In other LIABRA news:
◘ LIABRA Board Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
◘ LIABRA General Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of each month, except December, April, July and August.
◘ LIABRA’s next meeting will be Tuesday, September 18, at 8:00 PM and will include an educational seminar, location to be announced. The Hybrid Training Certificates are available for pick up at this general meeting. In addition, 250 club raffle tickets are on sale now. Call Ed at 631-941-9647 or Flo at 516-665-9483.
◘ LIABRA’s Annual Golf Outing is Sept. 24, 2012 at the Port Jefferson Country Club. Call Paul O’Connell 516-524-2353 or Vito Tandoi 631-884-3366.
LIABRA is headquartered at 425 E. John St., Lindenhurst, NY 11757 See www.liabra.org for more information.
Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:38
Ed Kizenberger of LIABRA re: PartsTrader
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Ed Kizenberger, Executive Director of The Long Island Auto Body Repairmen’s Association (LIABRA), says “Here is where the line in the sand is drawn for our industry: big shop, small shop, DRP/non DRP, it does not matter, factor out some or all of your parts profit and tell me how that contributes to your being a healthy viable collision center.
Any percentage of a smaller number results in a giveback of direct profit that comes off your bottom line and goes directly into the insurer’s pocket.
This, with a reduction in frequency and severity, should pretty much freeze our industry in place impacting our ability to attract new workers and train existing ones, invest in new equipment, maintain our facilities, etc. Mind you, the insurer’s argument will be they need to control parts to contain costs. That will help keep consumer’s premium costs “reasonable.” If this issue does not polarize and move our industry to action there will be little left to be concerned about.”
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