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Car
Repair Scams: Why Traditional Scam Prevention Tips Will Cost You
A Fortune
Author:
Theodore Olson
The advice
is all the same for auto repair scam prevention. You'll be told
to find an ASE certified shop. Ask around. Check out several
different repair facilities first. Are they clean and neat?
Do they provide written estimates? Check with the BBB. Is it
AAA certified? Some will even advise to "ask for the parts back."
Traditional tips and suggestions merely put a Band-Aid over
an infected, gaping sore. Strong antibiotics are required to
address the root source of the problems in the repair industry.
To provide repair customers with the above advice is like sending
a soldier into combat dressed in a pink tutu. We have to stop
scratching at the surface.
There has not been any "new" advice in decades. More importantly,
no one has answered why car repair scams have reached an estimated
40 billion dollars per year. Moreover, why is there still no
solution to stop car repair scams?
The first hurdle to conquer is the perception of the frequency
of auto repair scams. Many folks just don't believe that car
repair fraud is all that bad. Some even argue that the vast
majority of repair shops do an honest day's work, and that a
few bad apples are making the rest look like crooks.
This is an interesting argument, and raises a number of questions.
1) If it is only a few "bad apples," where are they hiding the
40 billion?
2) If most repair shops are honest, why does every state warn
against car repair scams?
3) Why are auto repair shops at the top of consumer complaint
lists every single year, in every state?
This is even expanding across the continents. For example, just
last week Australia listed car repair scams at number 4 on their
top 10 consumer complaint list.
The perception of frequency gets distorted because there are
a number of levels to repair scams. There are the blatant rip-offs
covered in the news. For a great video visit "Repair Scams Caught
on Video"
www.repairtrust.com. Then there are the common scams
such as exorbitant prices and estimates, and aggressive scare
tactics to get service customers to perform services. These
occur every day.
The repair scams uncovered by RepairTrust not only found the
tactics listed above and more, but a powerful undercurrent of
scamming at the foundation of the automotive service industry.
In reality, most car repair scams go unnoticed by the service
consumer. Service customers just have no idea that they were
ripped-off. This under-the-radar scamming occurs in dealerships,
local shops, and franchises. Affiliation with ASE, AAA, BBB,
NADA makes no difference.
An ASE patch on a technician's arm, or an AAA or BBB sticker
on the door of a service center means absolutely nothing in
terms of a scam-free facility. Word of mouth recommendations
can be just as devastating, as even shops that "seem" honest
aren't.
Check out "Car Repair Prices: There Are No Honest Mechanics"
Isnare or RepairTrust for further discussion on this. Also,
for NEW and FREE scam prevention tips visit the Car Repair Scam
Articles @ RepairTrust.
Traditional tips are ineffective in today's service industry.
Service facilities have found new and ingenious ways of ripping
people off. In truth, many of the old tips and suggestions have
actually become weapons allowing service centers to indulge
in car repair scams more than ever.
The car repair playing field must be leveled. Service customers
need solid answers, and they need to be equipped with information,
understanding, tools, and an insider's view of the who, what,
when, where, why, and how of price-gouging.
Navigating the dim underworld of today's service centers with
outdated information will cost a fortune.
About
the Author:
Theodore
P. Olson (Ted) holds extensive certifications from Mercedes-Benz,
Toyota, GM, and ASE. He is the author of eight books and numerous
articles on the automotive service industry.
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