...and this...
...all the blue covering was literally melting away. We were annoyed, but we weren't sure if this was suppose to happen with the heat or not.
But we knew we were in real trouble when we went out one day and found a spring laying in the dirt. Then slowly more and more springs were found, resulting in this...
...a great big hole from all the missing springs. There was no way to repair it, the whole thing was literally disintegrating. It really looked like it had been set on fire.
This was not a cheap trampoline and it was really heavy duty-we thought it would be a really good purchase. I would have expected it to look like this after 10 years or so, but we had it only a year and a half.
We bought it at Sam's Club-so I went on their website to see if there were any reviews on it (we usually do this before any major purchase, but this was a new product and there were none at the time). Sure enough, everyone else that had purchased it had the same problem. The company had not put the U.V. coating on it. DUH!! That was quite obvious.
The next time I went to Sam's Club, I asked them if there was anything we could do about it. They said they would give us a refund with our receipt, but we needed to bring it back. Corey spent all day taking the thing down and carefully bundling all the parts and we hauled it back. Thank goodness they were willing to take it back.
My kids have really missed having the trampoline (so have I- it's great entertainment). We will probably purchase another one, but not until we do some research.
Seriously, so disappointing!!
4 comments:
No kidding! Man, I hope ours doesn't do that. We bought ours at Walmart, which is a sister company to Sam's Club. I wonder if it's the same brand. Our cover and padding are gone, but that's because the dog chewed them off. I hope the springs don't go by themselves. What a bummer!
Man, what a pain! Sorry to hear about that. I hate taking even little things back to the store so I can't imagine taking all that down and hauling it. Thankgoodness you'll get your money back at least.
Our trampoline is going also. The springs are coming off just like yours. I told the kids we ought to just get rid of it and not replace it, but I was quickly put in my place. So I guess we will have to replace it.
I'm looking for a trampoline too, let me know if you find a good one....
I'm glad they took it back though! What a relief!
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