The Dutch telephone repair company The Fixables is no more
It had stores in Utrecht, Bussum and Amsterdam, but that will stop now. The Fixables is out of business. This Dutch chain has been repairing smartphones, laptops and tablets since 2012, but unfortunately did not make it.
The Fixables
Tweakers spotted the bankruptcy in the insolvency register and has asked the trustee a few questions, but has not yet received an answer. So we do not know what preceded the bankruptcy. Is it because nowadays, thanks to sites like iFixit and repair kits, it’s increasingly easier to fix your phone yourself? Is it because nowadays we are more likely to buy something new than to have the old repaired? Because there is a shortage of parts on the market? Or because everything seems to be getting more expensive anyway? It is unclear and it will undoubtedly be a combination of several factors.
The Fixables started in 2012 with a store in Amsterdam and three cities were added in 2014: Utrecht, Bussum and Rotterdam. Rotterdam has closed before. A shame, because although it is of little use to us here at Androidworld, it was an Apple Independent Repair Provider and not everyone becomes that just like that. The company actually wanted to expand abroad, but that will never happen now.
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It seems that repair companies are having a hard time, while you would think that as a world we are becoming more aware of recycling and repair, instead of immediately buying something new. On the other hand, mid-range phones nowadays have such good specifications, and there are even quite cheap Chinese phones that actually work just fine, that an alternative device is quickly bought, which is less hassle than having your old device repaired. However, that is by no means sustainable.
The Fixables is not the first repair company to give up: Fixers was also closed for good earlier this year.
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