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		<title>My Popular Tow Bill Helper Software is Now New and Improved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all of you using my Tow Bill Helper software, a long overdue overhaul is finally here. I&#8217;ve completely rewritten the software from scratch, making it more versatile and adding many features. The software can now be used to write invoices of any kind, not just tow bills. If you have been having a hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCC: Helping Insurers Nickel and Dime You To Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen this yet? Yes, your good friends at CCC are at it again. While you were working hard trying to eke out an existence repairing cars, CCC was conspiring with insurers to whittle down paint times again. First the bumper prompt reappears, now this new gem. This little window popped up on me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyshopsolutions.com/WordPress/?p=338</link>
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		<title>More New Software. Diminished Value Calculator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had many requests from people wanting to buy my diminished value calculator software separately from my BodyShop Office suite. And one of the most popular keyword searches that bring people to this site is &#8220;Diminished Value Calculator.&#8221; So here it is. I&#8217;ve finally created a separate application. In the days of Wreck Check, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyshopsolutions.com/WordPress/?p=327</link>
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		<title>New Tool From BodyShop Solutions: Supplement Request Generator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only person fed up with insurers causing us more work. The recent trend of insurers demanding supplement requests be in writing, and on their own forms, got me a little fired up. In protest I managed to anger Geico enough that they threatened legal action. They don&#8217;t like their logo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geico&#8217;s Gecko Gets Grumpy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Geico whined about copyright infringement so I had to remove the image. They are wrong and don&#8217;t understand the Fair Use act, and I could easily win in court, but I&#8217;m not sticking my neck out for this industry any more. Photoshop is a wonderful thing. Insurers creating more work for us is not. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screw Lean, Get Mean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pick up any trade magazine from the past couple of years and you&#8217;ll probably find an article about &#8220;lean production&#8221; or cutting your cycle time. Anyone whose mind is a jumbled mess from having to deal with the daily BS involved in running a shop would think little about the meaning and intent behind those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Folks at AIG Have Lost Their Minds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AIG has had a hard time in the past year or so. Bad publicity from less than squeaky clean business dealings has caused a panic, prompting a name change. They were losing thousands of policy holders every month due to the stigma of the AIG brand so they changed their name to 21st Century Insurance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Enemy Leading the Ignorant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent story at Autobodyonline is one sad commentary on the state of our industry. Though there is no author listed for the story, it appears to be a press release from the National Auto Body Council. And judging by the content of this press release the NABC is another &#8220;industry&#8221; organization that has fallen to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyshopsolutions.com/WordPress/?p=248</link>
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		<title>The Insurance Company&#8217;s Taj Mahal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Body Shop Business newsletter profiles what is being called the &#8220;Bellagio&#8221; of body shops in Fremont CA. I Think &#8220;Taj Mahal is more fitting and I&#8217;ll explain why in a minute. This is a must read for every one of you. More importantly, you must visit their website to believe what I&#8217;m about to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyshopsolutions.com/WordPress/?p=208</link>
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		<title>CAPA and the Law of Unintended Consequences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The insurance industry&#8217;s meddling in parts manufacturing and so called &#8220;certification&#8221; is putting them in a difficult position. Since CAPA is the preeminent entity in the pursuit of aftermarket excellence, all aftermarket parts manufacturers endeavour to capture the esteemed certification for the parts they make. But what happens when a part doesn&#8217;t pass CAPA&#8217;s rigorous [...]]]></description>
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