My turn to torpedo an Craigs List Scooter Ad

2004 Moped looking to trade for 4-stroke moped - $650 (Linthicum)

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Reply to: sale-966387901@craigslist.org ^[?]
Date: 2008-12-21, 7:07PM EST


This is a 2004 Geely JL-QT50-15. It currently has 201 miles on it which isn't a lot at all for a scooter, There are miner problems on the moped It needs a tune up, the headlight doesn't work,neither does the starter button but i was told that it was something to do with a fuse and the left handle bar mechanism is a little loose. Besides that it is a nice scooter it has disc brakes in the front and drum in the back it also has nice aluminum chrome rims. The motor has a new carburetor. All things that are broke would be a easy fix. The reason why I am selling it is because I am looking for a 4-stroke and this is a 2-stroke If you have 4-stroke moped you wanna trade let me know and I might consider it, if not the moped is 650$$. 443 889 7526 call or email Thanks Oh yeah and this image isn't the exact scooter its just to let you get an idea of what it looks like if you want an actual picture of it just email me.


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So what we are looking at here is a 4 year old, cheap chinese scooter, which because of the name we'll assume is a 50 cc, and while it has low mileage, it has multiple broken parts, but even that's not too bad because unless you can get the starter fixed, you won't even need to worry about what else it broken. And $650!?!?! Seriously, Seriously!?!?! .... that thing better not have cost you more than $899 new at PepBoys ... and you're trying to get back $650 fours years later with multiple broken parts!?!!? Seriously!?!?!

Come on man ... even stupid people can Google ....

Geely scooters dogged by low quality, sets bad precedent for cars?

by Erin Mays on Jan 26th 2006 at 9:00PM

If the quality of products put out by Geely's scooter division are any indication, potential buyers of Geely cars are in for a nightmare in which vehicles break after a short period and no parts are available to fix them, according to WOOD-TV.

One individual who bought a Geely scooter for $1K says the scooter died after two months, and the parts to fix it just aren't available. A Geely spokesman said that while he's not familiar with the scooter division, he could guarantee that the cars that will, they hope, one day be sold in the United States will be of much higher quality and will have the infrastructure necessary to provide parts and repairs in a timely manner.

PS ... I love the fact that this article not only dogs the Geely line, but features a picture of the exact model your selling!