Brought my car in for an estimate in August when I damaged my driver side exterior mirror exiting my garage. Dave the owner wrote out an estimate for $644.36 and we agreed to have the repairs done at his shop. Finally the mirror arrived and we dropped the car off on Oct. 12th to have the work done on the 13th. We called on the 13th not ready, again on the 14th and 15th still not ready. I called this morning 10/18/21 and was told the car was ready for pick up. I went into the office with a check for the amount of $644.36 and was told that the amount was $1,275.46. He had no answer as to why the difference and didn't care to discuss it. My husband and I are elderly and on a fixed income. Naturally I was very upset and my husband who is in failing health was extremely upset. He called and spoke with the owner Dave who wrote the original estimate and was told he could prove the cost was legitimate. He told Dave that not once in all the calls to the shop was there any mention of this increase. He couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it. Elder abuse!!!!! Maybe if he offered us $100 and an apology it would have ended things but we got squat.
UPDATE: DAVID L. SHEPARD, INC. CAME THROUGH IN THE END AND REIMBURSED MY CREDIT CARD FOR THE $631.10 UP CHARGE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THIS BODY SHOP, IF THEY DID THE RIGHT THING IN THE BEGINNING THEY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ANY "BAD PRESS". LIVE AND LEARN. I THINK THEY LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON HERE. read more