Charging excessive car repair prices has become an accepted practice across the
auto service industry.
From maintenance time saver tricks to
outrageous and elaborate repair scams, it's the service customers that pay.
98% of All Repair Shops Are
Ripping You Off!
One of the
hardest things for many to accept is the breadth and scope that the
automotive service industry is ripping people off. They just
don’t think it’s possible. It’s not just
possible, it’s EASY! And you’ll often never even know
it’s happening.
To be clear:
98% of all
repair shops: dealerships, local shops, and franchises are
price-gouging you, the service customer!
What is
price-gouging?
Price-gouging
simply means that you are getting ripped-off. You are paying too much
for car repair
prices.
The automotive service industry has been price-gouging for decades, and
it's getting worse.
Due to the
unique nature of the industry, a dictionary-style
definition helps to clarify its abuses.
1)
Price-gouging is the process by which a service center charges a
service customer in excess of industry standards or manufacturer
guidelines for repairs and/or services. This includes parts, labor,
services, miscellaneous charges, or any combination of these. Industry
standards are understood to mean the commonly accepted practices of
using vehicle manufacturer guidelines to determine pricing.
2) Price-gouging is also defined as charging the customer for repairs or
services which are unnecessary, done poorly, incorrectly, and/or cause
damage—(immediately or at a future point) that would not
otherwise have been the client’s responsibility.
In short,
you are getting ripped-off whenever you are being charged above the
automotive service industry's guidelines.
How often
does this happen?
Every day!
Price-gouging
is an accepted practice in the industry!
Industry guidelines are ignored, abused, and manipulated on a daily
basis by 98% of the service facilities nationwide. For more evidence click car repair prices
-Theodore
P. Olson ©
http://www.repairtrust.com/
Empowering
the Service Customer
MLA Style Citation:
Olson, Theodore. "98% of All Repair Shops Are Ripping You Off!" RepairTrust. 23 December 2006. http://www.repairtrust.com/articles_98.html
APA Style Citation:
Olson, Theodore. (2006, December 23). 98% of All Repair Shops Are Ripping You Off!. RepairTrust. http://www.repairtrust.com/articles_98.html
Chicago Style Citation:
Olson, Theodore. 2006 98% of All Repair Shops Are Ripping You Off!. RepairTrust (December, 23), http://www.repairtrust.com/articles_98.html |
