Invitation and price questionnaire for garages

How it works

A garage we have checked receives an invitation to fill in a price list itself. The garage first proves that it is the owner. Then it fills in a short questionnaire. One of our staff checks every answer before anything appears on the website. A price is never binding.

Draft. Nothing is sent automatically: every email is a proposed text that the owner must approve beforehand, message by message. This is not legal or professional advice.

The questions to the garage

• Which service is it about (for example a small service)?
• Is it a fixed price, a from-price, an estimate or an hourly rate?
• What is the amount, and is VAT included?
• Which cars does the price apply to?
• What is in the price: parts and labour?
• Are there mandatory extra costs, and how much?
• May the customer bring their own parts, and under what conditions?
• From which date and until which date does the price apply?

An answer the garage does not give stays unknown. We never fill in an amount, VAT status or condition ourselves.

Proposed invitation text (not sent)

Subject: Your prices on Carfect, under your own control

Dear [garage name], we help drivers find a garage. We would like to show your garage with prices that you provide yourself. You decide what it says, you can change it or have it removed at any time, and we show nothing without your answer. [sentence with the questionnaire link] If you do not want to hear from us, reply 'stop' and we will not contact you again.

To be reviewed by a lawyer before this is ever sent: rules for unsolicited business email, data protection of the recipient and the opt-out. The source of the email address must be public and permitted. Nothing goes out without the owner's approval per message.

What happens next

1. The garage proves that it is the owner.
2. The garage fills in the questionnaire; the status is 'under review'.
3. A staff member approves or rejects. Only an approved, dated and valid price is shown.