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Our Scooter Flip Map Post
Published: 13 September 2026Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 11 likes
I bought this Piaggio Zip 50cc for $500 without being too sure what state it was in… I just knew it had been sat for a long time in the sun ☀️ and rain 🌧️
When I bought it everything worked, I did the minimum repairs to pass the MOT and sold it to a customer who was in a hurry.
It went for $1400 💸
Buuuut… the customer came back the next day saying it was hard to start in the morning 😅So I got stuck in again: changed the spark plug, autochoke and fuel pump (all used parts I had from another bike)… and it was perfect 🔧
Bike $500
Certificate: $70
Petrol to pick it up: $30
Bulb: $13
Missing mirror and spares: recycled from another bike (Next flip we'll analyse costs again)
Work hours: 15hrs after all?
Profit: $817 💰
Moral of the story: sometimes the deal doesn't end when you sell, but when the customer leaves happy 👊
Would you have left it as it was or would you have also responded after selling it?
