If you’ve been accused of being an impatient hot head, I think I would reconsider this choice as a career. Not only do you need a very generous portion of patience, but you must be expertly trained (which is what we do) with the proper methods and then you need to add a large scoop of
So, when did Paintless Dent Repair first enter the collision repair market? Well the answer is in no way as simple as the question. There are many that feel it was over fifty years ago and then others will guess twenty. The concept has been around longer than the actual training and true PDR
With the hail storms upon us, this may be a good time to put more of a focus on the PDR technicians and the technology they use to solve the issues. PDR Technicians are the perfect solution because often times, a car will suffer from minor but multiple small dents. When the hail is 1″
The more of us that stand up to this, the better we will survive in our business. For this very reason, I have chosen not to work with insurance. After being completely ripped off, my response was to deny service. I should have and still may, file a lawsuit. The Mississippi Collision Repair Association, along
There are many lawsuits being filed against insurers on behalf of the collision repair industry. I have to say that it is about time. The collision repair industry should not be made to serve under a dictatorship. This type of bullying should have been stopped long ago. The way that our society has evolved to
When speaking to a PDR Technician or Body Shop, you will find that each have the same pain points when dealing with insurance companies. Either they don’t get the agreed upon payment or the worse is the conspiring that goes on when they establish and enforce “an artificial market value for collision repairs.” Finally, body
With the insurance companies you would have had to sign a DPR agreement. Once signed, you are essentially working for the insurance company jumping through their hoops and performing jobs at the new and very low cut-throat rates. If you rely primarily on the members of your community for the bulk of your work,
The problem for many body shops and PDR technicians is that customers are unwilling to pay for their portion of the job after the insurance company has paid theirs. There are many PDR technicians that have developed relationships with insurance damage assessor’s and who have, up until now or recently, had no issues getting paid
A lot of the body shop owners will dabble in PDR Technology without ever having taken any classes. They would agree that without the one on one schooling their efforts are nothing more than that, an awkward effort to do what the experts do. Unanimously, the owners agree that they would never feel that they
The take away from Part I of this series should be that body shop owners know that Paintless Dent Repair has a place but are reluctant to train someone for their in-house work. Some only have enough work for a few hours a week. Even those body shops that butt up against a used care
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