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Salatino's Collision Center received 15 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.

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How does Salatino's Collision Center
rate compared to other local auto body shops?
Area's highest-rated auto body shop:
100% 100%
Average of nearby auto body shops:
82% 82%
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Area's lowest-rated auto body shop:
53% 53%
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Salatino's Collision Center had prices that were 7% higher than average.
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There were big price differences among shops, according to thousands of price checks by Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK's undercover shoppers. For example, the cost to replace the trunk lid on one specific car ranged from $720 to $1,195.

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Salatino's Collision Center
5601 S Adams St
Tacoma, WA
Phone: 253-472-2002

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CHECKBOOK Ratings
Number of customer survey ratings for Salatino's Collision Center: 15 ratings
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Auto Body Shops in the Seattle (Puget Sound) Area
CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Auto Body Shops Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Body Shops.

  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Cooks Auto Rebuild performed superior body work on my minivan following a rear end accident...........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: They did an excellent job........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Excellent work and friendly staff.......
  • Subscriber from FIRCREST, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Gary was great in dealing with my 16 year olds first dent. Thanks for coming..........
  • Subscriber from EVERETT, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Excellent work on a front end job. Slight imperfection on a trim line........
  • Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Ryen in Lakeside was very understanding about my concern on the cost since I was..........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: I was kept well informed of progess and I am very pleased with how the..........
  • Subscriber from ISSAQUAH, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: The only reason that I downgraded them on the service options is that they said..........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Im a repeat customer!.......
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: This is a very good establishment, and they helped me work with insurance companies to..........
  • Subscriber from GIG HARBOR, WA wrote about a local auto body shop: Did a great job........

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