Do you take a credit card approval before doing a repair job?

摘要

"I've gotten burned twice in the last couple of years with customers approving repairs over the phone then when they show up to pick up their repaired cars, present me with a copy of the North Carolina law stating they do not need to pay for repairs if they did not authorize them. I am then forced by law enforcement to release their cars. "My lawyer indi- cated the only way I can really avoid that is to act like a hotel, by asking for a credit card imprint when customers check in. I can't imagine someone dropping a car off for diagnostic service giving me a credit card imprint. "Operating a transmission shop, I'm not just looking at losing a $400 repair bill-I've lost a $2,300 and a $2,800 repair bill with this crap. Needless to say, this is a hit in this economy that I can't afford to take.