Looking for an electronics repair specialist to fill out my tech team roster, this guy came highly…read morerecommended by none other than Sandra Philips of Smart Shopping Montreal, only for this cool cat turning out to be a weasel in disguise.
He did an excellent job at first, and ordinarily this place would deserve a five star review but for the owner's insistence on ripping me off and then lying about it.
In the Spring of 2020 I had a Paradigm subwoofer to get fixed and it was supposed to cost me $90.00, but there were complications (the circuit board had a short which burned out the new parts he installed) which led to cost over runs, bringing the bill to $250.00 tax included. Instead of telling me in advance, I only found out when I was coming over to pick it up in the Summer of 2020. He told me to charge the customer $280.00 since the subwoofer was worth $300.00. Needless to say, my customer wasn't pleased and I was lucky to break even.
On top of all that, the repair only lasted a couple of weeks, after which the customer (now even less pleased) brought it back to be repaired under warranty. I brought it back to him within the warranty period and this time he couldn't fix it. When it came time to start talking refund, I mentioned the $250.00 it had cost me. He then balked and said that he had never charged anyone that much for a subwoofer repair. He talked to his colleagues and came up with a receipt for $150.00 signed by his techie.
This is patently untrue and it's fraudulent. He's laying himself wide open to civil liability and criminal prosecution. Anybody signing their name to this would also be guilty under the law. I've had suspicions before, but now I have the proof that he's been intentionally defrauding me.
Other revelations, such as a vintage Pioneer amp that he charged me to fix a year ago but was later found to have never been serviced (my customer had abandoned it and I had to wait to find a potential buyer and get it appraised) are only the icing on the cake.
He's an authorized service center for a number of well-known name brands, for God's sake. If you're an individual, maybe you won't get burned. But if you're a business, he seems to take delight in inflicting as much damage as possible if you make them mistake of trusting him and giving him the benefit of the doubt.
All this seems calculated to not only cause me frustration but to also make me look bad in the eyes of my customers. If you don't want my business, just say so. But if you take my money, you'd better give me the same level of service that you give your consumer clientele.
I don't know about you, but this is sick behavior (which is probably why his assistant techie and delivery guy Jean-Luc quit without warning about a year and a half ago). I hope whatever satisfaction he got was worth making a liar out of everyone who vouched for him and vindicating all his critics.
Other than that, he's a good techie. If you want him to cut your keys, go ahead. If you want your watch fixed, I see no risk.
He's not that great with smartphones or tablets, though. The nearest wholesaler is in Brossard and his mouthing the owner off has burned bridges with them (something he secretly excels at) and he has to get a proxy to buy the parts for him. Why waste time?
He can't fix videogame systems, either. He outsources those repairs to a couple places in LaSalle. Why not go to them directly and cut out the middle man?
Either way, I cannot in good conscience recommend him nor refer customers to him anymore.
