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Rant: Saw a repair shop in Tampa charging $50 just to look at a phone

Walked past a place on 7th Ave yesterday with a big sign saying 'free diagnostics' but a tiny note on the door said there was a $50 fee just to open the case. That's not free, it's a bait and switch. Do you guys think that kind of pricing hurts our whole trade's reputation?
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patel.christopher
Check the fine print, but that $50 is probably a deposit for the work. They just worded it badly.
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hayden_king
That deposit is more than the actual bill.
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colethomas
My old laptop shop in Clearwater used to do that, and they lost half their regulars in a year.
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