Sunday 29 November 2020

Scootech City - beware LV70 UBJ

I bought a brand new 2020 Vespa Supertech in grey from Scootech in Farrindon, EC1. On the day I bought it the bike had a digital malfunction, like a computer crash, and wouldn't switch off the screen when the key was removed. This fault caused the battery to go flat. I returned the bike and asked for a refund which Scootech refused. I had to point out that the law gave me the right to a full refund if the bike wasn't fit for purpose. After a couple of days of emails Scootech finally agreed to a refund, but held a portion of the refund until I returned the registration document (this takes around 10 days to arrive for a newly registered bike). I returned it to Scootech with 6 miles on the clock. 

 I bought a replacement bike elsewhere which I love. The Supertech GTS is a great bike! 

In November 2020 I saw that Scootech is selling a Supertech in grey which looks like the same bike I returned. I took screenshots of the Facebook Marketplace advert and have posted these below. The bike is LV70 UBJ. The ad does not mention that this bike was bought, driven, suffered a fault and was returned. In fact the advert states that it has had "just 10mil pdi test". In case this is the same bike that I owned then please beware if you are considering buying it.





Tuesday 3 March 2020

Stefan Marin, bathroom fitter, painter and decorator

Stefan Marin, based in Ilford fitted a bathroom for me. He did a bad job on the flooring leaving a split in the bathroom floor for water to get into. His work overran by a couple of days. He offered to fit skirting board round the bathroom edge but in fact fitted poor quality beading. He left a drain connection undone and this caused a minor flood in the floor below. Stefan Marin 07507 197134. I paid in full but then had to re-do the flooring. Avoid using him and try to find a more professional bathroom fitter.