Mobility aid shop issues warning about buying equipment from overseas

“..'as they were purchased overseas and the retailer is no longer active'..

CUSTOMER on international phone-'Hello, my scooter's broken down"
RETAILER- 'Sorry, no speeka da engleesh"”

“i have had the same problem,i had to ferry my rather large dear old lady around in a wheelbarrow ,until the wheel became loose, and it jack knifed down royal parade,took it back was told could not be repaired.( made in chinia)..should have know better-she now much prefers the sack trolley-made it the uk i bought her for xmas”

“Re by haunt. you are totally correct. Every mobility scooter that I have been involved with is either manufactured and assembled in the Far east or all parts manufactured in the far east and assembled in the UK (The minority).I wish someone could check this dealers stock and prove me totally correct!. Propaganda indeed!.”

“I thought all the products were manufactured abroad”

“exactly, this is blatant propaganda aimed at increasing the local dealers sales, thisisplymouth needs to remove this article asap unless hard facts can be found backing up the dealers claims”

“The whole "Mobility" business is a very grey area.My wife is Disabled and she has a large 8mph (Registered) scooter and a smaller 4/5mph pavement model. Both are from a well known and respected manufacturer (Pri??e). From a local mobility Shop the price of the large model was £1300.00 and from a Mobility Retail Outlet up North, via the Internet was £400.00 cheaper ,delivered. the warranty was exactly he same both 12 Months on site . I tackled the local dealer about the price differential...the response... better buy the cheaper one then. What has to be taken into account is that most purchasers are elderly and do not have access to the internet and will use a "Mobility Allowance" to purchase... so jump in Local dealers with stupidly high prices. "Caveot Emptor". If anyone doubts my experience then just do some tesearch.”

“Same thing applies to some of those cheap Chinese motorbikes people buy from Ebay or backstret bike shops.The sellers often have no workshops,no mechanical aptitude and no way of backing up any promised warranty. Motorcycle repair shops will usually refuse to work on the things as well,not NakedWithGoat because they're not bought from them but because they're cheap and nasty,spares are hard to get and customers complain at the extra couple of hours labour because everythings seized up or rounded off because of shoddy materials.
Bottom line,you usually get what you pay for,no more ,no less.”

“In other words, buy them from Britian at twice the price otherwise we will not repair them.”

“and its not in the business in questions interests at all to issue this advice is it? any facts to back up there claims?”