50cc Scooter Recommendation

Hiya. Long story short, i am wanting to buy a 50cc scooter because i am waiting for the perfect car to buy (quite rare, manual Escudo).

I don't want to buy bridging car because i might ended up getting a lemon car with only 2-3k; and I only need 2 transportations on the weekends (wife will use the car). So scooter seems perfect for me.

So which scooter brand is reliable? Budget probably 1500 max, if i could get 1000 that is better.

With this price, facebook is probably the only way (or is there a dealer in Auckland that sell scooters in this price? I live in Northshore) and i just need some pointers on which brand and model that is reliable and probably easy to sell later on.

That would be all, looking forward to any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Thanks so much for your valuable inputs. I now have much better understanding about the scooter.