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Showing posts with label Industry News. Show all posts
Friday, February 13, 2015
Web Design and Management for Auto Body and Auto Repair Shops
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
DuPont's Painting Contest
They are currently hosting a paint competition using a select few of their more expensive product. The reason for this post is their thought process of determining the dollar amount of prize money. "$2500?????? So you want a shop to put 50+ hours of labor and use your higher end products for $2500? Follow up winners will get $500.
Best I can tell its only good for recognition alone, but if you don't get coverage in a top magazine, don't really see that as an effective form of promoting your shop. I'm thinking the value of this contest would be a plaque on the wall in your show room.
Come on guys! One of the top paint manufacturer's in the world only paying $2500 to the winner? This is why the collision repair/paint and body industry is suffering. The value people put on the skills required to do top quality work, drops yearly.
Come on DuPont, don't forget the people who use your products...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Report: GM Plans to Call Back 8,000 Chevy Volts | TheBlaze.com
Their will be a time and place for electric cars, but to shut down oil just because is crazy, Develop the technology first, then transition.
Why do people loose their common sense when they get elected to office?
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Report Puts Consumers on High Alert Over Unethical Body Shops: BodyShop Business - The Body Shop Reference
We happen to have the experience of watching how and why this occurs. As a 25 plus year veteran in the industry, I watched the insurance companies develop a a strangle hold on the industry to keep down labor rates. When I started, Mechanical labor and body labor were identical; $18 per labor hour. In an effort to increase their margins, insurance companies set out to control the collision repair labor rates through pressure and steering, now mechanical labor is pushing $90 and collision hovering around $44, less then half. It's no wonder college graduates aren't coming fresh out of collage excited about opening a body shop.
If the insurance companies would let the body shops set their own rate - correction; if they would pay the rate the body shop set. We would get a higher educated shop owner who would not feel the need to short cut the system to accommodate what the insurance company say's they are willing to pay. The insurance companies base their labor rate on a high volume shop they have contracts with and then only offer and Independent's the same labor rate based on a different business model and cost structure.
Until the insurance companies lighten up on the industry, this situation will continue to get worse and while they squeeze the industry with their right fist, they point the finger of blame with their left.
Report Puts Consumers on High Alert Over Unethical Body Shops: BodyShop Business - The Body Shop Reference
For the original story click here
If the insurance companies would let the body shops set their own rate - correction; if they would pay the rate the body shop set. We would get a higher educated shop owner who would not feel the need to short cut the system to accommodate what the insurance company say's they are willing to pay. The insurance companies base their labor rate on a high volume shop they have contracts with and then only offer and Independent's the same labor rate based on a different business model and cost structure.
Until the insurance companies lighten up on the industry, this situation will continue to get worse and while they squeeze the industry with their right fist, they point the finger of blame with their left.
Report Puts Consumers on High Alert Over Unethical Body Shops: BodyShop Business - The Body Shop Reference
For the original story click here
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Diary of a Bad Collision Repair: BodyShop Business - The Body Shop Reference
Diary of a Bad Collision Repair
Bad collision repairs are allowed to take place, pure and simple. Greed and not caring allow them to take place. And I've seen my fair share.
By Danny Wyatt
10/25/2010
that desire.
But then I thought, what the heck am I going to write about? There have been so many articles written about the collision repair industry already. When my thoughts fell on all the bad repairs I’ve seen in my work as a licensed appraiser, it occurred to me that documenting them and trying to explain why I think they happened would truly be scintillating material. I’m going to share with you my thoughts on why there are so many hack jobs going on out there and invite you to agree or disagree with me.
It’s Allowed
Bad repairs, shoddy repairs, butchered-up repairs, unsafe repairs, hack jobs…whatever you want to call them, they don’t happen on their own. Many of you are going to think I’m nuts for what I’m about to say as to why bad repairs happen, but here goes: Bad repairs are allowed to take place, pure and simple. Greed and not caring allows bad repairs to take place.
Insurance companies wanting more and more profits causes bad repairs to happen. The practice of hiring inexperienced adjusters, pencil-pushing auditors and unrealistic cycle time also allow bad repairs to happen. Until insurers change their ways and agree to pay to have damaged vehicles repaired correctly, the allowing of bad repairs will continue to happen.
Bad collision repairs are allowed to take place, pure and simple. Greed and not caring allow them to take place. And I've seen my fair share.
By Danny Wyatt
10/25/2010
When I was slaving through the process of writing my book, “Collision Collusion: Auto Insurers — Modern-Day Gangsters in Collision Claim Payments,” I remember thinking that I would never again write another one. However, I didn’t rule out writing an article for a trade magazine, so here I am fulfilling
that desire.
But then I thought, what the heck am I going to write about? There have been so many articles written about the collision repair industry already. When my thoughts fell on all the bad repairs I’ve seen in my work as a licensed appraiser, it occurred to me that documenting them and trying to explain why I think they happened would truly be scintillating material. I’m going to share with you my thoughts on why there are so many hack jobs going on out there and invite you to agree or disagree with me.
It’s Allowed
Bad repairs, shoddy repairs, butchered-up repairs, unsafe repairs, hack jobs…whatever you want to call them, they don’t happen on their own. Many of you are going to think I’m nuts for what I’m about to say as to why bad repairs happen, but here goes: Bad repairs are allowed to take place, pure and simple. Greed and not caring allows bad repairs to take place.
Insurance companies wanting more and more profits causes bad repairs to happen. The practice of hiring inexperienced adjusters, pencil-pushing auditors and unrealistic cycle time also allow bad repairs to happen. Until insurers change their ways and agree to pay to have damaged vehicles repaired correctly, the allowing of bad repairs will continue to happen.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Still testing the chip guard clear
So far it looks good, we have more testing to do but the rock throwing process had ended (see our YouTube channel for the video). We basically chunk rocks at it, small ones at first, the graduated to larger ones. The session ended after we just started tossing the piece around on the gravel, needless to say we must have a destructive streak in us because we had way to much fun doing it.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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