Horrible company, horrible communication. Over a week ago, on a Sunday, I discovered that my charging port on my iPhone 14 Pro no longer worked. Cleaning usually fixes this, but not this time. It was a Sunday, and this was the only place open I could take it to, so I made the 45 minute drive to Kitsap mall to have them take a look. After giving them the requested 1 hour to have that look, the man told me the port was broken and needed to be replaced. I paid a 1/2 of the proposed charge for him to order the part, and he said he would text when the part came in. It came in on Wed, and I traveled back to Silverdale and handed him my phone, he said it would be an hour.
I returned in an hour and when I did, I saw him at a desk behind the counter working on my phone WHILE WATCHING A VIDEO ON HOW TO INSTALL THAT SAME PART! Needless to say, my confidence level fell dramatically at that point. He said it would be another 1/2 hour. I returned in a half hour, and he said another 20 minutes. It was finally "fixed" at that point and he demonstrated by plugging in a charging cord, which did not work at first. He pulled it out and wiggled it back in and it did show it charging at that point, however, when I got home, I had to try 3 different cords before I got one to work. After paying the remaining portion of the bill, he asked me to open my phone and could he please have it again. At that point he went online to Google Maps and their review section and handed me back the phone and asked me for a 5 star review. I was aghast, but not wanting a confrontation, I did so, but when he asked me to also comment, I said I had to leave.
The next day, I called a fellow work associate, and when I tried to have a conversation, he seemed to not be able to hear me. I tried again, and I got the same response. Worried now, I called my wife and she could not hear me. I immediately used the text chain that he had sent to give me a receipt for both of my payments to tell him that my microphone was not working and that I needed them to fix it without any additional charge. He did respond and say that they would be glad to fix it and asked me to bring it in. However, when I texted back asking if they had another part on hand, that text remained unanswered.
That weekend I did some research and found out that the charging port and the mic are on the same part. This led me to believe they had installed a defective part. More research showed that the part cost anywhere between $9 and $73. Wondering if they had installed a $9 part, I asked how much the part had cost. This text also went unanswered.
Today, after not hearing from them, I texted them to say I was prepared to change my 5 star rating to a 1 star if they did not respond. They responded within minutes this time, however, the response never included the part price. I had to ask 4 times what the price was until he finally said he didn't know, and couldn't produce a receipt. He claimed he got it from Apple, but unfortunately that can't be verified.
I am about to ask for a full refund since I have lost all confidence in them, and if I get it, I will change this review to a 3 star with no comment. We'll see what happens.
Update: I had another shop fix my phone since I no longer trusted The Fix. I am SO glad I did. They found that several screws were missing inside my phone from the 1st repair! read more