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Re: Union/Trade Association

Posted: July 23rd, 2007, 12:39 pm
by SGT
Matty;25177 wrote:Hi Gang,

Just my 2 cents...

I believe our situation is much like the replacement industry. We try to lobby for higher prices, but when the insurance industry does a survey and sees that a customer can walk off the street and you charge him $30 or $40 for a repair, it is pretty tough to convince Allstate that a repair is worth $75.

I agree Matt. There are many reasons why shops charge lowball rates. It may be market saturation, hackers and WSR hobbists, a poor precieved value of this service and in the end you will never charge it. IMHO, there is no region in the USA that on a retail level you should'nt be able to charge a min of 50.00 for a repair.