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Post Icon Posted: May 16 2006,1:56 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
It seems that my wife is prone to getting ripped off by auto body repair shops.

Twice this year she was involved in minor rear-end accidents - she was the one getting bumped. I think it may be the prevelance of cell phone operators pretending to be driving.

The first time the shop took 6 weeks to straighten out the hitch reciever. That was it. Maybe a little paint. But not much else. She complained to the ins. co. and they had other complaints so they dropped them from their list of preffered shops.

This last time I told her to take it to a shop I had used before. She was hit from behind by a tourist from Italy driving a brand new Navigator. His whole front end was caved in.
She had a scratch on the bumper. I wanted it checked to make sure that the spare carrier wasn't bent.

Long story short...they charged to replace a whole bunch of things that weren't replaced. I just got around to looking at it yesterday, called the guy and asked him what he was trying to pull!

They charged for a new spare cover and the original was still on there! He said he'd check and call back.......oh, the mechanic forgot to tell him it was on backorder! :angry

Should I rip him a new one and call B.A.R.? or the ins. co.? :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: May 16 2006,2:57 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Being in the "Biz" alot of years its amazing how bad the insurance companies and consumers get screwed over :angry . I'd call B A R and your insurance company. Save all your paper work and reciepts.

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Post Icon Posted: May 16 2006,5:58 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That Sucks!! I know that alot of people don't know what to look for when they get work done at a body shop!! I have worked in a few, and most people look at it, if it's shiney, it's all good.....

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Post Icon Posted: May 17 2006,12:12 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I sold paint for PPG for 16 years so I saw my share.  Scary how some of those places operate.  References, references, references!!!

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Yes call B.A.R. and the insurance on the scumbags, we've had the same crap pulled on us before, it's a common thing!.. :angry
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