neotrotsky wrote:...I can totally see some uneducated hipster being ripped off by 5 or 6 grand for a Stella dressed in one of these kits.
I am confused...
being ripped off 5-6 grand? like 5-6 thousand
more than the product they recieve?
help me understand.
Are you talking about someone taking a new stella ($4k out the door, American) then lets say the full Vivo kit change- every part - make it look as different as possible- as deceiving as possible- that's £950.00 or in American dollars $1,520. so we are already at $5520 not including shipping all the way from Scotland, and not including labor to take off all the stock parts and put on these new Vivo parts...
already I am seeing that selling it for $5-6K would only make these "rip-off artists" you refer to
break even, and the "hipsters" would be getting a steal.
Now, if you meant someone (rip-off artists) would then take that "vivo stella" (what I kind of hope will
not become a household name - like "shelby mustang"- but whatever) and sell it for a
profit of $5-6k. that would mean they would have to sell it for
at least 10-11
Thousand dollars... for a
scooter... a 150 or
maybe 200cc scooter... that doesn't fly...
I don't have to say that any uninformed 'hipster' -without access to google- that pays
that much for
any scooter - deserves to be ripped off. I'm sorry.
people deceiving to make money? dispicable.
people dressing up something they have to look like and experience something they want? and further- a business to cater to those desires? lots of things come to mind, ummm... transvestites, toddlers in tiaras, those trucks with the stupid camero bumpers on them, little boys with a towel pinned around their neck for a cape, basically... the american way?
Good for them! good for Scotland for doing this 1st. now certain people can choose to individualize their favorite rides more than just stickers, chrome and road rash. about time!
I dunno. what do you think about it?