Do you trust computer repair people?
16-04-2009, 11:43
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16-04-2009, 13:00
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
No the Tech Guys or whatever PC World call themselves now
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16-04-2009, 23:31
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
since 1997 i have been repairing computers i have only ever been accused of "Ripping" someone off once and they appologised to me when they found out what i was saying was true. I Supplied a woman with a pc and she contracted a virus and it overwrote the bios on the motherboard and she claimed it was my duty to replace it under warrenty and i told her that no it wasnt because it wasnt a manufacturing fault and she threatened me with trading standards and so on. About a week later she came back all nice and agreed to pay for a new board lol.
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Originally Posted by AndyCambs
No the Tech Guys or whatever PC World call themselves now
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i remember reading somewhere about different Trading standards around the country testing their local PC World techs. One which made me laff was they disconnected a IDE Lead and PC World tech said it was uneconomical to repair and tried flogging a new pc lol.
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17-04-2009, 00:01
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
They are ok, i had a Dell man over to replace my hard drive on my 1 week old PC 
I could have done it myself quite easily but it was free if they did it  and he was pretty cool. Just sat talking to him for a while and then he left.
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17-04-2009, 09:05
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
I trust mine - they all work for me...... 
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17-04-2009, 09:18
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
I would trust your small local shop...but not "the tech guys" and any other big company. PC world is just shocking sometimes.
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17-04-2009, 09:35
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
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Originally Posted by DocDutch
I would trust your small local shop...but not "the tech guys" and any other big company. PC world is just shocking sometimes.
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PC World would want to sell you a whole new PC if you took yours to them with your power LED not working lol.
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17-04-2009, 10:38
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
I never rip anyone off. I am often told I am to cheap and I am but I do not care
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17-04-2009, 10:52
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
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I never rip anyone off. I am often told I am to cheap and I am but I do not care
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I can vouch for your work. You fixed my nieces PC and its still going strong 
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17-04-2009, 10:56
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
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Originally Posted by Sirius
I can vouch for your work. You fixed my nieces PC and its still going strong |
thing is you gotta spend time on the job. The charges them guys were charging are unbelievable.
I charge £25 for the first hour and £15 per hour after but often I never charge that amount
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17-04-2009, 12:03
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
Gary Glitter trusted PC World - and look what happened to him.
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17-04-2009, 12:04
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
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Gary Glitter trusted PC World - and look what happened to him.
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well done pc world on that one though
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17-04-2009, 12:06
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
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Gary Glitter trusted PC World - and look what happened to him.
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However for once i think PC World did us a favour.
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17-04-2009, 12:08
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
My first comp was from pcworld over 13years ago learnt my lesson now i build my :-) and they work lol
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17-04-2009, 12:32
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Re: Do you trust computer repair people?
I repair for free... it keeps the grey matter alive.
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