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Originally Posted by SN65

Hi S,

Actually, you CAN take your car to ANY shop you want. They TELL you that they cannot guarantee the repair, but that is a load of crap. It is just their way of scareing the customer into taking the car to a shop that they have negotiated a sweetheart "deal" with.

Also, did you know that Alstate owns a lot of the collision centers that they refer you to. Is that a conflict of interest or what. Their goal (and you have already confirmed it) is to get the car out the door for the least amount of money possible. Are the repairs performed correctly? You tell me. Can you get them to fix it after the fact? Probably not.

So... If you want the car repaired correctly, take it to a shop that does quality work and tell the insurance company to shove their "perfered" shop list up their collective butts.