I feel compelled to give anyone reading this a warning about this location (as someone who originally wrote them a 5-star review). There are serious concerns about the safety of your information and ethical practices and my experience has been quite disappointing so far.
It started when I came in with a Nintendo Switch I inherited from an old roommate. The switch wasn't powering on and I wanted to see if it would be cheaper to repair it rather than eventually buy a new one. I was prepared to spend some money and was okay with my original quote pending a full diagnostic.
I was called the next day and told that once they did a battery pull, it came right on and it should be in good working condition. As a result, there wouldn't be a charge for the service. I immediately told my own customers (I'm an Uber driver) and friends in the area about what a great place this was and planned on bringing in my Chromebook next. Prior to returning, I also spent a significant amount of the repair money on used games for the device, now having little left for the repair itself for the foreseeable future.
Upon making a second trip to collect my device I was first told that they mixed up the Switches and I was given the update of someone else's device. If this were true, did they almost send me away with someone else's equipment and potentially information? They said that "my" Switch still wasn't powering on and they would have to replace the board but would take another look first.
Shortly after I received a call from the manager of the location, who THEN said they did actually look at my Switch and the original estimate was going to be valid. This is after I spent money on non-refundable accessories and made a second trip up there. I was clear that while I didn't expect it to be free, given the circumstances and misinformation, they needed to get as close to "free" as possible, especially since I already did so much in good faith. I was offered a $20 discount on a $140 repair after the manager escalated to the owner.
After that, I reached out to corporate in an attempt to have a liaison understand it's far more ethical and ultimately profitable to HONOR YOUR WORD and just take the hit on one board to get active promotion and future business. Having worked in similar fields at Best Buy and Verizon, this is a highly unethical position. Furthermore, why did the story change so many times? What if this was a storage device with sensitive information just passed around or misquoted?
Ive yet to hear from the location again or from someone in the corporate office. I will continue to make sure people know this office is highly unethical and inconsiderate of its customers. Just from a pure business logic perspective they've cost themselves far more than it would have been to at least meet me in the middle. While I don't believe in cancel culture, practices like these need to be starved out. Stand behind your diagnostics and respect the efforts of your customers. read more