BUSINESS FEATURE
BY KAREN CHANEY
TOP SELLING SCOOTERS
Moxie Scooters Owners of Grapevine scooter business specializes in customer satisfaction J ohn Raimondi said he’s always been on two wheels. He started out riding minibikes,
1. Vespa
Raimondi said. “When they come back from a test drive, if they are grinning, they’re happy,” Raimondi said. “If they’re happy, I’m happy.” The Raimondi family has lived in Grapevine since 1998. Raimondi said he always wanted to own a shop in his hometown, and in January he was able to make the dream a reality when he moved the business to 503 W. Northwest Highway. In addition to the showroom, which has 60 new scooters dis- played, there is also a service department. Raimondi is a certi ed Vespa technician and can provide any service a scooter needs, such as oil and tire changes. Raimondi said his customers are
progressed to dirt bikes and even rode street motorcycles. When he had children, he chose a new two- wheel option. “My daughters were into ballet; they weren’t into dirt bikes,” Raimondi said. “I thought with the scooter, we could be a family that rides together. My wife had one and put a girl on the back; I drove one and put the other girl on the back. That was a family thing.” One day, when he was on Vespa’s website looking for di erent colors of scooters for his daughters, he clicked on the “dealer opportunities available” prompt. This action
Vespas are the top-selling scooter at Moxies Scooters. Prices range from $4,500-$10,000.
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2. Buddy
3. Havana
launched a new career trajectory. In December of 2004, Raimondi and his wife, Kammy Raimondi, opened Moxie Scooters in Colleyville. “I pitched it to
diverse. Exempli- fying the range, he said the younger group might deem a scooter to be their perfect college ride
Buddy, made by Genuine Scooters, is another top seller because of a $2,500 price and the color options.
Moxie Scooters 503 W. Northwest Hwy., Grapevine 817-788-5333 www.moxiescooters.com Hours: Sun.-Mon. closed, Tue.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Havana, made by Lance, rounds out the top three scooters sold at Moxie Scooters. Prices start at $2,000.
“I LIKE THE IDEA OF HELPING PEOPLE FIND SOMETHING THAT GIVES THEM JOY.” JOHN RAIMONDI, OWNER
while some of his retired customers feel a scooter is a great accompanying vehicle when they go on RV trips. “I like the idea of helping people nd something that gives them joy,” Raimondi said. “Scooters are kind of neat. You feel like you’re out in the wind; you smell things you don’t smell in a car. You go down a dip in the road and it’s 10 degrees cooler by the creek; those things excite people.”
her, ‘Honey, you sell them, and I’ll service them.’ It was just the two of us,” Raimondi said. He thought the scooters would sell “like hotcakes,” but instead people came in the store not knowing anything about these two-wheeled vehicles. Over time, customers became much more educated on the bene ts of scooter ownership, such as their cost and fuel e ciency,
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John Raimondi and his wife, Kammy, opened Moxie Scooters in Colleyville in 2004 and later moved it to Grapevine.
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