fix-it shop

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fix-it shop - a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance

repair shop

garage, service department - a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired

shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

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Joe of Joe's Fix-It Shop often just does what he does, taking quiet pride in returning a worn or broken widget to service.

According to Michael Lewis, a senior research engineer at the Institute for Local Self Reliance in Washington, "A new type of reuse organization is emerging to take the place of traditional fix-it shops. We had reuse in the past and now we're getting back to it." Lewis cites extensive returnable bottle programs, as well as nonprofit groups around the country that acquire unwanted office goods or appliances and pass them on to low-income organizations.