WARNING: EXTREMELY OVERPRICED TO FIX IPHONE CRACKED SCREENS!
My family and I have been loyal Zagg customers for many years and have always recommended their products to our friends and family. NOTE: Zagg products and Zagg Phone repair are somewhat separate entities. My most recent experience at Zagg Phone Repair-Tysons Corner was absolutely horrible and makes me never want to come here again.
First of all, I was under the false impression that getting your phone fixed at one of the kiosks is cheaper than going to the Apple Store for an iphone not covered under warranty (Apple Care). This is not true!
Here is the link to show the pricing for Apple to fix screens not under warranty: (Much cheaper than Zagg Phone Repair)
https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/pricing
I currently have an iPhone 6S Plus in black and the screen has been cracked in the corner for about 6 months now and I finally decided to get it fixed. A week ago, I passed by this Zagg Kiosk and asked for the price from one of the workers to fix the screen and he told me it was about $130. When I came back today to ask for the price to fix the screen here at Zagg, another worker (who is the manager) told me it was $249 (compared to Apple's $149 in retrospect). A whopping $100 dollar difference, which I did NOT know at the time. I went with it and had him fix the screen at this price since there was no one else working the kiosk, no signage to tell me otherwise, and I trusted that he would tell me the honest price. I do admit it is absolutely my fault that I did not research into the pricing further but let me tell you why I am so disappointed in this experience:
1) Currently on their website, they do NOT have the pricing listed for the iPhone 6s plus. They only have the price for the iPhone 6 plus, which is $119+ tax. There is absolutely no signage that tells you the pricing of their repairs and you are just supposed to take their word for it. Its also very confusing since another worker had told me $130 the other week. The manager admitted to me that due to this error of the pricing not being listed on the website that it has been confusing many costumers. If that is so, this should be rectified ASAP and make sure all your workers are on the same page with the pricing.
2) $100 difference is a huge difference from the price you would pay for Apple to fix your phone without a warranty. At this point, the manager said unfortunately they need to charge this much in order to make a profit. He explained, after the fact that Apple has a contract with the manufacturing company so they get their parts for much cheaper. He then even further admitted to me that there is a HIGH LIKELIHOOD that my NEW phone screen will pop off in the upcoming weeks. So when that happens, I can come back and they will try to fix it. NOTE: All repairs come with a 90-day warranty. For those who say you pay more for how fast they are able to repair the screen, $100 is still outrageous given that the manager says the new screen might pop off in the upcoming weeks. (When speaking to one of the workers about the outrageous price to fix the screen, he told me that they are "thinking about" making the warranty a lifetime-warranty, but unsure when they would start doing that..seems like they are making up the rules as they go...).
3) After realizing how much I overpaid for the screen, I immediately wanted to discuss this matter further with Zagg Phone Repair. I called the number listed for this location and it automatically went to voicemail. So instead, I called the closest location in Maryland to speak to a worker there. When I told him that the phone number to contact the Tysons Corner kiosk was unavailable, he responded by saying that he will tell the manager to turn on the work phone so that customers would be able to reach them. Again, very unprofessional--you should have the WORK phone on during WORK HOURS.
(Note: I also called customer service at Zagg Products. Even the customer service representative was shocked at the price and assumed they they would refund and match the price.)
4) When discussing with the manager my concerns about their pricing, I felt like I had been cheated (because I had been). He claimed to not know the pricing that Apple offers, which was clearly a lie since he says Apple gets their parts for cheap and that now that they had already replaced the screen and opened the phone, my Apple warranty had been broken. Since I was unhappy with the pricing, he offered to give me a free screen protector. To which, I responded that I had already purchased a screen protector from them, which comes with a lifetime warranty so that you only pay $5.99 if you claim it online or ($10 if you want them to install it for you). He then just smirked and in the end offered me 10% discount on the price I paid.
HIGH YIELD: DON'T COME HERE. Very overpriced. Terrible customer service. read more