POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Should Labor Rate Surveys Be Abolished?
YES By Lee Amaradio Jr. A labor rate survey’s intended purpose is to establish a starting point so labor rate negotiations can begin. It’s intended to create a floor to build upon, not create labor rate caps. Today, it’s not serving any purpose other than keeping costs down for insurance companies. The major problem with
TECH FEATURE: No Raw Deal Here
Refinishing raw, unprimed bumper covers is more involved than refinishing primed ones. You can do a quality job by following certain steps, but you need to charge for the additional labor.
Eliminate Yourself and Add $50,000 to the Bottom Line
I have a solution to increasing insurance pressure, increasing costs and dwindling profits: Eliminate yourself.
CAR-O-LINER Names Randy Profeta Director of Technical Services and Industry Relations
CAR-O-LINER Company has named Randy Profeta its new director of technical services and industry relations. Profeta has worked in the automotive and collision repair industry for more than 30 years, including job assignments in both the retail and wholesale segments of the automotive industry. Before joining CAR-O-LINER, Profeta worked as a senior consultant and project
COVER STORY: Brand on the Brain
Want to get consumers thinking about your shop all the time? The key is to create a marketing plan that emphasizes repetition and consistency.
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Loose Moose Tranquilized, Falls on Two Cars
The moose is loose, or at least it was until Utah Division Wildlife Resource officers corralled it and then shot it with a tranquilizer dart after it wandered onto a Brigham Young University parking lot. But what are the odds that it would still manage to run through a barricade and then collapse onto two
JUNE COVER STORY: Protect Your Interests
With the proper legal advice, you can use these documents to establish you and your customers’ rights, obligations and interests at the outset of your business relationship.
SCRS Asks U.S. Attorney General to Investigate Possible Anti-Trust Activity
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) has joined efforts currently supported by a number of collision repair organizations across the country in a request to the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate violations of federal antitrust laws that many repairers feel are taking place in today’s marketplace. “Stemming
Ohio Shop Reaches Thousands in Community with Safety Stickers
The owners of Dynamic Autobody CARSTAR in Columbiana, Ohio, have made a living fixing cars after accidents, but are now helping to intervene at the accident scene. The shop – owned by Kathy and Dave George and their son Nick George – is offering free Toddler Info Kept for Emergency (TIKE) stickers for community members’