Steering is Illegal 

Steering is a discriminatory practice used by some auto insurance companies to lure you away from considering any other collision repair shop except for those on their pre-approved list.

Steering takes away your freedom of choice and sticks you with shoddy, discounted repairs the insurance company made you pay full price for when you paid your premium.

BEWARE OF DIRECT REPAIR!

If you’ve been involved in a vehicle accident, and your insurance company recommends a collision repair shop for your repairs…BEWARE.

The shop is likely to have signed a DIRECT REPAIR AGREEMENT in order to be part of the insurance company’s list of “Preferred Repair Shops.”

DIRECT REPAIR is sold to you as a convenience, but the truth is direct repair programs are nothing more than a discount program created BY insurance companies FOR insurance companies.

When a collision repair shop signs a DIRECT REPAIR AGREEMENT The shop agrees to promote the insurance company’s best interests… NOT YOURS.

They also agree to write all estimates using imitation or salvage parts.

And lastly, and perhaps most importantly, they agree to make concessions
on your behalf without your knowledge.

Please BEWARE OF DIRECT REPAIR.
The repairs done at a direct repair shop your insurance company “recommends” are deeply discounted poor quality repairs that you paid full price for when you paid your insurance premium.

We invite you to click HERE and see first hand some of the vehicles we’ve had come to our facility to be properly repaired after they’ve been “repaired” by a direct repair shop.

Thank You.
Mark & Shelley Venables
Color Crafters Collision Center

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