11:20 AM 8/16/2009: Where are they comming from?

As the economy keeps taking a nose dive I am seeing more and more self named "techs" pop up. Most have very little "Real World" repair experience, fixing perhaps a handfull of friends and family computers before getting into the business. Many have no business lic or any certifications at all.

Today I am in my shop and I have 6 different machines that these people have worked on and could not get the jobs done right.

Which means the owners had to wait for these guys to "fix" the machines, then find out they did not work, take them back to be worked on again and in many cases have to give up on the "tech" and go out looking for a new company to help them.

This all makes it a pain for the customer and gives all real repair people a bad name as nobody can be sure what they are getting into with a new "tech".

In addition it floors me how some of these guys get customers anyway when you look at some of their ads on the internet. Just this past week I have seen ads stating....

1. "tech" will not give out phone number until he has called you first!
What real business does not want it's phone number to get out?

2. "tech" is not only a computer tech, but can fix your house too!
Jack of all trades, master of none!

3. "tech" states in ad he does not do repairs, just reinstalls windows and charges extra if you want your data saved!
This is like taking your car in and the guy say's sorry I don't fix cars engines, I'll just sell you a new one!

The only reason these guys could get business is they claim to charge dirt cheap fees. If it sounds too good....

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