Poor Customer Service - Keep Well Away
I took my laptop to this shop as it kept bringing up multiple error messages saying that windows needs to restart etc only to bring up the same error message again after doing it all. A few weeks earlier I had taken it somewhere else near my home. As I had used them before I gave the laptop to them again together with the charger. They did not keep me informed in terms of when it would be ready so I went back on 27/07/2025 and it was ready. I took the laptop home (without the charger) and only realised on Sunday that I did not have the charger so I sent them a text message but got no response went back on 29/07/2025. The guy behind the manager (not the manager) refused to accept that I given them the charger saying they have a universal one so don't accept chargers from customers. I told him that this did not mean that I had not left it with the laptop and that I was not asked to take back teh charge when I left the laptop telling him to check the shop's CCTV cameras. He said he would but couldn't check it straight away. He then put me on the phone to his manager who said that I should prove that I left it with me again saying he should the charger. He then insinuated that I was wrong in thinking that I had left the laptop charge and when I was adamant that I did leave it with the charge he said that I was God so know everything making me even more upset with him. He said he would check the cameras before saying that he wanted to maintain our relationship and my custom and that he would give me a replacement charge the next day as he has loads of them. I then asked the guy in the shop to take my number so that he can call me. He pointed to my details on a whiteboard (paper sheet) saying he had my number. When I dropped off the laptop I also asked if he could check the price of the laptop case (which was damaged from before) and he said he would look into it and get back to me. I asked him whether he had looked into it and he said he had looked into it the day that I dropped off the laptop and had already told he couldn't find one. I then went back in on 30/07/2025 when they were supposed to give me the charge asking why he had not called me asking me to pick up the charger (saying also that whilst the laptop was working it was still bringing up that error message so not fully repaired) he said he had never said he would call me. This blatant lying was the final nail in the coffin. I then asked for an invoice which they sent several days later which doesn't look anything like an invoice and was not clear in terms of what they had actually fixed. I told the guy behind the counter that I would be leaving a bad review as I didn't trust them anymore and maybe that is the only way they are going to learn from this experience of arguing with customers with legitimate complaints. I am also considering reporting them to trading standards. I believe they either picked up my charge and put it to one side (then lost it), someone walked off with it or they gave it someone else by mistake and then simply denied ever recieving it. He called his manager who told him to give me a charger but the damage had already been done in that I had already ordered a charger from Amazon which was delivered the very next day. I have now ordered a new laptop from Very when this could have been from them. I haven't yet asked for refund and not sure they would provide it but at least I now have a reliable laptop. It wasn't just them losing my laptop but I also had a screw missing meaning that one of the laptop parts kept falling out and they said they did not keep spare screws as all laptops were different and had different sized screws (despite being a repair shop) but I know this was not true as I was able to order one online where they come in a variety of sizes including multiple sizes bought together. It is a shame as the previous guy behind the counter was good.








