The Waiting - Part 2

Sometimes I feel like Homer Simpson when he was waiting desperately for his background check to clear so he could get his gun. I love this clip...

My First Scooter...Accessory!

After receiving my email from last week, Brett Ratner of Genuine Scooters Dealer Development sent me this SWEET Italia key chain which just arrived in the mail today! Thanks Brett! This is my first scooter accessory.

Possible Pilot for a Buddy Commerical?

Here's a fantastic commercial for the Buddy--made by a buddy owner. Pretty awesome for being made by fans and not even getting paid for it!

Good Job guys!!This video requires Quicktime 7 for playback on Mac or PC. Get it here.

Directed by Stacie Dekker
Camera Operators: Stacie Dekker, Tyler Purcell
Starring: 2006 Genuine Buddy 125 Scooter (orange), Alexey Mohr
Voiceover by: Mike Brownell
Edited by: Stacie Dekker at Concept Filmworks
Mixed by: Alexey Mohr at The Lex Factory

Italia Coming to a Dealer Near ME!

Just days afer writing an email to info@genuinescooter.com detailing my desperate love for the Italia, Tim, the Genuine dealer (Fun on Wheels) just blocks from my house has informed me that one will be arriving next week to his shop. This surprised me because just last week, Tim did not plan on getting any 125's.

But anyway, I'm just excited to see Italia in person next week!

In related Scooter Jar news, I deposited another $100 dollars today making my grand total just over $400.

Only about $2600 to go! I am right on schedule to be on the street with my new Italia in May!

A Buddy Picture Gallery

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The above Italia Images are courtesy of americanbiker.biz








This is THE BEST buddy custom job I've seen to date.
See more pics of this buddy and his other bikes at "dslee design".

Complaint Letter to Genuine Scooter Co

From: Scott

To: info@genuinescooters.com

Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 1:10 AM

Subject: My Scooter Jar...

Dear Genuine Scooter Company,

I just thought I’d let you know that you’ve caused me many sleepless nights recently. It all started when I decided that I wanted to buy a scooter. I started a personal blog about my hunt for the perfect scoot as well as a chronology of dollar amounts added to my scooter jar.

A few days into my blog, I came across the Modern Buddy forum and found pic’s of the new Buddy Italia and the new ’07 red Buddy. Now I’m afraid I’ve become obsessed. So thank you Genuine Scooter Company. Thank you for making me lose sleep.

Sincerely, Scott

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I actually got an email back from GSC Monday morning:

Scott:

Thank you for the email. I'm glad you like the Italia. What is your mailing address, by the way?

9 Long Days

In nine days, we've raised $297.53.

That's an average of $33.06/day. So I punched the data into a spreadsheet to see how long it will take to get our scoots. I added a bit of extra money on the price of each scoot, since we will need to buy all the necessary gear at the time of the scoot purchase (helmet, jacket, gloves, etc).

Since I don't know if we are going to get new scoots or used scoots yet, I ran both scenarios.

1st New Buddy	$2,900	Monday, June 04, 2007
2nd New Buddy	$5,800	Friday, August 31, 2007
1st Used Buddy	$2,200	Monday, May 14, 2007
2nd Used Buddy	$4,400	Friday, July 20, 2007

I will run another analysis next week, just in case the DPD (deposits per day) gets better.