This collision center has SEVERE customer satisfaction issues! (I highly recommend looking elsewhere for a quality repair shop)
My vehicle was dropped off on 1/30/17, and assessed to (initially) be a 4 day job. Prior to leaving the business, I had to fill out an intake form, listing my home phone #, cell phone #, email address, work phone #, and my spouse's cell phone #... Then was asked which method was my preferred method of contact - I stated my cell phone.
The following day I began to receive random emails from PRESTIGE COLLISION with varying/erroneous dates of completion....including February 23rd! When I telephoned THEM, I was instructed to "just ignore the emails since it was a new system they were just starting to use and it isn't giving correct info".
After one week passed, and I heard NOTHING from Prestige, I telephoned THEM. I was told that the vehicle was being repainted and was slated for completion by that Friday (11 days in). Since my service advisor, whom I had never met, was "busy with another customer", I decided I would call back later for an exact pickup time.
72 hours later, (the day prior to my slated pickup), I called again....only to learn that my elusive advisor didn't make it into work, so I requested that the receptionist/secretary have HIM call ME first thing in the morning (8am) before I drove over to Paramus. I heard NOTHING that next morning. I waited until noon, and then, once again, I called Prestige. This time I was lucky enough to be able to speak to my assigned advisor (Joe). I told him I was ready to drive over to pick the vehicle up, when he told me: it wasn't ready - in fact, it wouldn't be ready for another 4 or 5 hours, so it was probably best to pick the vehicle up after the weekend. I told Joe that was fine, I'd continue to drive my ENTERPRISE rental car, but would plan to definitely be at Prestige on Monday morning. Before ending my conversation with Joe, I requested that IF, for ANY REASON, there was a problem, he was to call me by 9:30am on Monday. He went on to say that no matter what, he was going to call me Monday at 9am REGARDLESS.
Monday morning arrived, I waited until 9:45am - no phone call from Prestige, so I set out. I drove from Rockaway Park (Queens) to Paramus, battling 40-45mph wind gusts crossing the RFK & GEORGE WASHINGTON bridges. I return my rental car and have Enterprise drop me off at Prestige @ 11:25am. When I told the secretary my name, and that I was there to retrieve my vehicle, she telephoned Joe to come up to the front. At that point, I finally met JOE in person, and was promptly told my vehicle was NOT READY! This infuriated me. I asked why I was NOT called, and reminded him of our conversation just 3 days prior when he vowed to call me. He had no excuse and apologized, but told me my vehicle needed another 2 to 3 hours. Without transportation, and NOT living close by, I sat down and began my frustrating wait. After 30 minutes, realizing my anger was NOT subsiding, I requested to speak to the manager "ANTHONY".
Anthony listened to my recanted saga, and promptly proceeded to start placing blame on all of the associates involved: 1) the front desk girls must have listed my preferred method of contact incorrectly; 2) the intake staff shouldn't have stated that it would only take 4 days; 3) the secretary should have NEVER told me to ignore those emails with time updates; and 4) Joe had no justified reason not to call me, so he would speak to him.... Excuse after excuse after excuse. As a member of management, never did he accept any responsibility for the cascade of events. He went on to show me pictures of my vehicle that were taken during the repair process, in an effort to show me why it was taking so long. Lastly he offered to have someone drive me to the mall to go shopping while I wait. (...side note, the LAST THING an angry customer wants to do is go shopping!)
I went to the customer lounge and waited nearly FIVE hours. When my car was FINALLY brought to the front, the delivery person told me to 'be careful shutting the doors' because usually the kind of repairs done to my vehicle need 24 hours to set the glue. So I became VERY concerned that I have not received a true quality job. Pushed to my ultimate limits, I reached out to PRESTIGE Auto Family management and am currently seeking reprimands for the Prestige Collision team!!
Bottom line: PLEASE look elsewhere for a repair shop!!!! read more