Comments on: Insurance Companies Steering Car Owners to DRP Shops?

By: TLCHURCH

TLCHURCH — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:10 +0000

this is a comment …
this is a comment on the comment from trxo.
your comment is bull—-. it is the drp shop and the insurance co’s fault. the shop that is a drp is so weak and lacking charcter that they will do anything to get the job anything!do right educuate the consumer repair the cars right. work for the customer -not the insurance company!the adjusters don’t know how to wright an estimate & repair a car or they are too afraid of loosing their job to do what is right. n-wide & progerssive are the worst.

By: txr0ckabilly

txr0ckabilly — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:10 +0000

sorry, but this is …
sorry, but this is bullshit, most of the time the DRP SHOP is not to blame. The insurance companies refuse to pay the bill and therein lies the problem. Insurance adjusters write their own estimates and 9 times out of 10, they have never worked on a car in their lives. Progressive is the worst.

By: irace4kimchi

irace4kimchi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:09 +0000

i am drp shop for …
i am drp shop for AAA, farmers and progressive. i must say AAA do care about customers car. no comments for farmers and progressive.

By: tubebabaca123

tubebabaca123 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:09 +0000

Take my advice, if …
Take my advice, if you are a tech. don’t fix the car until insurance company pay what is right. Or if you work for a body shop that bent over for insurance company GET OUT. Screw the insurance company, without the technicians they can fix cars.

By: RedMister1

RedMister1 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:09 +0000

Most body shops are …
Most body shops are forced in to being a DRP. This could be of many reasons and one would be lack of quality management of the shop. True, the shop is to blame for allowing such repairs to flow through their shop, BUT, the insurance companies are ONLY out to save themselves money. The insurance adjusters do what they can for their paycheck, but still, if insurance companies are allowed to say what can be fixed, with what and how, then there will always be fraudulent repairs.

By: RedMister1

RedMister1 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:08 +0000

They are forced. If …
They are forced. If they do not, then the insurance companies “steer”(by that I mean BS) the customers to shops who will work WITH the insurance companies. Anything to save the Ins. Co. a buck. Seriously, anything. It should be outlawed. Customers need to be well informed about how the “scam” (DRP) really works.

By: bigtiii

bigtiii — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:08 +0000

No they aren’t …
No they aren’t forced they line up in droves to sign up.

We’ve been DRP free for 3 years now and I’ll never look back.

By: deege52

deege52 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:08 +0000

Then demand a …
Then demand a supplement! Fix the car right…don’t roll over!

By: bigtiii

bigtiii — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:07 +0000

AMEN TL

BINGO!
AMEN TL

BINGO!

By: bigtiii

bigtiii — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:30:07 +0000

They steer even …
They steer even among DRPs. That’s a given. SF steers and attempts to steer our customers daily. I have the recorded phone calls to prove it.

I agree that it should be outlawed, but I disagree that the shops are forced. If shops would simply tear up their agreements…no more steering.

We have an excellent reputation so steering attempts, while sometimes successful, aren’t as effective.