Should get busy for a while…
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I work at a Chrysler dealer and today we got some nasty golf ball size hail. One of the mechanics was outside when it started and wound up having the skin on his head split open, he went to the hospital for stitches. All the vehicles on the lot are caked with hail (new cars, used cars, customer vehicles and all the staff vehicles). Thankfully for me I drove my old ’98 Escort today instead of the truck.
But the good news is that we’ve been slow in the bodyshop the last few weeks and shouldn’t be any longer.
What part of Calgary are you at??What dealership do you work at??I’m south of you in Lethbridge.The dent wizard(not stone) pdr franchise manager lives down here,he will be happy 😉
I live in NE Calgary. I work Downtown at Renfrew Chrysler. The majority of the larger hail seemed to be in that area. I am guessing that GSL Chev and Metro Ford probably got it too.
What shop do you work at?
We havent had a REAL bad hail storm around here in years. The only hail we have gotten is small stuff that the PDR guys make bank on. It seems that when we do get a good hail car in the body men are the ones who get the gravy. Painters have to prime and paint a complete for under 17hrs most of the time.
You should move up here. You sound like you get…the short end of the stick a lot (to be polite). Most of the shops I’ve been in/know of the painters make the real money and are treated like gods…
[b]Ben wrote:[/b]
[quote]You should move up here. You sound like you get…the short end of the stick a lot (to be polite). Most of the shops I’ve been in/know of the painters make the real money and are treated like gods…[/quote]
You hit the nail on the head there! I do get the shaft all the time 👿 Its just the opposite where Im at. The body men are treated like Gods and the painters get the scraps. I was once told by my boss that he could get anyone off the street to paint for him so he has to be careful of what he pays me. He says its supply and demand, he thinks painters are a dime a dozen and body men are a rare bird. :rofl Dang!… I was doing so good! You just had to ge me started :exciThats ashame all those new cars got dented. How does a situation work like that when every car has damage. Who handles it?
Well, all of a dealers enventory is owned by them. They call the insurance company to make a claim. they sent out a bunch of adjusters to cut checks. The dealer will either have them fixed or sell them as is for a reduced price. No matter what, the dealer makes money. The dealer I work for has a PDR team that fixes most of them.
[b]Underpaid Painter wrote:[/b]
[quote]Well, all of a dealers enventory is owned by them. They call the insurance company to make a claim. they sent out a bunch of adjusters to cut checks. The dealer will either have them fixed or sell them as is for a reduced price. No matter what, the dealer makes money. The dealer I work for has a PDR team that fixes most of them.[/quote]We will see what they decide to do, but pretty much just that. They will likely decide to have a big Hail Sale to offload as many as possible, then have PDR performed where feasable and as a last resort the Body Shop will get the leftovers…
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