Hows business in your area?
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hey good ta see ya here sky long time no see 😉 bondo
I am working with an insurance company auditing shops the last few months to make sure what’s agreed and payed for is bein done. I get to visit 5-7 shops every day all different types and sizes. I find most have picked up since last year and that the guys who are really suffering are the ones who relied heavily on trade work last few years and didn’t bother trying to get a retail/insurance customer base.
I’m not so sure about the quality element, some of the places I go to are busy and only work from sheds and are total cowboys.
Then again when I look at a job it can be shit and a customer just sees shiny new panel.
Local SF estimatics super told me just last week that three local select service shops were set to close down. I didn’t ask which ones. Suppliers confirm most shops are dead or near dead. Some have trimmed days for staff.
I’m slower than usual for this time of year for me, but it is always a little down between the holidays and tax time. Gives me time to devote to restorations that I have waiting.
Had two Harleys in one day get dropped off for paint and flames. So there’s always something to do.
Hey guys im new to the site and thought I would chime in here,I have two shops in Nor CAl that are doing very well,I always ask the parts drivers and adjusters what it is like out in our neck of the woods… they have been telling me for months now we are one of few still busy….I hope we can keep up this pace during these tuff times,I have some of the best guys working for me and do not want to send anybody home or lose them….
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[quote]Hey guys im new to the site and thought I would chime in here,I have two shops in Nor CAl that are doing very well,I always ask the parts drivers and adjusters what it is like out in our neck of the woods… they have been telling me for months now we are one of few still busy….I hope we can keep up this pace during these tuff times,I have some of the best guys working for me and do not want to send anybody home or lose them….[/quote]
ya i understand what ur saying lotsa guys south of me in spokane have been laid off here im doing ok but i dont have much overhead i sorta think …..or hope things pick back up economically around here been hard on all businesses here an that can bite all of us in the A$$ somtimes[b]bondomerchant wrote:[/b]
[quote][b]HCC/WCC wrote:[/b]
[quote]Hey guys im new to the site and thought I would chime in here,I have two shops in Nor CAl that are doing very well,I always ask the parts drivers and adjusters what it is like out in our neck of the woods… they have been telling me for months now we are one of few still busy….I hope we can keep up this pace during these tuff times,I have some of the best guys working for me and do not want to send anybody home or lose them….[/quote]
ya i understand what ur saying lotsa guys south of me in spokane have been laid off here im doing ok but i dont have much overhead i sorta think …..or hope things pick back up economically around here been hard on all businesses here an that can bite all of us in the A$$ somtimes[/quote]YUP 😉
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