Florida Autobody Collision Alliance Takes Stand Against PartsTrader
FACA, which believes State Farm’s parts procurement program cuts profits, slows operations and gives control to insurers, will host statewide meetings to educate repairers.
Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association Sees Good Turnout at PartsTrader Meetings
“I’m greatly concerned that our industry still doesn’t understand the repercussions of this program,” says WMABA Board Member Don Beaver.
Auto Body Association of Connecticut Releases Position Statement on PartsTrader
ABAC calls program a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and says the only two entities that will profit are State Farm and PartsTrader.
BodyShop Business Interviews Former State Farm Employee on Parts Procurement Initiative
Former estimating team manager believes State Farm stumbled in the way it introduced the parts program, but also believes the program will ultimately prove to be a good thing.
Nebraska Auto Body Association Releases Statement on Parts Bidding
Cautions collision repairers to consider business impacts of insurer-mandated parts bidding initiatives.
Mississippi Body Shop Owner Pleads with State Farm to Reconsider Parts Procurement Program
In letter addressed to State Farm Claims Consultant George Avery, John Mosley asks Avery to see negative potential consequences of PartsTrader program.
Birmingham Body Shops Dropping State Farm Select Service Program Due to PartsTrader
Repairer claims that 40 percent of Select Service shops in area have decided to part ways with State Farm rather than participate in new parts ordering and bidding process.
Liberty Mutual, West Virginia Body Shop Agree to Stop Using ‘Junkyard Parts’
Liberty Mutual also will provide State with list of all West Virginia consumers whose vehicles were repaired illegally within last three years using salvaged parts.
West Virginia Body Shop, Insurer Sued Over Use of Salvage Parts in Repair
The lawsuit states that Liberty Mutual began requiring that Chandler’s, a DRP for the insurer, used reconditioned “junkyard parts” on vehicles three years old or less from the date of the crash, a violation of state law.
Florida Body Shop Owner Challenges GEICO’s 10-Percent OE Parts Discount with Survey
Collision Concepts Owner Eddie Quintela says none of the more than two dozen shop owners and managers he surveyed offer the discount.