I had a car accident on November 17th 2022. I did not get my car back until April 15th 2023. I know some factors played into the delay; like state farm taking 2 weeks to send out someone to review, and parts being a worldwide problem. I get that, but this plays deeper than those matters.
I was in contact with a Body shop manager from Steet named Tim. Tim told me My car would be ready first two weeks of January, when that date came around, he told me the end of January and when that date came around it was hard to get into contact with him. I left SEVERAL messages and even When I did talk to him in January, I told him that I am losing out on money paying for rentals.
Fast Forward to the end of March, still without my car and no word from Tim, I finally I get a call (after complaining to my insurance company) from someone named Pete who tells me they "Fired" Tim and they have a loaner they could give me. So, Since January I could have been riding in one of their rentals but because of THEIR employee Tim, I am out Over 4000 Dollars in rentals (State Farm only covered up to $1000). I tell him the issue I had and how much money I have lost, and his response was "they can't control what Tim did and his ineptitude." He's YOUR employee, this blunder is on you as it is him.
Not only did I NOT get any discounts off for the errors they made (ordering wrong parts, loaner not being given etc). They couldn't even give me a free inspection Which expired in January. They gave me back my car with an expired sticker and I got pulled over and ticketed because of it as I left the dealership. This was one of the worse experiences ever. I wish they was more customer and consumer friendly as they know they played fault in the delay of my car being repaired and me being out of money.
I do want to give them some praise though. When I picked up my car, they were very friendly, very polite. (Tim or Pete wasn't there) and My car looks good and drives good. So just to be fair I do want to put that in here. read more