Congrats to East Side Scooters!

[jprestonian]

... of Nashville, Tennessee. The readers of the Nashville Scene voted them "Best Place to Buy a Scooter" for the second year in a row!

ESS is a Kymco, Genuine and SYM dealer (and full-disclosure: I do their website, and occasionally work the counter at the shop).
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[zombie]

Why don't we see them as the lowest priced OEM parts dealer! That is what MOST people are looking for. No dissrespect to the shop intended. Parts is where it's at... From the majority of the posts I have seen on this forum, there are people looking for parts, more than NEW scoots. Try to convince them to lower their oem prices, and they will increase their volume! "I SELL EVERYTHING BELOW COST... HOW DO I DO IT... VOLUME!!!" That's an old school joke, but the point remains the same. You guys have quite a following/ reputation. PLEASE help the little guy w/ fair prices. I can give you the link to the cdi manuf., and the voltage regulator/rectifier manuf., and you will see the parts we all buy DO NOT cost what we are charged!!! I have an idea to buy the parts dirrect (because the manuf. do not care who they sell to) CDI $12.00 @ per hundred, reg/rect.$8.00 @per hundred. You can verify EVERYTHING w/ a little research. Now imagine Purchaseing buy the container. jp, You seem to be a VERY intelligent fellow! There are MANY people on this forum that would agree! I think it's time for a revolution. KYMCO RIDERS UNITE!!! I ALWAYS give my best ideas away, so here it is... Get "your" shop together w/ 10-20 others, and buy the parts for what they are worth. Sell them at a FAIR margin, and ALLOOWAA, volume! What do you think Kevin did. The first zx/super fever I bought was a 2001. (made for Canada/Mexico) can you guess how much support I got from Kymco USA?---------------! No parts available! That's how I found the forum, manufactures, and aftermarket parts. Sorry I'm a little pissed tonight, and jp, I have the UTMOST respect for you, and the shop you work with. You have been helping people for a long time! I just think it's time to get REAL. A 47mm piston has NO cause to cost $50.00. A PAPER gasket...$27.00???. I thought about not posting this, but here it is.

[jprestonian]

Heh... well, that was an unexpected response.  ;)

I can't speak for the shop, so I couldn't really say why they don't want to be primarily a parts retailer as opposed to being a local scooter shop (or a falafel outlet, a nail salon or a pawn shop, for that matter). ESS does stock and order parts for their customers (who are mostly local), even for brands they don't sell or service.

There are some really good parts retailers that have been mentioned here, before... is your main complaint that they're all simply too expensive?  I mean, I only have other vehicle parts prices to make comparisons, and I haven't noticed that Kymco parts are priced out of line with anyone else's.
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[zombie]

Yeah, Sorry for the ramble!!! As I stated I was mad at the world last night. The fact does hold true however, these parts are insanely over priced from the Importer to the dealer, then to us, I meant NO OFFENSE to your shop as I have many businesses I respect for the extra mile they apply to everything they do, and from all I have heard/ read, your place is one of those types of shop. The convoluted point was the dealers generally mark up 40% from invoice, and the importer is doing much the same. I found w/ a little looking around most parts can be bought direct from the manuf. w/ all those add on's eliminated. I know there are MANY contract issues to deal w/ as a retail supplier. I'm just a little frustrated from accepting what does not need to exist. Again w/ All due respect to jpres, his shop, and everyone who see's this post, maybe I was temporally posessed by John Lennon...