FixMyBrokenMac

ericthehalfbee said:

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

The silver lining: This feature will come to the iPhone and iPad pretty soon and that will greatly reduce the demand for stolen iPhones as even the parts will no longer be usable. Probably a good thing but Apple will probably be forced to bless independent repair companies by state law in many places.

Why don't these "independent" repair shops simply apply to become an Apple Authorized Service Provider? Surely being able to advertise you're authorized by Apple and only use official Apple components would be a big draw for customers.

I'll tell you why they don't. Because Apple has minimum standards that must be met to qualify, and a LOT of these shops wouldn't meet those requirements. Plus you have to use Apple official parts (which Apple will sell to you). No more cheap knockoff clone parts that offer you huge margins/profit.

I laugh when some whiny independent shop complains Apple won't provide them with official repair parts (like a TouchID home button), tools to do the work or repair procedures. Well, you know what? Apple DOES provide this to Authorized shops.

I’m not sure where to start with this ignorant post. Take a look at Louis Rossmann and iPad rehabs YouTube channels. Not all unofficial repair channels are created equal. We regularly get machines in from 2011 that are perfectly adequate for the customers that use them. They might only need a new screen or battery  however as they have been classified as vintage Apple won’t repair them. Now, with these new machines you will be forced to buy a new MacBook because your Mac needs a new battery. And you think this is a good thing? Want to fit an original but refurbished screen to your MacBook? Nope, not allowed to do that.

You know why we don’t want to become authorised? Because then we’d have to do the same repairs as Apple, at the same pice. We’d no longer be able to save customers over 50% of Apples prices. We also wouldn’t be able to repair your iPhones motherboard and recover the data. We would no longer be able to save customers money by replacing just the keyboard instead of the whole top case assembly. 

Let me me tell you a little story from a recent customer. Liquid damaged MacBook, Apple quoted £1200 and told her that her data was gone. We repaired it for £120 and recovered all her data. 

Reputable repair shops like ours offer a quality alternative when Apple are too expensive or just downright won’t help. Deliberately hampering our ability to help customers is not in the interest of the consumer or Apple, because while many will shrug their shoulders and give Apple more money, many can’t or won’t which will mean, as is the case of the iPhone Apple will continue to raise its price to compensate for lower sales.