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Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - ka jowct - 07-25-2009
Creepy behavior in addition to dishonesty. Don't know if it's already been mentioned here; I haven't had much time for anything except work and sleep.
Re: Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - Grumpyguy - 07-25-2009
reminds me, I need to buy apple care from my MBP.
I would think the guy trying to enter the bank account at least should have been shown the door.
Re: Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-25-2009
Worth noting that that website is located in the UK.
Re: Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - ka jowct - 07-25-2009
Worth noting that that website is located in the UK.
Sure; but do you think that kind of thing doesn't go on here?
Re: Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-25-2009
ka jowct wrote:
Worth noting that that website is located in the UK.
Sure; but do you think that kind of thing doesn't go on here?
Sure it does, but do you think that article does anything to help identify them?
Re: Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - Buzz - 07-25-2009
I may not be able to testify conclusively where President Obama was really born, but I can state w/ authority based on personal experience that the (now defunct) CompUSA chain not only scavenged data from unsuspecting customers; they sold machines w/ other people's data on them when they wanted to unload aging machines...
Interesting article regardless of the location... it seems you can find crooks, and dishonest people everywhere.
Re: Article on sleazy laptop repair businesses - RAMd®d - 07-25-2009
Sure it does, but do you think that article does anything to help identify them?
It doesn't, but it serves to inform/remind people that there are criminals in the computer repair business just as there are in almost if not in every other repair business.
And that a little knowledge on the users' part could save them money and grief.
To that end, I think it's irrelevant that the website is in the UK. I think the noteable thing about the article being in the UK is that we get to see it here, where in any other medium, we'd never have known a thing about it.