Post by ootscoot on Nov 12, 2010 21:57:52 GMT -6
I am a brick (and marble/stone) and mortar scooter dealer here in the Santa Barbara area.
I started out selling Lance's Chinese scoots in 2007. We did REALLY good in 2008 - open 7 days a week, three or four scoots a day - record was 12 scoots sold in one day...Very little prep work - just changed the oil, charged the battery, gassed up and out they went...
So...2009. hmmm not so good, gas prices went down, sales went down, the bikes were all falling apart...
Time for a change! bought into the SYM and Adly, quality bikes, moved to a classier store front - new richer commuter clientele for these better bikes.
Now 2010, one of our better years - sold less bikes(310), but spending far less time fixing them. More time enjoying them with customers that are actually happy with their scoots.
I have been asked to:
Now if only I could get rid of that goofy nickname...but my grandson still insists on Ooty...
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I started out selling Lance's Chinese scoots in 2007. We did REALLY good in 2008 - open 7 days a week, three or four scoots a day - record was 12 scoots sold in one day...Very little prep work - just changed the oil, charged the battery, gassed up and out they went...
So...2009. hmmm not so good, gas prices went down, sales went down, the bikes were all falling apart...
Time for a change! bought into the SYM and Adly, quality bikes, moved to a classier store front - new richer commuter clientele for these better bikes.
Now 2010, one of our better years - sold less bikes(310), but spending far less time fixing them. More time enjoying them with customers that are actually happy with their scoots.
I have been asked to:
- move into internet sales
- buyout cheap inventories
- become a distributor
- open more stores...
Now if only I could get rid of that goofy nickname...but my grandson still insists on Ooty...