Thipwajee asked:
My laptop and my desktop crash at the same time. Both computers can’t turn on. I went to the small local shop around the house. Then they give me a piece an unofficial invoice saying that the diagnostic was $40. Then we talked on the phone and he said that both mother board are broken and the costs of installing the new mother board for labour was $150, so I decided not to fix the computer since the costs of everything will end up the same price as buying the new one. One week later, I went to pick up my useless computer and the guy give me an invoice of $250? He told me that he had to charged $60/ hour for 4 hours of working. This is such a rip off. The guy did not tell me from the beginning that he has to charge me this much and we been talking about the progress throughou the week. Can I report this to consumer protection? What should I do? Should I just pay the guys or report this scam?
Elmer
My laptop and my desktop crash at the same time. Both computers can’t turn on. I went to the small local shop around the house. Then they give me a piece an unofficial invoice saying that the diagnostic was $40. Then we talked on the phone and he said that both mother board are broken and the costs of installing the new mother board for labour was $150, so I decided not to fix the computer since the costs of everything will end up the same price as buying the new one. One week later, I went to pick up my useless computer and the guy give me an invoice of $250? He told me that he had to charged $60/ hour for 4 hours of working. This is such a rip off. The guy did not tell me from the beginning that he has to charge me this much and we been talking about the progress throughou the week. Can I report this to consumer protection? What should I do? Should I just pay the guys or report this scam?
Elmer
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This post was written by admin on June 27, 2009
