Got into a little incident at work where I backed up into a minivan owned by a fellow employee. Told him to get an estimate and I would pay for the repairs. He got an estimate from Fix Auto or Nordic, same address and telephone number. The estimate came back at over $700 and stated work that was not even needed. It has sheet metal work for 3 hours at $63 an hour and all the van needed was to have the bumper (not even metal) sanded and repainted. My car had more and did not cost me more than $400 to repair. On the van, the entire bumper could have been replaced with a new one for about $465. Lesson here is to get a few quoted and really look at their estimate and question these so called needed repairs.
Got into a little incident at work where I backed up into a minivan owned by a fellow employee. Told him to get an estimate and I would pay for the repairs. He got an estimate from Fix Auto or Nordic, same address and telephone number. The estimate came back at over $700 and stated work that was not even needed. It has sheet metal work for 3 hours at $63 an hour and all the van needed was to have the bumper (not even metal) sanded and repainted. My car had more and did not cost me more than $400 to repair. On the van, the entire bumper could have been replaced with a new one for about $465. Lesson here is to get a few quoted and really look at their estimate and question these so called needed repairs.