Gsmsolutions.ie leading me up the garden path? 
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Hi.
I brought my laptop in to this place in Dublin.The problem I has was my ;aptop it kept powering off for no reason
First they tell me it it needed to be cleaned and a new heatsink put in for 100 euro.
I think fair enough, if it sorts the problem out i'll pay 100 euro.Bring it back into to them.
Form their website they looked like they were reasonably expert in all technologies.ie(Services available at GSM Solutions include mobile phone unlocking, phone repairs , TomTom Repairs, laptop and PC repairs, mobile phone modification, IPOD repairs and Game console repair.) and they also had loads of sister companies to boot.
Anyways
Then they told me it needs a new motherboard which will cost another 200. This is very annoying because they gave me the impression that the initial cleaning/new heatsink would fix the problem.
I reluctantly agree however thinking it's still probably cheaper than sending it back to the manufacturer.
When I picked it up it didn't seem to work on AC power so they tell me they have to keep it a bit longer to sort this out. This starts me wondering if there was any need to replace the motherboard in the first place- was it just a simple problem like the charger.
I ask them to fix it for once and for all and tell me exactly what the problem is when they finally do (so i'm not paying for unnecessary work) but they're being obtuse about this, saying the motherboard needed to be replaced (why???).
To top it all, they misplaced the charger so they can't give me back the laptop until they find that anyway.
Btw,This place was located at the back of a pub down a laneway with no signs that it is a business except for a name on a doorbell. You meet a guy in a hallway and thats's it! .I know that I am stupid still going ahead with going to this place but I have never ever been scammed in my life so I just believed all the things that he said,he seemed to know his stuff!!!
Lesson learned !!!!
Has anyone else had an experience similar?
What recourse do i have when they give the laptop back to me in a worse state than that in which i sent it in?
Thanks
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Hi.
I brought my laptop in to this place in Dublin.The problem I has was my ;aptop it kept powering off for no reason
First they tell me it it needed to be cleaned and a new heatsink put in for 100 euro.
I think fair enough, if it sorts the problem out i'll pay 100 euro.Bring it back into to them.
Form their website they looked like they were reasonably expert in all technologies.ie(Services available at GSM Solutions include mobile phone unlocking, phone repairs , TomTom Repairs, laptop and PC repairs, mobile phone modification, IPOD repairs and Game console repair.) and they also had loads of sister companies to boot.
Anyways
Then they told me it needs a new motherboard which will cost another 200. This is very annoying because they gave me the impression that the initial cleaning/new heatsink would fix the problem.
I reluctantly agree however thinking it's still probably cheaper than sending it back to the manufacturer.
When I picked it up it didn't seem to work on AC power so they tell me they have to keep it a bit longer to sort this out. This starts me wondering if there was any need to replace the motherboard in the first place- was it just a simple problem like the charger.
I ask them to fix it for once and for all and tell me exactly what the problem is when they finally do (so i'm not paying for unnecessary work) but they're being obtuse about this, saying the motherboard needed to be replaced (why???).
To top it all, they misplaced the charger so they can't give me back the laptop until they find that anyway.
Btw,This place was located at the back of a pub down a laneway with no signs that it is a business except for a name on a doorbell. You meet a guy in a hallway and thats's it! .I know that I am stupid still going ahead with going to this place but I have never ever been scammed in my life so I just believed all the things that he said,he seemed to know his stuff!!!
Lesson learned !!!!
Has anyone else had an experience similar?
What recourse do i have when they give the laptop back to me in a worse state than that in which i sent it in?
Thanks