To get quotes from local auto repair shops, describe the job once through Servik's create_lead tool, and 3–5 matching shops near you are notified with a pay-to-unlock offer. A shop that wants the job pays to unlock it, then calls you with a quote. You run it from /tools or /chat, and nothing is shared until you say so.
Calling five shops one by one for the same quote is slow, and each call means explaining the job all over again. One request does the asking for you. This post walks through the flow exactly as the tool contract defines it. It is a walkthrough, not a live result: no lead was created for this post, so there is no lead ID, no shop reply, and no quote to show.
The lead needs a service code (for example brakes), your 5-digit ZIP, and a timing choice: today, tomorrow, this week, next week, or flexible. Add your vehicle year, make, and model — for a brake job, that means something like a 2018 Toyota Camry — plus a short note describing the job, such as front brake pads and rotors.
The tool asks for your phone number or your email — at least one is required, because the shop needs it to contact you. It will ask: what is the best number for the shop to reach you?
Two permissions are asked in plain words. First, contact permission: may your contact be shared with matched repair shops so they can reach you? It must be true or the lead is not created. Second, TCPA consent: by submitting, do you agree to receive live phone calls or SMS messages at the number you provided from Servik and its local service partners about your request? Consent is recorded only if you say yes, with a timestamp.
A walked-through example, not a live result: service brakes, ZIP 23059, timing this week, a 2018 Toyota Camry, front brake pads and rotors, your phone number, contact permission yes, TCPA consent yes. On success, 3–5 matching shops near 23059 are notified with pay-to-unlock offers. Your contact details are never in the tool's response — they are revealed only to the shop that pays to unlock the lead.
A shop that unlocks your lead calls or messages you with a quote. Compare what you hear against Servik's typical ranges, ask for an itemized breakdown before approving work, and use /get-quotes or /chat to follow up. If you chose the agent-relay option instead of sharing a phone or email, messages travel through the chat — see the get_lead and post_lead_message guides for how that works.
Creating a lead costs you nothing — consumers never pay Servik. The repair itself is priced by the shop: brake pad replacement typically runs $200–$400 per axle, and pads plus rotors typically run $400–$700 per axle. Shops pay Servik only when they accept a lead, and that per-lead price is a business price, never a repair price — do not read it as what the job costs.
Send the lead now if the job cannot wait — grinding brakes, a soft or sinking pedal, or a brake warning light mean days, not weeks. Pick timing today or tomorrow in the lead so shops know it is urgent, and say so in your note.
Describe the job once through create_lead from /tools or /chat. On success, 3–5 matching shops are notified. A shop that unlocks the lead calls you with a quote.
On success, 3–5 matching shops are notified with pay-to-unlock offers. Your contact details are never in the tool response and are revealed only to the shop that pays to unlock the lead.
Yes — choose the agent-relay option. No phone or email is needed; you are asked instead whether messages may be relayed between you and the repair shop through the chat, and the shop's messages are read to you there.
No. A lead is a request for quotes, not a booking. You compare what shops say, and you choose — or choose none of them.
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