Phone Repair and Refurbishment: Fixspot’s Recommendations
Fixspot Phone Repair is the most popular phone repair company in Melbourne.
With their affordable prices, they can fix your phone for much cheaper than buying an entirely new one.
However, Fixspot Phone Repair warns clients against buying refurbished phones from “chop shops.”
These “chop shops” are electronic stores that don’t focus on phone selling in particular, but instead sell a small amount of used phones.
What is the risk you take when purchasing from a “chop shop”?
These stores are notorious in the phone repair industry for combining parts from different phones to create a product that is less than desireable. Some chop shops have even been known to sell phones with a history of water damage.
Also, there is the possibility that the “refurbished” phone you buy from such a store may not be cleared for use.
It is possible that the carrier could have blacklisted the phone due to the previous owner not paying their contract.
In this instance, your “new” refurbished phone is likely to never be able to make a call again.
Its very important therefore that if you do decide to go ahead with purchasing a refurbished phone that you check that it has been cleared for resale by the carrier.
Otherwise, you could be wasting money on a device you will never get the chance to use.
Buy refurbished – just not from a chop shop.
Fixspot Phone Repair therefore advises that if you do decide to purchase a refurbished phone, it is better to buy with a store that specializes in phone sales or a phone repair store, rather than a used electronics store.
Buying a refurbished phone can be a great way to save money if the product you purchase is guaranteed to work by the wholesaler.
Phones can break easily at times, and buying your phone refurbished could save you money that you might be spending later on repairs.
Fixspot Phone Repair especially recommends refurbished phones for kids rather than brand new products. With kids you know they can be susceptible to breaking things, and it may pay off in the long run to get them a cheaper, refurbished model.