MV'rs.
Lynda and I are torn by a business oppurtunity and respectfully would love to hear your feedback on this.
Let me preface it by saying we are extremely grateful at VTO now going into our third year that you have embraced us, entrusted us and allowed us to have success by buying our scoots, motorcycles, accessories and allowing us to service your machines the past 2+ years. You, the clients are why we are here and we will never lose sight of that. This is indeed your Vespa shop. Having said that we want to do something that will give you an even better scooter experience in Thousand Oaks and need to basically put a blind eye to the current economy to do it.
Our current building is tight, we all know that, we call it "intimate" however as we grow it is getting more and more impossible to offer you all what you want and serve you in the way we desire. Our current building is 1000 square feet of showroom and 2000 square feet of bike display and service department, however of course most of you already know this. We have 8-10 bikes in the showroom, 30 in the shop and 60 more in containers.
We have the oppurtunity to move down the street a couple of miles (still on Thousand Oaks Blvd) into a nearly 5000 square foot building where all 100 of our scooters and motorcycles would be on display inside climate controlled 24/7, we would roll 6-8 bikes out front a day and thats it. The accessory department will grow compliments of the room into one of the largest in So Cal, servicing everything from scooter related items to offroad and track bike type stuff. It would be a World class experience and one of the most beautiful and functional Piaggio buildings in the World and clients would navigate it with ease, we so so want that however......
The rent will nearly double and thats our only fear. We are confident we can support this with hard work and customer satisfaction but the question is should we? This would be an absolute "destination" location whether you were needing something or just wanted to hang out at the working museum.
Those of you that know Lynda and I know we are very dedicated and sincere about all aspects of our relationships with you all, we are willing to take the leap of faith of this all to give you a better place to call home, it literally would be awesome. Do we want it? do you want it? we are close.
Any discussion will be deeply considered and we are very grateful for your feedback in advance. Remember I am on and love MV because I love scooters, not because I am a dealer so my fellow scooterist's opinions matter deeply to me.
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving,
David and Lynda Meyer
Vespa Thousand Oaks