When it comes to something as mission critical as computer
repair, you need to know you’re getting the kind of assistance and expertise
that can only be offered from a computer repair San Diego professional. While
it’s easy to post an advertisement and market yourself as a computer
professional (and many of the next generation of kids raised on computers are
offering their services without the necessary expertise and experience), you
need to do a bit of digging to make sure that something as costly and important
as saving your machine and all the memories, information, and data on it is
done in the most professional and effective way.
Check their background
Most computer repair San Diego shops will be more than happy
to oblige you with a client list of references and past customers that you can
call to verify the effectiveness of their service. While it would be rare to
have a company offer you completely bias referrals (after all they’re not that
likely to give you the name and number of someone that ended up with a fried
motherboard), it’s still a good idea to give them a call and see if the stories
check out. The people on the list may have put on a brave face and a fake smile
just to be polite, and will rarely let a stranger looking for help get suckered
into the same bad experience that they had.
You should also see how long they’ve been in business and
how up to speed they are with all of the modern technologies. Even if you don’t
know much about modern tech you could do a quick Google search for some
keywords and just drop them into conversation before any money exchanges hands.
A computer repair San Diego specialist will quick with a response and most
likely talk your ear off – and even if you don’t know what they are saying a
fast and honest reply can be a sign that they know what they’re doing. Any
delay, hesitation, or stammering and stuttering can mean that they know just
about as much as you do – and should be avoided at all costs.
Do they have a real location?
This is another thing you’ll want to double verify. Some
people are so hard up for cash that they are offering discounted computer
repair San Diego services right out of their own homes. And while they may be
experienced techs just looking for some extra money, you could also be making a
gigantic gamble with your expensive machine. You’re walking a fine line tapping
into these fly by night kinds of places, and may or may not have much room for
recourse if something should go wrong.
You’ll also have peace of mind when you go to a computer
repair San Diego shop – you’ll know that they are for real and can have a quick
peek around the premises. Most of the real professionals in computer repair
will have all kinds of tech all over the place, but their workstations will be
clean, if not overflowing with people’s machines. This is a solid sign that you
have a winner as well, if they have a backlog of work. You’ll know you may have
to wait a bit longer to get your machine fixed up, but at least they have an
army of people looking to get their machine serviced as well – a sign that
their professional computer repair San Diego services are
in demand.
Are they doing the work replacing parts?
Just like some mechanics out there, there are good ones and
there are less than ethical computer repair San Diego shops. One of the best
things you can do to protect yourself is to take a quick picture of your
machine and any internals that you can safely access – especially if you’ve
been told that you’ll need new internal parts. Just like with cars “normal”
people can quickly become overwhelmed with the terminology and technology used
in these complex machines, and less than ethical companies will use this to
their advantage. You can compare you before pictures with your new machine to
see if parts have indeed been swapped out, and should always be on the lookout
for itemized work orders.
All in all computer repair San Diego shops are some of the
best in the world, and you’ll most likely have incredible success if you use
these simple suggestions. I wish you the best of luck!
