WE are Still Shipping Lance Bikes

[motortoyshop]

For the purposes of not causing "terminoloy" indigestion we'll call what we are doing as just "shipping" Some are being sticklers when I reference buying 20 or 30 bikes shipping them to our warehouse.......PDI'ing them and re-shipping them as NOT being dropshipping, but who cares what you call it. I don't. I just wanted to post this because the header " Lance NO longer dropshipping" is easy to misunderstand as a "consumer" Yes
LANCE is no longer doing it, but the bikes are still available online.......Let just make that clear for the "uneducated" I don't want to see customers leaving this forum thinking they can't get the bikes anymore.

Just thought to make it clear.........2 months ago there were 35 dealers Online selling Lance products......Lance cut that down to 10 one month ago. They did this because most of those dealers were not Licensed. One week after they cut down to 10 we were notified that Lance would not be dropshipping anymore. In talking with the Owner of Lance, He let me know that Motortoyshop would be allowed to dropship the bikes if WE picked up the burden of doing the PDI's ourselves. We agreed to that and I believe that there are only 4 dealers left that are Authorized to sell their products ONLINE. We will be providing the services that Lances has to date be providing. PDI's and tech support from our own Mechanic will be available. Lance is working on providing the services that they need to provide for their expanding Brick and Mortar dealerships. So......to dispel the Myth......Lance IS still dropshipping........Through US.
So........Call us and we would be happy to help out. At this time we are still looking at 2 to 3 weeks lead time to ship out a bike. This is because Lance is still catching up with the influx of sales from the previous sales rush. So Please be patient as we take over the Dropship portion of the Lance business that we are generating. www.motortoyshop.com

[bkbroiler]

Wow, so you are allowed to ship your product. Anyone can do that.
"In talking with the Owner of Lance, He let me know that Motortoyshop would be allowed to dropship the bikes if WE picked up the burden of doing the PDI's ourselves."

So they have to first come through your shop? Not really "drop shipping" is that?

[jrsharp21]

But no California shipping

[theg2]

It's not a myth. Lance themselves are no longer drop shipping, instead, the dealers now are.

In the end, I think this is a good think for customers, however it will most likely drive the price up.

[scooterollie]

Of course, anything that adds labor time will increase price. It will be a good thing because it should generate more satisfied customers and allow an option for those not near a dealer and not able to do their own PDI.

[motortoyshop]

Sorry if I stepped on your sense of terminology........the product is still moving on the internet.........The header "LANCE isn't dropshipping" Only serves to make the consumer think they can't get it online. I am not sure how many others are shipping them, but WE are. And I can tell you that with my conversations with Gene.........He is just a consumer complaint away from denying online sales........so EVERY dealer needs to do their job and help to keep this ball rolling. LANCE is very concerned about poor customer service issues with some dealers not supporting their products after the sale.........it may turn as CFMOTO did to NO ONLINE sales if all concerned are not on board with quality service as job # 1

[glassvial]

Technically this isn't drop shipping, however, I'm sure the Lance fans would like to have some resource than no resource at all. If it was straight drop-shipping, you wouldn't even see/touch the product at all. You could change the title to say something like, we are SHIPPING Lance Bikes, again, as many dealers are not even doing that because they lost their ability to do so. Congrats to you that you're one of the lucky few dealers that will still be able to get Lance bikes to those that want them who have no B&M option. I'm sure if you guys do a good PDI it'll cut way down on the complaints too.

[gfrphoto]

Jul 11, 2008 2:13:15 GMT -5 motortoyshop said:

Sorry if I stepped on your sense of terminology........the product is still moving on the internet.........The header "LANCE isn't dropshipping" Only serves to make the consumer think they can't get it online.

Its 100% fair and just to say that there are no more drop shippers. Instead of posting that you still drop ship even though its called shipping but you don't want people to think that you don't not ship lance but you really do even though its not drop shipping... Post that you carry and ship Lance. It sounds better to most people that you AREN'T Drop shipping.

Carrying and supplying Lance as an authorized dealer makes you sound like you know what you are doing. Calling it drop shipping when most people looking for lance now know that they don't do drop ships - is misleading and only stands to hurt your credibility (of course after reading along with several posts on this site - you can't hurt it too much more).

Point being that there are too many shady scoot dealers out there. Stating WHAT YOU DO, and not stating what you don't not sometimes possibly do is a big deal these days. Even if it is going to take 1 month before a Lance scooter ships from you - I'd rather know that than to wait 3 weeks and still have no news on the matter. Just my $0.02