About 8 years ago, son let the top down on the convertible with the splitter down. Shattered the…read morerear glass. The jingle.. "Safelite repair, Safelite replace." Great ad spot. Called them. They came to my home, replaced the glass. Fast forward to now, the glass is leaking. I do not expect a free warranty repair, but I do hope they can repair the work they did that failed in so little time. Drove to this shop.
Person at the counter must be sales, because she tells me they can't repair it, only replace because the glue might not whatever. Um, remove glass, clean window sill, remove all old glue, reapply your best stuff today. Nope, with tax, over a hair under $800. I asked her to ask a tech to look at it. No one would. Told me I can go try a "Mom and Pop" shop." I had an awesome mom and pop, so I will.
Drove about 2 miles to Autoglass Xperts. Not only could they repair it, explaining they could strip all the old adhesive, and reglue it, for a hair over $200, or replace it for $519 all in. Both of their options together still cheaper than Safelite, and the honesty that yes, it could be repaired.
So what I paid for with Safelite, was the jingle, the snazzy commercial they couldn't even stand behind. You say the word "REPAIR", first in your ad. You couldn't even repair work you did and goofed. Your adhesive failed, yet you couldn't take the time to have a tech walk out to my car, in your parking lot to look and see, just had the person up front push for a sale of a new glass, then tell me take it or go to mom and pop.
Mom and pop didn't have a lie of a jingle, and the money they saved me didn't jingle either, it folded to the tune of $300 over your price to replace. Now my glass is replaced, I saved a few hundred because you sent me elsewhere, rather than stand by your commercial, and repair the glass you installed.
Save your money people. Autoglass Xperts are as mom and pop. They aren't charging you for ads they don't honor. They are charging you for glass and labor only. No bells, no lies, no catchy commercials.
Have great lives in this gorgeous rainy day. If that rain is leaking into your car, don't bother with Safelite. Trust other ratings here.