Motorcycle movers, Wellington?

[FLY]

Has anyone had dealings with this guy?I bought a motorcycle off Hawkes Bay Motorcycles,,jono kight..and he employed this guy to move my bike from there to chch..
I get a call to say it will be delivered tomorrow..then tonight he rings me up..ahh we dont deliver out in the sticks..we cant bring it ..an xtra half hours travel..i ask how much xtra(Ive alredy paid for del through the seller!)..we will lock it up in storage and you wont get it for weeks if you dont meet us in chch he said..anyone had dealings with this wonderful man?cheers

[nzspokes]

Contact the bike shop. Its there problem.

[FLY]

I have but often your kept in the dark and fed bullshit by sales people..I would love to find out more ..I dont need that shit!

[White trash]

I've moved over 40 bikes with North Island Motorcycle Movers (Dennis) over the past 12 months. NEVER had an issue nor heard a single bad word back from any of my customers. Can't recommend him highly enough.

That being said, if you bought a bike and it was a "to door" price, then your contract is with the dealer. Ring and let him know the issues.

[FLY]

I have..doncha just love sales people..I bet he never thought to investigate the address!..all he had to do was say its an extra 70 bucks out to my place or whatever..

[Virago]

If it's only a half hour trip, why couldn't you go to pick it up?

[caseye]

With all due respect there Virago, if the bike was supposed to delivered to the guys door then that question goes a ways down the line.
First question. was it a to your door delivery?
Second question, why hasn't the bike shop sorted this out for you already?
Third question. please do tell us what happens next!
I've used bike transporters before and even when I've received bikes in damaged condition they have been repaired in good time and well.
If this co needs a rev up, heres as good a place to kick it off, but only when you're in full possession of all the facts.
looking forward to hearing from you again.

[FLY]

Im waiting for the bike shop owner to bat the ball I passed back to him..and to see what the menace does with my bike..will keep you updated..I payed for it to be delivered here for a reason virago..
..cheers

[Furyos J]

I had this company shift my CBR from aucks to welly. No problems for me. Seemd a nice guy in my dealings with him. But mine was a very straight forward delivery.
All the best and i hope it all works out in the end

[roadracingoldfart]

I've moved over 40 bikes with North Island Motorcycle Movers (Dennis) over the past 12 months. NEVER had an issue nor heard a single bad word back from any of my customers. Can't recommend him highly enough.

That being said, if you bought a bike and it was a "to door" price, then your contract is with the dealer. Ring and let him know the issues.



I agree with ya Jimmy , hes a good bloke and so is Dean but i might add that alot of his work is possibly for bike shops and as hes got a gruff outer shell he comes across as unhelpful . :facepalm::shit: Maybe the bike shops :shutup: are different to owners .


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[FLY]

the onus is on the bike shop here..obviously they payed a minimum for the transport..ts no way to do biz!And he should of contacted the shop guy!..

[tigertim20]

agree that you should expect the bike shop to sort it out - you might find that the bike shop didnt give clear delivery details, and the bike transporter might be playing the man in the middle.
half an hour is only half an hour, you'd think he would just run it out at the end of the day and be done.

I would be keen to see how this one pans out.

[Trade_nancy]

So,....it says on his website that deliveries to "rural addresses" can also be arranged. Making it sound like it is another planet he has to deliver to in those cases.
Just what is it about a house in the country that this guy finds so frightening? Is it more expensive, more complex, more time-consuming? What is the reason? He can move it from Hawkes bay to Canterbury....but because it is rural it suddenly is unachievable?

[FLY]

especially when i dont mind paying..his ad says he will drop anywhere....ho hum..

[FLY]

His ph call was adamant he could NOT deliver in any circumstace..Birdlings Flat little River is where i am..

[tigertim20]

So,....it says on his website that deliveries to "rural addresses" can also be arranged. Making it sound like it is another planet he has to deliver to in those cases.
Just what is it about a house in the country that this guy finds so frightening? Is it more expensive, more complex, more time-consuming? What is the reason? He can move it from Hawkes bay to Canterbury....but because it is rural it suddenly is unachievable?

city to city is easy, you take a full load of bikes on a long drive. rural stuff can be a pain, if its half an hour each way, and 10-15 minutes to unload the bike, let the owner check it, and get your way bill signed, its an hour and a half out of your way of a normal delivery route. its something that should be accounted for when quoting a price. He needs to shut the fuck up, deliver the bike, and go back to the bike shop to re-negotiate payment for services with the rural delivery in mind, shafting your end customer is not the way to do business, as in this situation, both the bike transporter AND the motorcycle business that sold the bike and arranged transport are getting a bad rep.

[James Deuce]

Amen, Mr tigertim!

[White trash]

Has anyone had dealings with this guy?


anyone had dealings with this wonderful man?


Sorry I dont give a fluck about his rep..

Ummmmmm, well what's it gonna be baby, Spits or Swallowz? If you didn't care, why'd you ask?

Sheeesh................

[FLY]

You always get people on these forums browsing thru taking bits and quoting ya..it never makes sense..specially when people like me are angry..and over a few days we calm down..like I tell my friends I dont do "you saids"so your point mr Trash is pointless to me..

On the better side hopefully someone may tell me where the hell my bike is and whats happening??..anyone seen a black GTR1000 doing nothing near wellington ?Nek Minit?

[White trash]

You always get people on these forums browsing thru taking bits and quoting ya..it never makes sense..specially when people like me are angry..and over a few days we calm down..like I tell my friends I dont do "you saids"so your point mr Trash is pointless to me..

On the better side hopefully someone may tell me where the hell my bike is and whats happening??..anyone seen a black GTR1000 doing nothing near wellington ?Nek Minit?

Lol. I can understand that mate. Bear with me, I've been 7 days on the wagon and am just an argumentative, cantankerous cunt right now. You've every reason to be pissed off.

With regards to the GTR, I saw one doing a wheelie off the Melling lights this morning :innocent:

[FLY]

found its in secure storage..in CHCH...Dean his son will deliver it here on thursday..now looking at it all retro-ly..its all the salesmans fault..with a bit of niggly on Dennis part..he had 6 bikes to deliver in a rush down here and get back to welly..no excuse for hackles up..BUT..thats kiwis..always looking for the sideways left hook..In the end the salesman sorted it with a phone call from me..But it didnt have to be this way..if all were well informed!

ride hard or go home.......and good luck on the wagon mate..you falls off..you gets back on...

[RDJ]

I believe Heinlein quoted Cheops' Law - "Everything takes twice as long and costs four times as much as first budgeted..."

Hope the bike arrives safely!

[FLY]

will hope that too..fingers crossed

[Trade_nancy]

city to city is easy, you take a full load of bikes on a long drive. rural stuff can be a pain, if its half an hour each way, and 10-15 minutes to unload the bike, let the owner check it, and get your way bill signed, its an hour and a half out of your way of a normal delivery route. its something that should be accounted for when quoting a price. He needs to shut the fuck up, deliver the bike, and go back to the bike shop to re-negotiate payment for services with the rural delivery in mind, shafting your end customer is not the way to do business, as in this situation, both the bike transporter AND the motorcycle business that sold the bike and arranged transport are getting a bad rep.
I guess it may be...but what if it was Auckland - spread between say Manakau, Hendersen and Milford. Wouldn't that be more time-consuming than say: 2 inner city drops in Palmerston North and a rural drop out of palmy - say my place..which takes 9 mins to get to the inner city, but I'm on a rual delivery? Surely a large metro. series of drops would be worse potentially?