Report# 13103434
The one thing I learned this year is that if you purchase a paint job from Maaco, you'll make the biggest mistake of your life. In July of 2017, I purchased a paint job from Maaco. After the one North Carolina winter season, the paint job discolored on my trunk. I noticed the discoloration after sweeping snow and ice off my car in Feb 2018. I was thinking luckily for me, I have a one year warranty. To my surprise, I was completely WRONG! After contacting the corporate office in May 2018, the insurance rep (Tristian Phipps) instructed me that I would need to coordinate a paint job between the location the car originally received the paint job which was in Martinez, GA and the local shop in Charlotte, NC where I reside. Somehow it became my job to facilitate a paint job between multiple shops instead of Maaco's Corporate Office. I then contacted the Maaco South Blvd location in Charlotte, NC about my car and the warranty. I was informed by a staff member, Chasity, that she would reach out to the Martinez location where the car was originally painted. After weeks of follow-up phone calls with the corporate office, Charlotte shop, and Martinez shop, I was finally informed to bring my car into the shop for an inspection. After taking my car to the shop for inspection, I followed up with the Charlotte shop to determine next steps. I was then informed that they would not be painting my car because they concluded that something was spilled on the car; however, they did not state what alleged substance could discolor a paint job. They proceeded to tell me that I would need to discuss this matter with the corporate office. After calling the corporate office and being routed to a 3rd party vendor, I wasn't given a contact number or email address for the rep (Tristian Phipps) who was assigned to my case. I followed up a few days later and received the same answer in regards to contact information to the Maaco rep assigned to the claim. Maaco's rep, Tristian, finally called and informed me that he would contact the Charlotte shop and call me back. After another couple of days, Tristian called to inform me that my warranty request would be denied because an expert stated something was poured onto the car. Again, they failed to produce a report from an expert or provide me with any specifics on what type of substance could cause this type of damage and void the warranty. After quickly being escalated to management, Sahmekia (Customer Relations Manager) informed me that I had spilled something on my car and my case is closed. I informed Sahmekia that the discoloration occurred after snow and ice was swept off my car. I also reference the section in the warranty stating that extreme weather (hot & color) will cause discoloration and is covered in the warranty. Sahmekia proceeded to state that I spilled something on my car and that my case was closed. I asked for Sahmekia' last name but wasn't given that information either.
I am sadden, disappointed, and in complete disgust of how I have been treated throughout this process with Maaco. I relied on them to do their job by providing a quality paint job and to stand by a one year warranty that they issued. However, this was not the case. So if you want to pay thousands of dollars, get a paint job that can't sustain weather conditions, enjoy chasing down multiple Maaco employees, all to have a bad looking paint job.....Maaco is for you!! read more