WARNING Prime Motorcycles of Orlando (Powerplay Motorsports LLC) scammed me into buying a motorcycle placing my life at risk and left stranded on 2 occasions:
Will they sell you a motorcycle with Cranking Up problems?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with missing screws?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with malfunctioning brakes?
Will they sell you a motorcycle and VOID the title under your name?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with a crank starter engine problem?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with active engine motor sensor?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with rotating mirrors?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with unsynchronized speedometer?
Will they sell you a motorcycle with a defective battery?
Will they lie to your face and come up with absurd excuses to secure a sell?
BE WARE of doing business with them! You stand to lose thousands of dollars and countless hours of your time. This is my story.
I was pressured by Prime Motorcycles of Orlando team members, and I fell victim to the purchase of a vehicle of lesser qualities than those made believe expectations generated by Martin, their sales representative on June 1st 2023; asserting in multiple occasions that it was a safe working vehicle. However, after bringing the motorcycle for the 3rd time to show it to me within an hour interval, he finally returns the bike to the service department and informs me that they would have to leave it over night to work on it. However, he was very insistent that it was just a minor fix, that I had nothing to worry about, and that we could go ahead and proceed with filling out paperwork and payment, because they wouldn´t be able to put the bike on hold.
All of the documents that I was pushed into signing and paying for, were signed before Martin finally took it back into the service department to be fixed. And when picking up the motorcycle on the 3rd June, even though the motorcycle presented one minor power issue, witnessed by Martin and Trent (head of the service department), it did crank up again, I immediately manifested to Martin that I wanted to return the motorcycle. Martin, said that I was being sold a working used vehicle worth the money that I paid for, that I only had 45 minutes to return the bike after the purchase (meaning the 1st of june) and that the issues with the brakes or the crank up were not enough to bring it to the attention of the General Management. And so, I was sent home, 1hr away, with a motorcycle with a crank starter engine problem, whose mirrors where rotating, with missing screws in the body of the motorcycle, with the engine alert activated displayed on the board, bad breaks, and unsynchronized speedometer. This issue has gone beyond simple administrative and paperwork oversights. Securing a sell at all costs is unethical, as they are placing peoples lives in danger by selling defective motorcycles.
The motorcycle first stopped working on June the 4th, one day after bringing it home from Prime Motorcycle of Orlando. Then, I wasn´t able to use the motorcycle until June 15th, after buying a trickle charger, to be left stranded that same day. And was left stranded again on the 27th of June, two days after having picked up the motorcycle from Prime Motorcycles workshop, after they took it back for a revision on the 16th of June. And I still haven´t been able to use it ever since, as have expressed to Chad, the GM at Prime motorcycles in previous conversations since the 4th of June up until today.
On their report they didn´t explain what is draining the energy out of the battery? Since they claim that they replaced the motorcycles battery on the 1st of June for a new one, and that they had fully charged it again for me to pick it up on the 27th. Making it evident that they knew about the problem before hand and didn´t want to put in the time and resources to fix it.
Today July 18th, I went to the DMV to retrieve the title of the Motorcycle, to find out that they had purposely voided the title under my name, and had placed under someone else's name. When confronting Chad, the GM at prime, he came up with an excuse that it was just a minor mistake and that it would be taken care off, that I shouldn´t worry.
Given this unfortunate series of events, I´ve lost job interviews, spent countless hours on the phone with Prime Motorcycles representatives, explaining to them my situation and trying to get them to become accountable, calling multiple mechanics in the area, putting time and resources to buy a trikle charger, and a battery, going to the DMV and off course paying for towing services when left stranded at night.
I recently moved to FL on the 26 of May this year, and used my savings to buy the motorcycle and make ends meet. However, I continue to lose opportunities, and have been left in vulnerable situation. I´m in debt paying for my credit card, unable to find a mechanic willing to work on the Belmont Machine name brand, and no way near of making the commute to prospect jobs. read more