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How to not spend $25,000 on a $9,500 motorcycle like this guy did

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Long story short:
- The Missenden Flyer (TMF for short, a youtuber) buys a Royal Enfield Interceptor for around $9,500 (guestimate based on MSRP)
- Hires a dealership to do about $6,800 of customization to it
- Pays dealership the agreed upon amount
- Dealership does work, charges him an additional $8,200
- Dealership closes shop - reports of them ripping off others online

Long story long:


I made this video to share the story while at the same time informing motorcyclists of their rights that protect them from crooked shops and fly-by-night dealers.

In addition to my experience from working at a dealership as well as for some of the OEMs here, for this video I went researched:

- Canada's Consumer Protection Act
- UK's Consumer Rights Act and Consumer Credit Act
- USA's Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes
- Regional laws from Ontario, Illinois, and Texas

This video will apply to riders in Canada as well as the UK and USA

Take-aways:
- Always get a written estimate
- In most of North America, the final invoice cannot be more than 10% of the cost on the estimate
- In most of North America, you can set a maximum agreed upon price, anything more than that you do not need to pay
- Motorcycle parts and motorcycle service comes with a warranty even if a dealer/shop says it doesn't
- In Canada, labor on your motorcycle has a warranty for up to 5,000 km or 90 days, whichever comes first

There's a bunch more information in the video. I'm working on the article now but it might be a day or two because I'm sore from riding on snow-covered trails on my fat bike yesterday :D

Please have a look and don't get ripped off. If you have any questions just let me know!

Update, full story here: How Not To Get Scammed By A Motorcycle Shop
 
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I'm have a tough time imagining what you could do to an RE650 that could come up to that dollar figure.
Is there any documentation - copy of the work order ?
Then at the very least if what the shop did was fraudulent one might be able to get the cops involved.
 
TK4 said:
I'm have a tough time imagining what you could do to an RE650 that could come up to that dollar figure.
Is there any documentation - copy of the work order ?
Then at the very least if what the shop did was fraudulent one might be able to get the cops involved.
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Cops involved for what? The company that potentially committed fraud is gone. Police will just argue that this is a civil problem and should be pursued as such. Again, since the company is gone, nobody to sue. It takes a hell of a lot for police to bother with a fraud investigation.
 
GreyGhost said:
Cops involved for what? The company that potentially committed fraud is gone. Police will just argue that this is a civil problem and should be pursued as such. Again, since the company is gone, nobody to sue. It takes a hell of a lot for police to bother with a fraud investigation.
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You'll note I used the word 'might'.
 
After watching the video and reading some of the comments (954 and counting) it seems like (as usual) there was a lot more to the story.
That doesn't mean the owner didn't get taken to the cleaners, just that he set himself up for disaster.
Little brown seats don't make it... :)
 
TK4 said:
I'm have a tough time imagining what you could do to an RE650 that could come up to that dollar figure.
Is there any documentation - copy of the work order ?
Then at the very least if what the shop did was fraudulent one might be able to get the cops involved.
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What's really sad is a lot of his subscribers in youtubeland are telling him the thing looked better stock *facepalm*
For every one person saying it, I'm sure there are a few more thinking it but just feel bad for the guy.

Personally, it's not how I'd spend my money, but, I can't help but feel like this guy was too nice and set himself up to get played. No one deserves that, but at the same time, gotta be a little careful.

Hopefully shedding some light on it will help other "too nice" people from getting burned.
 
I almost feel bad for him but I don't. He paid 8 grand to "customize" a crap bike when he already had 5 bikes that are wayyy better quality than a royal enfield. This is amazing. Thanks for showing us this 😂 on top of that he is complaining that the whole bike is wrong and he paid 8 GRAND!!!!!
 
Wow….just wow!
Who the **** spends that much on a mediocre bike, then has almost nothing good to say about all the custom work he had done?
And worse, the thing doesn’t look any better than stock.

The guy has a garage full of bikes, doesn’t he have the tools to bolt on a bunch of crap himself?

Complete idiot. The shop told him they were doing a rear fender delete and he said he was happy to see it go. After he got the bike back, he says he’s got to figure out how to put a fender on the rear!
 
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He got royally shafted with no lube
kruzuki said:
Wow….just wow!
Who the **** spends that much on a mediocre bike, then has almost nothing good to say about all the custom work he had done?
And worse, the thing doesn’t look any better than stock. Just a bunch a bolt-on crap.
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adri said:
Long story short:
- The Missenden Flyer (TMF for short, a youtuber) buys a Royal Enfield Interceptor for around $9,500 (guestimate based on MSRP)
- Hires a dealership to do about $6,800 of customization to it
- Pays dealership the agreed upon amount
- Dealership does work, charges him an additional $8,200
- Dealership closes shop - reports of them ripping off others online

Long story long:


I made this video to share the story while at the same time informing motorcyclists of their rights that protect them from crooked shops and fly-by-night dealers.

In addition to my experience from working at a dealership as well as for some of the OEMs here, for this video I went researched:

- Canada's Consumer Protection Act
- UK's Consumer Rights Act and Consumer Credit Act
- USA's Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes
- Regional laws from Ontario, Illinois, and Texas

This video will apply to riders in Canada as well as the UK and USA

Take-aways:
- Always get a written estimate
- In most of North America, the final invoice cannot be more than 10% of the cost on the estimate
- In most of North America, you can set a maximum agreed upon price, anything more than that you do not need to pay
- Motorcycle parts and motorcycle service comes with a warranty even if a dealer/shop says it doesn't
- In Canada, labor on your motorcycle has a warranty for up to 5,000 km or 90 days, whichever comes first

There's a bunch more information in the video. I'm working on the article now but it might be a day or two because I'm sore from riding on snow-covered trails on my fat bike yesterday :D

Please have a look and don't get ripped off. If you have any questions just let me know!
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A brand new Royal Enfield is only $9,000?
 
Pegassus said:
A brand new Royal Enfield is only $9,000?
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I wrote $9,500, not $9k :)
MSRP in the UK is £5,699. When I converted it it was $9,500, now it seems like it's been a few days and it's $9700.

But that's just scratching the surface.

The the US, MSRP is only $5,799 USD, or about $7,300ish CAD.

Huge margin in the UK and Canada. I think in the US they couldn't get away for selling it for those kinds of prices.
 
oh i remember this TMF vid back when i used to be hyped on owning a royal enfield haha.

on a semi-related note, i noticed Old Vintage Cranks (where i originally bought my RE lemon) seems to be no longer a Royal Enfield dealer anymore (at least their website seems to be void of all RE mentions now). not surprised!
 
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My spidey senses tell me RE dealers are not the kind of people one should deal with...
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