Though not a vindictive person, and this is my FIRST Yelp review, I felt I owe this to some future customer of Classic Touch (I dealt primarily with Karrie) needing custom work on their custom vehicle. My biggest regret? Why I didn't check Yelp first? The reviews suck. This company was recommended to me, but they were a total nightmare. First, they're one of the only body shops that require a deposit upfront, according to other shops I'm dealing with now. It seems very apparent that they use these deposits in a "rob Peter to pay Paul" scenario in which they are way behind. My new shop said, "It sounds like you paid their rent."
I didn't get a warm fuzzy when I visited them the first time because of how junky, unkempt, and crowded their garage was. But the total lack of communication from them is just next level. And since I'm a recent customer, reading past reviews clearly indicates they haven't changed their highly unprofessional practices. On one visit I was told, "I'll get more info today and call you tomorrow." I waited 3 weeks without that call. Either she doesn't care or she simply doesn't have any mechanism that reminds her of promises she's made.
This was to be my summer project as we had 2-1/2 months of summer left. They said it would take three weeks from the time I gave them the deposit to get my car on the schedule. I would hear nothing from them, nothing at all, so eventually, I would drive by and go in. Karrie would see me and then immediately say "I was just gonna call you." A few weeks later, I'd stop by again because I'd heard nothing, and this time she said, "I was just sending you an email; we're gonna get you on the calendar this week." At that point, we were going on four months, so I told her I'm here to pull the plug. I just want my deposit back.
Well, that turned into a challenge all in itself. First, she said I would get the full deposit refunded ($3,327) in 1 to 2 days. When that expired, she said by the end of the week; after that, she said $1000 by the weekend, but I only received $500. Apparently they operate with very limited cash flow, which I found puzzling, considering a lot of businesses, including my own, have a business line of credit from a bank for such occasions as these.
Here's the irony wth all this: my insurance had to charge me two $500 deductibles because the two instances that caused my damage, three weeks apart, are considered separate. They told me to talk with Classic Touch about this since surely they would give me a $500 discount on one of the deductibles for a $10,000 quote. Nope, Karrie wouldn't budge.
To me, that's just a total lack of business savvy. The ironic part? When I finally got paid in full, she had overpaid me $500. Now some would call this karma, but I still have to live with myself, and I won't cheat anyone. I sent back the $500 on the very day I posted this review. So, if you read their other Yelp reviews and add mine to those, I could not, in good faith, NOT leave my miserable experience posted here. Do yourself a favor. FIND SOME PLACE ELSE! read more