We get a lot of questions about our 110% low price match massage chair policy so I figured I’d take this blog post to explain it to you. If you find a competitor carrying one of the same chairs that we carry, for a lesser price, we will not only match the price of the competitor, but beat it by 10% of the difference between their price and ours. Now this is where some folks get confused. We do not take off 10% of the price of the competitors chair. We take the price of the competitors chair and subtract that amount from our price. We then take 10% of that difference and subtract that from the price of the competitor’s chair. That is the price for you.
For example, let’s say we have a chair priced at $4999. Now, let’s say you find another site on the internet that sells the exact same massage chair for $4299. The difference in price is $700. 10% of that amount is $70. We would then take that amount off the price of the competitor’s chair, which would bring the $4299 chair down to $4229. Does that make sense? I hope so. If it doesn’t give us a call and we can explain it over the phone.
There are a few rules with our 110% low price match:
1. The online store must have the identical massage chair priced accurately at the time you submit your request.
2. Our Low Price Guarantee does not apply to out-of-stock, previously owned/used, special order, or e-Bay items.
3. All price matches must be submitted prior to ordering.
4. Our Low Price Guarantee takes into account the cost of the competitor’s chair AND their shipping & handling costs AND any applicable sales tax that may apply.What this means is that if you are looking at getting a chair from a local store in your state, obviously you are going to have to pay sales tax. When we consider the total price of the competitor chair, we take into account that sales tax amount and subtract the total competitor price (including the sales tax, of course) from our price and take 10% off from that difference. The same applies to shipping or handling costs that a store may charge for the chair (online or offline store).
5. No close-outs, misprints, special buys, special promotions, or liquidations.
6. Applicable to continental US shipments in US Dollars only.
7. Visa Gift Cards do not qualify for 110% low price match purchases. In other words, once a final price is figured out, the Visa Gift Card offer will not apply to the price-matched chair.
8. Price matches are good for a 1 week period. If you return to purchase your new massage chair from Massage-Chair-Relief.com beyond 1 week from the time we did the initial price match, pricing of our competitor will have to be confirmed again and a new price match offered.
Well, I hope that makes sense. It is a wonderful program and we use it all the time. Call us if you have a price that you want us to beat or if you just have more questions about our 110% low price match. Our number is 888-259-5380. Or you can call our showroom at 801-651-2026.
We just received notice of a new color for the Inada Sogno massage chair model. Dark brown has been added to the repertoire of colors for this popular massage chair. The inventory is apparently quite light for this color, but it is in stock and
Inada Sogno - new dark brown color
I should have the option up on our website within 24 hours. It is a more “traditional” brown, without the reddish tinge that the current chocolate brown color has.
I saw a short review video from zedomax.com this week on the Acutouch 9500 massage chair by Human Touch. I have talked about this new model from Human Touch a few times on this blog. So far we know that:
1.) it’s MSRP will be $5999
2.) the 9500 will be an upgraded model of the popular HT-1650 massage chair by Human Touch, which has since been discontinued preparatory to the release of the Acutouch 9500.
3.) the 9500 will be released some time in the fall of 2010, perhaps as early as September.
4.) the chair look is like the HT-1650, but with a different stitching on the leather upholstery.
5.) the ottoman is supposed to lift off the floor, unlike the HT-1650, which sits on the floor in full position.
Well, I have included the video from zedomax.com for your perusal. It goes over the iPad/iTouch/iPhone interactivity with the chair, called HT-Connectivity. It has standard programs, but has also added programs designed specifically by certain professionals who have had input on the programs available through the HT-connectivity feature. I really like the feature where the user can pick three areas of focus and emphasis and the chair will work on those three areas, specifically.
Here is another video, this one created by Human Touch, which shows how to use the iPhone to control the massage:
Very cool! I will like this chair. We, at Massage Chair Relief, already loved the HT-1650 so we can’t wait for the Acutouch 9500 to hit the market.
Hhhhmmm, I wonder what percent of the population have iPhones/iTouch/iPads?
We finally made enough room in our showroom to justify getting one of the new Omega zero gravity massage chairs. Omega came out late last year with two new models, the Skyline and the Serenity. Both nice chairs, but we liked the design
Serenity Massage Chair
of the Serenity and thought it would be cool to have it in our showroom, so that is the one we ordered.
Easy set up and quite a light chair. That made it easy to move around and unpack. We got the white one, which really stands out in our showroom compared to the typical black and dark-colored massage chair models. It is very stylish as you can tell from the image here. The chair retails for $2499 and comes with a standard 1 year comprehensive/3 year limited warranty. We include our $200 Visa Gift Card with that, which essentially brings the price down to $2299. The chair comes in white, black, and brown…pretty standard colors.
It is a very stylish design. The back rollers are not on a track so they do not move up and down your back. The stay isolated primarily to the mid to lower back. There are airbags in the shoulders, neck, buttock, and legs. The Skyline model is exactly the same on the inside, but with different outer design.
If there is one question we get more than any other in this business, it’s whether insurance will cover the cost of a massage chair purchase. I have no certain answer for you. As a matter of fact, in the 7 years I have been selling massage chairs, I have only heard of two where a third party paid for the chair and both instances had to do with disability/handicap situations where the chair was paid for by certain governmental departments that were paying for rehab of some sort.
If anyone out there has had their health insurance pay for a massage chair, please let us know about it. Feel free to call me at our showroom at 801-417-8240 and share your experience with me. We’d love to share your success with other clients who ask about the possibility of having their health insurance cover all or some of the massage chair purchase.
Perhaps there is some code that the insurance companies accept for massage chair sales; perhaps you have purchased the chair and then submitted the bill to your insurance company and received reimbursement for your expense; perhaps a doctor prescribed a massage chair to you and the insurance company then paid for the chair for you.
Whatever your story, we’d like to hear about it for the sake of all our readers.
Steffanie and I are just minding our own business doing work at the Massage Chair Relief showroom when we hear the doorbell go off, notifying us that someone is in our showroom. Before we could even get up and see who it was, Bear, the Utah Jazz mascot runs in through our back office door and surprises the dickens out of us. Naturally, we were excited. But, as soon as we realized who was in our showroom, we immediately asked if we could take some pictures of him in our massage chairs. He didn’t say anything (duh, no mascot says anything!), so we escorted him to our chairs and took these photos:
It was a lot of fun when Bear was here. After he got up from the massage chairs, I could tell he wanted to ask questions and talk, but he was true to his no-talk mandate. I’m sure he’ll be back as a civilian someday to ask those questions he couldn’t ask yesterday.
I just realized that it’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog entry. You are probably chomping at the bit for more massage chair info, aren’t you! Well, nothing too terribly exciting to report. We are still waiting on the new Acutouch 9500 massage chair by Human Touch; Inada will be introducing a new color for the Sogno in a few weeks; we will finally be getting one of the new Omega zero gravity massage chairs in our showroom, now that we have sold the Montage floor model.
I also have another video to share with you of the Inada Sogno massage chair. We get asked all the time if we will make videos of other chairs. YES, we will. I am just too dang busy or lazy to get them done. But, we will be doing them later this summer on other models.
This video introduces the headpiece function of the Inada Sogno, which is very unique. It is the only chair that has a headpiece like this. Check it out…
I just got word this morning that Human Touch is now out of the stock on the HT-1650 massage chair and no more will be made! That is it…the end of the life cycle of one of our most popular chairs. Of course, we can all now wait for the Acutouch 9500 massage chair, which is a sister to the HT-1650, but with some improvements. Rumor has it that it will be out in September for the general public. I am excited to see this new chair. Features that I’ve heard, which differentiate this chair from the HT-1650 include the ottoman being able to be lifted off the ground, remote programming from an iphone, different stitching of the leather upholstery, and a higher price point.
I had a couple come into the showroom on Friday last week and they taught me something about the Sanyo 7700 massage chair that I had never heard before. This would apply to the 7700 and the Sanyo 8700 massage chair too. It has to do with the sensor that comes with these chairs. As you may or may not know, you can put your hand on the sensor and the chair will read your pulse rate, perspiration, and temperature as part of the scan feature of the chair. Most chairs have a scanning feature of some sort so that the chair can figure out where your spine needs the most attention. The scan typically involves the rollers going up and down your spine to determine areas of tightness and to assess the shape and size of your spine.
Well, Sanyo also added a sensor that checks the aforementioned pulse rate, perspiration, and temperature while the rollers are assessing your body type. And, on the new Sanyo 8700 massage chair, there is also a “stress” sensor built in. Don’t ask me how it works…I have no idea (sounds cool though, eh?)
Now, here is the tip: if the sensor is having difficulty getting a read on your body, put some lotion on your hand and the sensor will be able to read your skin better. The gal who came to our showroom was not getting a good read on her hand (maybe it was too dry or something like that), so she asked for some lotion to put on her hands, as she had been coached by someone else to do that when she tried out the Sanyo 7700 in another store in Nashville. Well, I know I had a deer in the headlights look on my face, because she said she wasn’t kidding and that it really worked. So, I got her the lotion and, sure enough, she got an immediate reading.
Well, nothing too terribly exciting to report. We are still waiting on the new Acutouch 9500 massage chair by Human Touch; Inada will be introducing a new color for the Sogno in a few weeks; we will finally be getting one of the new Omega zero gravity massage chairs in our showroom, now that we have sold the Montage floor model.
Order Online or Offline
Customer Service Cares
100% Money-Back Guarantee*
Worldwide Shipping
