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Tiaan A

1 reviews | Active since May 2009

11 Sept 2023, 09:45

Forced to take car back to shoddy panel beater, been waiting

Had a small accident in a parking lot. Slight damage to the bumper. I put in the claim and it was approved. They booked my car at Eljoney panel beaters. At first there was an issue in getting parts and even without parts they tried to get me to take my car in. Then they finally got the parts but had to wait another 10 or something days. In total, y car was only taken in by the panel beater 25 days after the accident. Car was with them for 2 weeks with almost 0 feedback, dropped calls, no callbacks. Got the car back and they did more damage than good. I requested that my car be sent to another panel beater so it can be sorted out, but naked refused and said it has to go back to they guys that just did more damage to my car than the actual accident. I reluctantly agreed. It has now been another 3 or so weeks and the panel still hasn't contacted me to take in the car. In total it has now been 3 months since the accident and the car is still not fixed. In the mean-time I have discovered more issues, shoddy paintwork, parts/clips falling off. I refuse to take my car back to this panel beater as they do more harm than good and demand that my car be sent somewhere else to be fixed.

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Tiaan A's update11 Sept 2023, 13:06
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Got a response from the agent helping me. My car will now be sorted out at a different panel beater. I am happy with Naked Insurance through this entire process. It was just the panel beater that was the problem, and I wanted the pressure on them to come from Naked because the panel beater just ignored me.
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Naked Insurance's reply12 Sept 2023, 09:03
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Hi Tiaan,

We apologise for the experience you have had with our service provider, we are looking into your claim and will be addressing the service level directly with them. One of agents will be in close contact with you in order to get these issues rectified. 
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Tiaan A's update09 Oct 2023, 16:14
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I am putting my updated review here as Hellopeter deleted my other review because I am not allowed to review the same company twice.

I have been struggling for months now getting my car repaired. My car was sent on recommendation from by naked to Hyundai and Naked approved panel beater. Got the car back and they did more damage to the car than the actual accident. After months of to and fro, Naked agreed that I can get a quote somewhere else for the car to be repaired properly. Now all of a sudden they are trying to force me to take my car back to the same panel beater that damaged my car so badly. I am really upset with the service from Naked, they recommended the panel beater, and now trying to force me to take my property, of which I have taken extremely well care of, to a panel beater that will do more even more damage. It is not as if one of their employees *****ed up a little, it is multiple massive mistakes, which was signed off by a manager/owner. If they are happy with that quality of work on the surface, how bad is it underneath the paint. I can not be expected to trust that their poor workmanship will last!!