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4sure said:
i would go to local body shop,my 3 experiences with chips-away have been less than good.
Not this generalisation again.Chips away (and other similar outfits) are franchises, so every one is different. Some of these fracnhises also have bases, which are "body shops" as you describe.
Lets be clear here. Some body shops couldn't do a decent job if their life depended on it, and the same for "smart repairs". Lets not tar all with the same brush. My experience of the chips away chap that does Guildford/Woking (Louis Wan) has been excellent.
A new CA franchise selling themselves in Farnham the other day didn't even get as far as calling me back to make an appointment after taking all of my details...
edo said:
4sure said:
i would go to local body shop,my 3 experiences with chips-away have been less than good.
Not this generalisation again.Chips away (and other similar outfits) are franchises, so every one is different. Some of these fracnhises also have bases, which are "body shops" as you describe.
Lets be clear here. Some body shops couldn't do a decent job if their life depended on it, and the same for "smart repairs". Lets not tar all with the same brush. My experience of the chips away chap that does Guildford/Woking (Louis Wan) has been excellent.
A new CA franchise selling themselves in Farnham the other day didn't even get as far as calling me back to make an appointment after taking all of my details...
This is an open forum and that is my opinion...ok !
My local Chips Away franchisee, Richard Wallbank, is the biz.
He won't promise what he can't deliver and he does a great job on the stuff he says he can fix. He tends to do a better than OK job on stuff he says is beyond his scope but he won't claim to do miracles.
If both you and the Chips Away dude are realistic all will be good.
He won't promise what he can't deliver and he does a great job on the stuff he says he can fix. He tends to do a better than OK job on stuff he says is beyond his scope but he won't claim to do miracles.
If both you and the Chips Away dude are realistic all will be good.
agreed I always use CA, had 2 different techs, for 3 different cars
always a good job.
a lot of body shops use CA anyway
Chips away (and other similar outfits) are franchises, so every one is different. Some of these fracnhises also have bases, which are "body shops" as you describe.
Lets be clear here. Some body shops couldn't do a decent job if their life depended on it, and the same for "smart repairs". Lets not tar all with the same brush. My experience of the chips away chap that does Guildford/Woking (Louis Wan) has been excellent.
A new CA franchise selling themselves in Farnham the other day didn't even get as far as calling me back to make an appointment after taking all of my details...
always a good job.
a lot of body shops use CA anyway
edo said:
4sure said:
i would go to local body shop,my 3 experiences with chips-away have been less than good.
Not this generalisation again.Chips away (and other similar outfits) are franchises, so every one is different. Some of these fracnhises also have bases, which are "body shops" as you describe.
Lets be clear here. Some body shops couldn't do a decent job if their life depended on it, and the same for "smart repairs". Lets not tar all with the same brush. My experience of the chips away chap that does Guildford/Woking (Louis Wan) has been excellent.
A new CA franchise selling themselves in Farnham the other day didn't even get as far as calling me back to make an appointment after taking all of my details...
One of the issues of a franchisee is that one can be an ex bodyshop guy who has run his franchise for years, while another can be freshly redundant and just starting out but they both trade under the same name, which one you get depends on how much research you do. Which is exactly where a thread like this can help.
Engineer1 said:
One of the issues of a franchisee is that one can be an ex bodyshop guy who has run his franchise for years, while another can be freshly redundant and just starting out but they both trade under the same name, which one you get depends on how much research you do. Which is exactly where a thread like this can help.
Only problem is no one seems to have a recommendation of who I should use !If you're Brum and prepared to travel, the Chipsaway Head Office is in Kidderminster - and they do repairs as well as running the training centre. Or if you could get to Wolverhampton or Telford, the branches there are staffed by former bodyshop techs, the franchisee himself runs the business rather than doing the painting.
Full disclosure - I run a business that's part of the same network, and the people in question are friends, but I have no direct connection to their businesses and don't stand to benefit from you going there.
Full disclosure - I run a business that's part of the same network, and the people in question are friends, but I have no direct connection to their businesses and don't stand to benefit from you going there.
Anatol said:
If you're Brum and prepared to travel, the Chipsaway Head Office is in Kidderminster - and they do repairs as well as running the training centre. Or if you could get to Wolverhampton or Telford, the branches there are staffed by former bodyshop techs, the franchisee himself runs the business rather than doing the painting.
Full disclosure - I run a business that's part of the same network, and the people in question are friends, but I have no direct connection to their businesses and don't stand to benefit from you going there.
When they're not busy training.Full disclosure - I run a business that's part of the same network, and the people in question are friends, but I have no direct connection to their businesses and don't stand to benefit from you going there.
I had a repair done by the guys in Kiddy, rear bumper & crack on mudflap, can't see where the damage was.
Need to get front bumper done, maybe I should get pics & save for future Chipsaway threads come up
Unlike Anatol, I have no link with CA, other than a satisfied customer, however, as they are franchised results may vary between francisees.
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