ps- someone emailed me (sorry i deleted as i thought it was a post here.) to ask me where i am getting my autopilot from. i assume because it was such a great price. for 2 reasons, i think i better decline to say as:

1) the company if they follow through on plans to have a greater focus on supplying canadians and do as i think they will do for a canadian strategy, would from my research of u.s. online stores, have a first (as is typical, u.s. businesses not realizing that pools and of course..spas, are major business here as well. i mean in you're in the eastern part of u.s. especially , you're missing the ottawa valley, montreal, toronto population of say 14 million..and there are lots of pools out that way. even in my city of 78,000 in what is typically not pool country, there are 2500 pools..35,000 pools in calgary which is only a million population)

2) it was a special deal with a 10% discount on their sale price plus free shipping as a thank you for providing info on how to best sell to canadians, shipping, brokerage fees etc. basically, i worked for it..and the sales manager was kind enough to give me a great deal!