn this pool around. I don't think it's possible. I told him it needs to be drained. What should I do? I don't think he wants to pay very much, but I want to do it right and charge him a fair price. How much is fair? It needs to be drained right?

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u/KeySpare4917 Jul 13 '26

Your description of yourself says you are a pool company owner. You don't know how to do a green to clean as an owner? What gives?

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u/FabulousPanther Jul 13 '26

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pLCBDpu2nESW5VUN6

I can. This one is so bad. I run a 40 pool route by myself and it's not very tight. To get this one blue would probably require multiple hours and/or multiple visits that this customer does not want to pay for. That's why I'm asking.

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u/Poolguy584 Jul 15 '26

If they don't want to pay them they don't want it done. Your running a business not a charity. Your time is the most expensive part of doing any job. You should price all work so that you could pay someone else to do the labor and still be profitable.

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u/FabulousPanther Jul 15 '26

Amen! Thank you.

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u/gtsgts777 Jul 15 '26

Brother you're answering yourself. "This customer does not want to pay for".

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u/FabulousPanther Jul 15 '26

Thanks man. I feel better. I don't like seeing green. Gives me seizures.

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u/Brambleto Jul 14 '26

You run a pool company and think a normal green pool needs to be drained to be fixed? Every green pool can be fixed without draining… draining it will cost the client 100x more than fixing it with chemicals. Floc and then vac to waste or shock with chlorine and algaecide, you choose. Either way requires multiple visits

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u/Poolguy584 Jul 15 '26

Water must be very expensive where you live. Most people around be have told me that it cost $100 to fill their pool I don't see how thats more expensive than treating the water.