[nfb-talk] Computer repair services on line, caution

[Buddy Brannan]

I doubt they're a valid anything. The popup would be your first clue to their non-legitimacy. Undoubtedly there are others. Glad you got your money back though.

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> On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Bill Outman via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon, folks.  
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> 
> I had an experience withing the last week with a company that did repair
> remotely on my laptop, but played fast and loose with their business, at
> least sloppy and perhaps borderline illegal.  They finally today agreed to a
> full refund for the cost of services and the support agreement they sold me
> into.  
> 
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> 
> The company is Itech Services, also doing business as Agile.  They had posed
> as being Microsoft Technical Support when giving their phone number in a pop
> up ad on my computer.  Only a bit later in the phone conversation did they
> disclose they were independent, claiming to have Microsoft and Apple
> certification.  
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> 
> 
> While the service seemed to have technical merit and appeared to resolve
> problems I was having, their attention to accessibility was problematic and
> the high pressure sales, initial dishonesty about their identity, and
> fuzziness about their location( they said they are in VA but didn't say
> where) and inability to articulate the Data Protection Act they claimed to
> follow were major problems.  
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> 
> The invoice only gave the bsasics of the transaction, with bank transaction
> number, customer I. D., and type of agreement.  But the work done was not
> itemized so it could easily be double checked to make sure they didn't also
> do harm and I was not furnished with terms and conditions of the contract,
> which, by the way, wascharged in a lump sum rather than a manageable payment
> plan.  All this detracted from what they might have earned if they hadn't
> flunked the business 101.  
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> 
> So they may possibly be a valid firm but they are certainly fast and loose.
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> I wanted to let everyone know this had occurred last weekend, that it seems
> to have been resolved, and to be cautious.  
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Outman 
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