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| Thread ID: 37901 | 2003-09-21 12:23:00 | Target computer repair sting | tedheath (537) | Press F1 |
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| 176841 | 2003-09-21 12:23:00 | Did you see the sting operation on the Target program tonight?. Its just as I thought there are some shady @#$%^&* out there. These mobile guys are too expensive to call if you have a repair on a old computer. It would be cheaper to buy a going one from the T&E and use the old one for spares. I suppose the only way is to talk to someone else who has had a repair done at a fair price. Ringing up blind from the from yellow pages would be extremly dumb. If car repairs in Auckland are anything to go on I wouldnt let anyone touch my car unless they been in business for a few years. Also I think you can spot shady @#$%^ by talking to them. tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 176842 | 2003-09-21 13:11:00 | There are people like that in all industries. It's just a matter of being careful. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 176843 | 2003-09-21 16:32:00 | Damn! I wanted to watch that...did you tape it by any chance?? ;) | kiki (762) | ||
| 176844 | 2003-09-21 20:26:00 | Did you want to watch yourself on the telly;) | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 176845 | 2003-09-22 01:00:00 | > Did you see the sting operation on the Target program > tonight?. Last night Yes! > Its just as I thought there are some shady @#$%^&* > out there. > These mobile guys are too expensive to call if you > have a repair on a old computer. It would be cheaper > to buy a going one from the T&E and use the old one > for spares. > I suppose the only way is to talk to someone else who > has had a repair done at a fair price. > Ringing up blind from the from yellow pages would be > extremly dumb. > If car repairs in Auckland are anything to go on I > wouldnt let anyone touch my car unless they been in > business for a few years. Also I think you can spot > shady @#$%^ by talking to them. I was shocked to see/hear that half of them could not repair the first computer & a few count not fix the 2nd one too! They are some shady people out there & there are some good repair people to. So my advise to any one would be is customer beware!. |
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| 176846 | 2003-09-22 01:06:00 | I found that it was dummifying to be honest.. With statements like "A virus scanner is a necessity to keep malicious programs from harmfully destroying your computer if you use the internet" (or however it went).. In all fairness a firewall is of more use if you use the internet, and practically everyone, regardless of whether they use a computer or not is aware of virii and the necessity for viral scanners. While they do have pretty reasonable articles on different types of scenarios (eg: last nights one on computers) they fail to remember that there are companies involved with this and a bad review could really stuff them over. Just because one of their employees is dodgy doesn't mean everyone is. It just casts a bad shadow over the entire company and makes them as a whole look bad. CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 176847 | 2003-09-22 01:30:00 | What were the faults with the computers that they failed to fix? | metla (154) | ||
| 176848 | 2003-09-22 01:42:00 | Reset button on an old shitter computer and a faulty network card and virus on w98 old shitter computer. tedheath |
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| 176849 | 2003-09-22 01:51:00 | Why would you need to call someone when theres everyone at PressF1 :D - David |
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| 176850 | 2003-09-22 02:04:00 | I sometimes wonder how many repairers they go to before they get the story they want? Some of the faults they setup would be very rare in every day use. When Target did computer shops in wellington about 2years ago,A local shop told me that he was sure the Target team had been to him as the pentium 166 pc that was brought into his shop by 2 people had the floppy drive disabled in the bios & the bios had been passworded & also when he took the lid off the computer it was spotless inside including the fans. As it turned out they used on their show another PC repairer that was located about 1km away. Cheers Steve |
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