Same truck, same prices. The only change was replying first.
Take a full repair intake by phone
AI asks the vehicle, symptoms, warning lights and how worried the caller is, then books.
What it does
Techs get vague tickets like "car making noise." AI asks the vehicle, symptoms, warning lights and how worried the caller is, then books.
How it goes
- 01Write intake questions per issue type
- 02AI captures year/make/model and symptoms
- 03Notes land in the booking
Worth knowing
Expect a week of tuning; review call summaries daily at first. Texting requires A2P 10DLC registration.
Wisconsin angle
Wisconsin trades are often on a roof or under a car when the phone rings, so catching calls is where small shops lose the most work.
Try it yourself
Want help getting this working? Rise Systems in Oconomowoc sets these up.
Source: Wisconsin Trades AI editorial
A counter-story from the customer's side: the bot didn't know the price of the company's own maintenance plan.
Customers walk in sure of their diagnosis because ChatGPT told them. Sometimes it's dangerous.
A real win with an asterisk: it took a lot of setup to get there.
One said Bland took about two weeks of tuning. Another said multi-topic callers broke theirs.
Fixed price list, a zip-code check, preset time slots. Anything else becomes a message.