This was one of the oddest, strangest interactions I've ever had with a small business. I needed a new screen for my iPad so I decided to give them a try rather than the Apple store. The initial drop off was fairily uneventful, aside from the inordinately long wait for the part to arrive, all seemed fine. I dealt with a perfectly nice guy who told me the device would be ready in a week. I got home and found it VERY strange that I had both a LinkedIn and a Facebook friend request from the owner of the store, who I never met. I purposely did not give an email address as I didn't think there was a need for it. So, this person, took the time to read over the days receipts, which is fine since it is his business after all, then sought me out on both of these social networking sites. LinkedIn is sort of understandable, but Facebook? I just found it highly inappropriate.
I found myself having to follow up numerous times, even though each time I hung up with someone, they promised the tech would call me. Then, on the day it was supposed to be ready, I rceived a message from someone at the store asking for a call back. I returned the call and this owner (Larry??) answered and could not have been more rude to me. When I asked if he was the one who added me on the social networking sites, he said, uh, maybe. He just gives off a very weird vibe and refused to find out what was going on with the order. Kept insisiting on my name and number to have someone call me back. Of course, no call ever came, so I had already planned to stop by the store, and there he is (creepy owner dude) sitting at the desk. He acted as if we didn't just talk 15 minutes ago, needed my claim ticket, my full name and reason for being in his store. This entire interaction took place without him even bothering to look up from his computer screen. He kept insisting the tech 'was working on it', finally the tech came out and after a few back and forths of "I'm working on it" it finally came out that there was an issue. That's fine, no problem, take the time you need, just COMMUNICATE. Plus I was lied to and told I was already told about the issue when I was not.
All in all, I would not recommend, but that really has nothing to do with the quality of the work, it's all about the owner. He has zero customer service skills, doesn't really seem to care much and just overall gives off a bad vibe. I explained I felt it was inappropriate that he added me on LinkedIn and FB having never met him and he didn't even acknowledge it, much less look me in the eye. The work itself is fine as I said, but the whole vibe of the business is just "off". read more