Spyder lover Members
The reason for our recent post was to let you the members know that there is indeed another side to the story “Jacksonville powersports are nothing but CROOKS! “
We’ve been in business now for over 30 years. We are a BRP Platinum level dealer, I can assure you that we haven’t stayed in business this long and had the success we’ve had selling our brands, Kawasaki, Polaris, Victory & BRP (Sea-doo, Can-am, ATV’s & Roadsters) intentionally ripping people off and deceiving people. We strive to give you the Customer the best possible shopping experience in North Florida, when you enter our store. I do however understand that at times Customers get upset whether it is from mistakes made by us or just general mis-understandings.
After all we are Human, if we do make a mistake, I can assure you that we own up to it and do everything in our power to make good with the customer
In regards to Mr. Cook’s (ryno) allegations, I know nothing about the 3-day turnaround. Ryno came into our store at 8:08 AM. We promptly wrote him up at a cost of $259.87 OTD, NOT $378.00???? That includes 2 hrs labor, Oil, Filter & O-ring & Crush Washer. The Customer also complained that his brakes were “spongy” We hook ALL!!! BRP products up to BUDS system during ALL!!! Services to check for stored Fault codes. There was a stored code in the Spyder “brake error code”
That had occurred once; the mentioned code was in the history. It was not a present code in the ECM, his unit had no present codes. And the brakes actually felt fine after the test ride. It was at this time that Ryno became very insistent that we perform the Safety/Warranty campaign 2008-1 which according to BRP’s dealer website, his machine did not qualify for according to his VIN # How can we warranty or perform warranty campaigns on a unit that doesn’t qualify??? He at this time stated that he would pay to have his brakes bleed and how much would this cost him? Per BRP warranty FLAT RATE!!! On the inspection & repair/ brake bleed is 7.00 hrs labor. This is exactly what we quoted Ryno 7.0 hrs at 95.00 per hour labor that comes too $665.00 plus the brake fluid. Where Ryno comes up with $1050.00 to bleed his brakes, I have no idea!!!! It was at this time Ryno became very upset and told us that we were screwing him and he would “bash” us on all the forums, for not performing the brake bleed campaign on his Spyder under warranty. His Spyder didn’t qualify for it, Warranty Fraud is a BIG!!!! Deal and we simply have too much at risk, to start doing things of that nature. BRP will charge back any unauthorized repairs and could take your dealers license from you if caught doing unethical repairs like this. Regardless to the fact, Ryno was back on the road at 10:40 AM the same morning, by the time we got our shop opened and working on his Spyder 30 minutes earlier than we normally open that’s a 2-hour turnaround.
We take great pride in getting travelers in & out and back on the highway to their destinations whether it is a scheduled Service, Tires or Major repair. Obviously Ryno had a bad experience with us, for this I’m truly SORRY!!! It’s an unfortunate set of circumstances. Possibly with clearer communication on BOTH parties part, something like this could have been avoided.
Thanks for your time
Matt Wells
Service Manager
Jacksonville Powersports