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Originally Posted by GIZZ
Depending on the labour to parts ratio, it's probably not worth it for the shop to risk holding the bag on the parts. I may have to decline that risky job. Not sure about bodyshops, but for mechanical we are turning work away daily due to not enough hours in the day. There are always cars to fill the bays, the work is endless.
If you turn it around, do you want to get the car fixed? The shop won't receive payment from ICBC until after the repairs are complete. The shop will float the cost of these parts for that entire time. If it's not fair to the car owner, it really isn't fair to the shop especially if the car owner never shows up for the repairs. It's happened before.
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It is shitty for both party's, and if it was a private repair I would absolutely be 100% supportive of 50% down, possibly even 100% prepay, but being an ICBC job that is between the shop and ICBC. Customer should not be involved.