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| - I saw this on Kijiji, and read the reviews. I hauled my Toronto butt up a 45 minute (the first day, traffic made it a full 1 hour drive) up. Was it worth it? I'd say yes.
This place is located in a strip mall, inside a jewelry shop. It's quite easy to miss, but if you plug in the address to google maps you'll be fine.
Allen is nice, professional, and gets the job done. He's quite knowledgable and I appreciate how he explains things and asks questions. My computer wasn't turning on, wasn't charging (the charging would change from orange to green, but it wouldn't charge) and it took 7 days to fix with Elitetek. Note: that was longer than other reviews seemed to say; 7 days during essay times meant me staying late at the library and borrowing the family computer every day, rewriting an essay and scholarship application that were on my broken computer, and starting new assignments... I was in a crunch, and it made a difference. But that's not really a big deal, it's mainly because of the bad time I was in of university end-of-semester times. I don't blame Allen; he was out of stock of keyboard pieces anyway.
Apple said I had to replace my mother board, which is around 700 with tax. Allen charged me a total of just shy of 150 to replace my keyboard, and clean out my small liquid spill on the cable between the keyboard and my trackpad. I was so grateful for him! I really hope he continues his honesty, genuineness and good humour.
My only complaint is this weird clicking from my laptop - after it came back, there's this clicking sound whenever I press anywhere on the space to the right of my trackpad and under the keyboard. It's quite a big space that elicits clicks, and it sounds a bit concerning... Plus, the audio sometimes malfunctions (it stops, freezes, then plays really quickly even though the video is fine). But the shop is so far that I wonder if it's worth it to trek back. I'm under the 90 day warranty, so I'll observe for 2 more weeks before I go in. Will update if I go back in.
All in all, would definitely recommend, would seriously consider going back for other technology issues despite the distance.
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