Repairers Expect Parts Delays in Wake of GM Dealership, Warehouse Closings
Collision repairers say they’re bracing for part order delays in the wake of GM’s bankruptcy filing Monday. The company’s Service and Parts Operations (SPO) announced this week that it will cease operations at three parts distribution centers in Boston, Mass., Columbus, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Fla., by Dec. 31, 2009. The company has also informed more
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.
Web-Est Launches New Web Site
Web-Est, LLC announced the relaunching of its Web site, www.web-est.com, which is structured to serve the needs of small- to mid-sized shop owners. Pages on the new site include: Shop Profit Training, Industry News, Consumer Repair Network (CRN) and a new blog. The CRN is designed to help collision repair shops secure potential repair jobs
More Phone Scam Complaints Filed by Shops
After reading a story on www.bodyshopbusiness.com about a Vancouver, Wash., body shop warning of a possible scam involving IP Relay phone service for the hearing impaired, dozens of other shops from around the country have reported receiving a similar call. So far, tales of a similar scam have flowed in from shops in Wyoming, Wisconsin,
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Falling Off Barstool Draws DUI Charge
Falling off a barstool doesn’t normally warrant a DUI, but if the stool is mounted to four wheels and an engine rather than a barroom floor, all bets are off – just ask Kile Wygle of Newark, Ohio. Wygle’s troubles began after a joyride on a homemade motorized barstool went awry and Newark police, responding
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Toyota Engineering Kelp Car
Toyota is going green in a literal sense, hoping that a seaweed-based bioplastic will be the wave of the future for its vehicles’ bodies. The seaweed-based car would likely build on Toyota’s 1/X concept car, a plug-in hybrid that weighs 926 pounds and has a carbon-fiber body, which Toyota is now showing at the Melbourne
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Rare Bugatti Unearthed in British Garage
Leave it to the eccentric uncle. Dr. Harold Carr’s nephews and nieces inherited his dusty, old garage in northern England after his death in 2007 and expected to find very little housed inside. But when they opened its doors, they found not only a vintage Aston Martin and Jaguar parked there, but also a rare
RIP, Yellow Pages
It’s official: the Yellow Pages is dead. Hopefully you didn’t hear it here first. Hopefully you heard the death knell a long time ago and decided the Internet was the way to promote your brand. The Yellow Pages I’m referring to is the big yellow paper directory dropped off on your doorstep that some people
Low-Cost Estimating
Web-Est caters to the small- to mid-size collision repair market by providing low-cost ($99 monthly), logic-based estimating software online. It uses Mitchell International’s collision repair data, and its online Internet marketing service helps shops get new business. Call (888) 362-8790 or visit www.web-est.com for a free 14-day online trial.
Low-Cost Estimating
Web-Est caters to the small to mid-size collision repair market by providing low-cost ($99 monthly), logic-based estimating software online. It uses Mitchell International’s collision repair data, and its online Internet marketing service helps shops get new business. Call (888) 362-8790 or visit www.web-est.com for a free 14-day online trial.
