Florida Body Shop Owner Takes GEICO to Task for Deducting 10 Percent Off Domestic OE Parts Cost on Estimates
Eddie Quintela, owner of Collision Concepts Inc. in Delray Beach, Fla., has written a letter to GEICO to voice his objection over the insurer deducting 10 percent of the cost of domestic OE parts written on estimates, thereby leaving the insured with the cost – which Quintela says can be as high as $300 to
Indiana Body Shop Owner Accuses Farm Bureau of Violating Parts Law
An Indiana body shop owner is accusing Farm Bureau Insurance of violating H.B. 1024 by insisting that aftermarket crash parts be used on vehicles less than five years old.
CAPA Marks 18 Years as New York Insurance Department’s Only Approved Certifying Body for Aftermarket Crash Parts
For 18 consecutive years, the Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) has been deemed acceptable by the New York Superintendent of Insurance pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to regulation 64, as a qualified certification program for crash parts produced by manufacturers other than the original equipment manufacturer. New York law states that if aftermarket crash parts
Body Shop Owner Creates Online Parts Store for Collision Industry
Times were tough four years ago for Robert Williams. Sales at his two body shops in Fresno, Calif., had dropped more than 30 percent, and he was desperately searching for ways to cut expenses and make more money. Looking around his shop, Foxwood Auto Body, he noticed that he had quite the collection of leftover
Tasca Funny Car Sports Lucky FordParts.com Body In Norwalk As Online Parts Store Reaches First Anniversary
FordParts.com, the intuitive, consumer-friendly website that puts the customer in control by providing all the information required to make informed buying decisions, celebrates its one-year anniversary this month. Twelve months ago, the virtual doors opened to a diverse, eager audience and the demand for Ford and Motorcraft parts through the website hasn’t slowed. Customers –
New Jersey Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurance Cos. with Phony Parts Bills
New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Middlesex County, N.J., body shop owner pleaded guilty to defrauding numerous insurance companies out of nearly $52,000. Divyakant Patel, 46, of Iselin, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa in Middlesex County to charges of third-degree
Body Shop Owner Creates Website to Sell Extra Parts
Denny Knebel knows that body shop owners have lots of extra parts from vehicle repairs lying around. After all, he himself has owned 13,600-square-foot Knebel’s Auto Body Center (www.knebelsautobodycenter.com) in Highland, Ill., since 1980. Whether it’s a door with a dent or a mirror with a scratch, these “leftovers” typically get thrown in the dumpster
Riverdale Body Shop Selects RealParts.com
RealParts.com recently announced that Riverdale Body Shop has selected RealParts.com as its primary alternative for sourcing recycled parts. Family owned and operated Riverdale has been in business in South Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana since 1970. It has eight locations, six in Illinois (Alsip, Chatham, Roseland, Chicago Heights, Dolton and Tinley Park) and two in Indiana
ABRA Auto Body & Glass Joins Quality Parts Coalition
ABRA Auto Body & Glass (ABRA) has joined the Quality Parts Coalition’s (QPC) list of supporters. ABRA joins the QPC to advance the coalition’s goal to pass automotive “repair clause” legislation, which would create an exemption for design patent infringement liability for component parts used to repair automobiles and other articles of manufacture. The QPC
Body Shop Owner and Sons Create Web Site to Sell Scrap Parts
Gary Miller has been in the collision repair industry for over 30 years, and he knows it’s a rough go. That’s why when he worked in the shop side-by-side with his two sons, Casey and Chris, he would tell them afterward to go find a cleaner job. Both of them listened, with one (Chris) becoming