COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL IT SERVICES AND PRODUCTS; PC & MAC'S. NETWORK SERVICES & TEAM SUPPORT, COMPUTER SUPPORT & OPTIMIZATION, HELP DESK & OTHER SERVICE PLANS, DATA BACKUP & STORAGE, DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING, CUSTOM & NAME BRAND DESKTOP/LAPTOP & SERVER SYSTEMS.
After an initial $50.00 fee for a diagnostics test, the company told me I most likely needed a new hard drive. Once they had my computer, they told me the problem may be in my actual wiring, so they took my computer apart. After this was done, they assured me it was a hard drive issue. After having my computer for several days, I was told it was going to be 336.00 to replace my hard drive. When I went to pick it up, the man who worked on my computer was less than helpful or friendly. I was told I had to reload everything on my computer and was not given any advice or help on getting this done. Two weeks later, I went to Skype with a family member and found that now my microphone did not work on my computer. Also, my printer would not reload on my computer, which it had been previous to the hard drive replacement. After calling Help Me Computers to discuss this issue and ask them for help since they had recently worked on my computer, I was told quite rudely that they had at least 15 computers in front of me and if I wanted it looked at I would have to wait. I called another service company who came to my house within a few hours, ran a diagnostic, found and fixed the problem with the printer and then had to take the computer in to look at the wiring. Sure enough, the microphone wires had been severed when the Help Me guys took it apart. The new service person fixed everything for under $70 and was MUCH friendlier and more helpful. I would NOT recommend Help Me computers under any circumstance. They are overpriced and not helpful to those of us who are not computer savvy.
Description of Work: hardware diagnostics and hard drive replacement
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$336
Response from HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC
As President of Help Me!! Computers I am sorry to learn of a disappointed customer. This is the first that I am learning of this complaint and wish the client would have contacted us regarding this issue directly. Our records indicate that we did not take apart the computer but ran a check and found a bad hard drive. We would have had no reason to take the computer apart for this in regards to wiring. Perhaps power surges were discussed as to possible reasons for hard drive failure given the age of clients home, which may have confused the customer. Service turn around was 3 days from start to finish. We do not reload software as general rule to thumb because we do not know what printer or programs the client owns and for overall cost savings to client. This is clearly stated on work orders. However, we are happy to help and have always given as much free advice as possible. A service call would have been scheduled immediately if requested. If a client had a repeat issue and chose to bring their system in, we would have cleared the benches and looked at it immediately. If the client had a different issue from what orig. brought in for there might have been a line but we would have worked as quickly as possible. We were founded to help computer novices and take great pride in servicing them for nearly 20 years servicing over 200 residential clients a month. I am very sorry that this client found us unfriendly as that is truly not who we are.
JAN R.
11/2007
5.0
computer repair
 + -1 more
Perfect! They diagnosed problem, cleared program causing problem and called within the estimated time to say the computer was back in working order. Now, it works better than when it was new 3 months ago!
Description of Work: Diagnosis and clearing of problem which froze Toshiba laptop.
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HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC is currently rated 3 overall out of 5.
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC accepts the following forms of payment: American Express,Check,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
No, HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC does not offer free project estimates.
No, HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC does not offer a senior discount.
Yes, HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC offers emergency services.
No, HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC does not offer warranties.
HELP ME COMPUTERS LLC offers the following services: COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL IT SERVICES AND PRODUCTS; PC & MAC'S. NETWORK SERVICES & TEAM SUPPORT, COMPUTER SUPPORT & OPTIMIZATION, HELP DESK & OTHER SERVICE PLANS, DATA BACKUP & STORAGE, DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING, CUSTOM & NAME BRAND DESKTOP/LAPTOP & SERVER SYSTEMS.