GIA Smash Repairs in Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia | Automotive repair centre

GIA Smash Repairs

Locality: Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9744 5849

Address: Unit 11/137 Kings Road, Five Dock 2046 Five Dock, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.giasr.com

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25.01.2022 this is where it’s going to end up in australia the insurance company is going to eventually deal directly with the consumers and under pay them and yes they say they pay for the additional cost but how long do you have to wait and this will happen cause once they have closed all the small businesses (mum and dad shops) the big corporate shops will dictate to the insurance companies that they need more money so they will end up paying you the customer and you can just go and find someone to fix it for a price it’s the same as coles woolworth and bunnings sad very sad

19.01.2022 Today Fire and Rescue NSW Station 093 Narellan B Platoon decided to demonstrate the dangers of passengers travelling with their feet up on the dashboard. The ...video shows just how violently a persons legs are literally thrown backward in the event of an accident causing serious leg, pelvic, spinal and internal injuries. If you know someone that travels like this please share with them as a minor traffic accident could result in the airbags deploying resulting in critical injuries. #FRNSW #Macarthur #GeneralLandRescue #GLR #LegsDown #Airbag #PleaseDont

18.01.2022 Anyone insured home & car with this insurance should read. This article talked about home insurance but same tactics are used in car insurance. Bear in mind AAMI, GIO, BINGLE, JUST CAR, SHANNON, APIA are all belong to SUNCORP Group.

17.01.2022 It's been a busy 22 months, does anyone still think there is not a problem with the quality of repairs?

17.01.2022 Published on August 18th 2019 in Latest News LANDMARK RULING PUTS ‘CHOICE’ BACK INTO MOTORISTS’ HANDS Australian motorists have been given a significant boost with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) recently enforcing genuine choice in motor vehicle insurance policies, instructing a car insurer to use a motorist’s choice of repairer, instead of the insurer’s preferred repairer. The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) has declared this a win for i...ndustry and motorists. AFCA found in favour of the consumer because the consumer had purchased an insurance policy that gave them the right to choose their repairer, and the insurer was found to not have met its contractual obligations, under the policy, in refusing to allow the consumer to exercise this right, said VACC CEO, Geoff Gwilym. Insurance policies usually give the insurer a discretion to reject the consumer’s chosen repairer where the insurer considers that the chosen repairer’s estimate is unreasonable. We have had a situation in the car insurance industry for many years whereby some insurers reject reasonable repair estimates made by repairers, chosen by the consumer, in favour of another workshop preferred by the insurer. The insurer-preferred repairer typically provides a much lower repair estimate than the consumer’s chosen repairer. Frustratingly, the consumer is often not told why the insurer’s repair estimate is much lower and the insurer may also use the lower repair estimate to cash settle the policyholder, which is unfair, added Gwilym. What this behaviour encourages is underfunded or incomplete repairs or unfair cash settlements. It was a race to the bottom until AFCA stepped in with this historic decision. VACC members want to see the end of vehicles being poorly repaired. AFCA has restored the policyholder’s choice of repairer rights and a right to have their vehicle repaired to a safe standard. VACC estimates that the case is relevant to 90 percent of all choice of repairer repair complaints that policyholders have with car insurers. Before this decision, often cars that needed to be re-repaired were returned to the workshop that lost out on the original quote for the job to be ‘made good’. So, getting the right repairer in the first place may actually save insurers time and money by following the AFCA order. AFCA’s finding is a game changer for independent panel repair businesses and the motorists they serve. This ruling reinforces a motorist’s right where they have a ‘choice of repairer’ policy to have their vehicle repaired where they choose. VACC’s advice to motorists is that if an insurer insists on a different repairer, they should be provided with an explanation that transparently explains the proposed repair methods and if new or second-hand parts are being used. Having ‘choice or repairer’ in a car insurance policy is critical and every motorist should demand it from their insurer, concluded Gwilym.

14.01.2022 REPAIRER CHOICE LANDMARK RULING Copy and paste this link. ... https://gallery.mailchimp.com//AMBRA_Newsletter_first_edit

10.01.2022 another insurance company preferred repairer and what do you know gemini group the ones buying up all the shops so they can monopolies like woolworth coles and bunnings just push all the small business out the ones that take care and look after there customers not like the big corporate shops that you’re just another number to them and unless we all stand up and support your local independent repairer we are all going to go

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06.01.2022 Please share with family and friends NRMA are advising my customers that if they choose to go with us that they will have to manage there own claim. Well I can guarantee your claim does not need to be manage it's as simple as drop your car off it gets repaired to prior accident condition and it will be detailed and delivered if required back to you safely. To all NRMA customers you have CHOICE of repairer don't be bullied you can take your vehicle to ANY licensed repairer. Please call us we have been dealing with insurance repairs for 35 years as an individual repairer and we can advise you of your rights. Please share and again we at gia smash repairs thank you for your support and standing by your local repairer but it’s very important that you like and SHARE we need to get this message out there