Vanity in auto body repairs

[HomerSapien]

I cant believe how people spend money to fix dents. I have a dent about the size of a softball on my truck door and front right body panel. I took it around to get estimates figuring it would be no more than $400 tops since it really is not bad at all. Every estimate came out to well over $1000. Looking at the bill, it was $150 for the parts and over $850 in labor. Is something odd going on or is it really that expensive? I walked out and am now thinking of putting a remote start system and another sub for a sxith of the estimate... Oh yeah, insurance covering it was out of the question for me.

Sigh.....

Im glad its just a truck and not a luxury car.

 

[bozo1]

Body repair is just like doctor/hospital bills. As long as the vast majority of it is being paid by insurance companies, there is no incentive to not screw people by pricing their services fairly.

 

[Ns1]

yeah some people (like me) are really anal about the way their car looks

gotta be perfect

 

[Zim Hosein]

I wonder how much it would cost for a "new" car door for your truck HomerSapien

 

[HomerSapien]

Neuro: I am too, i wash and wax/polish it very frequently. I just cant justify $1000 for it when it doesnt even affect the way it drives.
Zim: I asked and they said it would be closer to $1500 for replacing the parts.

Sigh....

 

[NetworkDad]

I went to get a dent repaired on my car, and a couple of auto-body vendors refused to service me unless my insurance was going to pay for it. They say they speacialize only in insurance repairs. Translation = They get much more money billing the insurance co.