Mainely Scooters - Scooter Purchase

[jimboeau]

I just purchased a Peace Sports 50cc Dash from Greg at Mainely Scooters and thought I would write up a review of the transaction so far. I had contacted Greg several weeks ago about purchasing a scooter from him even though his ScootKat site is not yet operational. We chatted via PM on ScootDawg and after several exchanges I decided to purchase on Wednesday March 14th. He checked to see if my color of choice was in stock and then placed the scooter I wanted to purchase in his online store under the "special order" link on his eshop. He had already given me a quote including shipping.

I placed the order around noon on Wednesday from his eshop website. Greg let me know that I would probably receive the scooter sometime the next week. Well on Friday March 16th in the afternoon my wife called me at work and said that Greg had called and that they would be delivering the scooter that afternoon! So it was about 48 hours from placing the order to delivery. Pretty darn fast, hah!

I was too tired on Friday after work so I just took the cardboard box off of the metal crate and everything looked to be unskathed. Saturday morning I started the PDI. Getting it out of the crate was much easier than I thought it would be. (with a little help from my wife) Got the front tire on and started her up. Let her warm up a few minutes and then changed out the oil and gear oil. I had ordered a new carb from Greg as well (one with the A/F screw and larger jets). The new carb arrived on Monday and I installed that as well as put on new fuel lines (yellow tygon), new fuel filter and shortened up some of the vacuum lines.

I've driven it a little around the neighborhood but it still needs to be tagged. According to Greg my MSO should be arriving via US Mail tomorrow or Monday. Greg has kept me up to date in regards to when I would be receiving that. So it should arrive about 8 days after the scooter arrived which I think is pretty good considering the stories you read in the forum about a month wait or more.

The only thing the scoot was missing was the battery cover for the floorboard. I called Greg when I noticed it was missing and he has sent out a new one to me which should be arriving in the next day or two.

Overall it has been a very positive buying experience! It's nice to be able to pick up the phone and get ahold of Greg right away or PM him and get a reply back! I'm looking forward to doing some scooting later next week once it is tagged. ;D ;D I believe I'm the first dropship scooter customer Mainely Scooters has had!

[timber]

\0/ for a perfect transaction

[jimboeau]

Received the MCO today. Got it in just 6 business days! Thanks Greg. Now off to the efficiently run DMV. ;D

[justin010304]

Just figured I'd give my opinion on mainely scooters. I emailed them about a set of gears and a cam. I got two seperate emails back several hours apart, two days after sending the initial email. The first one was a link to a thread here which was talking about gearing and not specifically what I had asked. The second told me that they didn't carry the cam I wanted. I sent another message to see what cam they offered that was comparable to what I was looking for. Never got a response. Sent another email, thinking maybe the first one got missed, still no reply.

I wanted to purchase locally and support a small local shop, but after the lack of support I'm going with scooterelements.

[mainepeace]

Justin, sorry if you feel slighted in your query. I get hundreds of emails asking about what parts we sell and which are compatible with what scooter. Not all questions have a simple answer. Looking for a "comparable" cam is like asking for a comparable scooter. It all depends on what you want to accomplish. There is NO WAY to guess how a cam will react with your particular setup, so "comparable" is too broad a term.

We deal more with general scooter parts. Scooterelements deals more with performance parts and specializes in the 150.

Greg