Car Repair Scams: Why Traditional Scam Prevention Tips Will Cost You A Fortune

The advice is the same for auto repair scam prevention

. You'll be told to find an ASE certified shop. Ask around. Check out a number of different repair facilities first. Are they clean and neat? Do they provide written estimates? Check with the BBB. Is it AAA certified? Some will even recommend to "ask for the parts back."

Traditional tips and suggestions basically put a band-aid over an infected, gaping sore. Strong antibiotics are required to address the root source of the problems in the repair industry. To provide repair customers with the above advice is just like sending a soldier into combat dressed in a pink tutu. We have to stop scratching at the surface.

There has not been any "new" advice in decades. Moreover, no one has answered why car repair scams have arrived at an estimated 40 billion dollars per year. Moreover, why is there still no solution to stop car repair scams?

The first hurdle to conquer is the perception of the frequency of auto repair scams. Several folks just don't think that car repair fraud is all that bad. Some even argue that the vast majority of repair shops do an honest day's work, and that a few bad apples are making the rest look like crooks.

This is a fascinating argument, and raises a number of questions.

1) If it's only a couple of "bad apples," where are they hiding the 40 billion? 2) If most repair shops are honest, why does every state warn against car repair scams? 3) Why are auto repair shops at the top of consumer complaint lists every single year, in every state?

This is actually expanding all over the continents. For instance, recently last week Australia listed car repair scams at number 4 on their top 10 consumer complaint list.

The perception of frequency gets distorted because there are a variety of levels to repair scams. There are the blatant rip-offs covered in the news. For a great video, go to "Repair Scams Caught on Video" @ www.repairtrust.com. Then there are the typical scams for example exorbitant prices and estimates, and aggressive scare tactics to get service customers to carry out services. These occur every day.

The repair scams discovered by RepairTrust not just found the tactics listed previously and more, but an effective undercurrent of scamming at the foundation of the automotive service industry.

Frankly, the majority of car repair scams go undetected by the service consumer. Service customers simply have no idea that they were ripped-off. This under-the-radar scamming occurs in dealerships, local retailers, and franchises. Affiliation with ASE, AAA, BBB, NADA makes no difference.

Navigating the dim underworld of today's service centers with out-of-date info will be very expensive.

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by: Mika Lindt.

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