He has a tiny shop and storefront that he shares with a Chinese Take-Out on Main Street. I only met him a few years year ago when my desktop PC decided to crash its hard disk just when I was in the middle of a writing assignment. I have lived in this area over 30 years and I am sure I passed by his shop hundreds of times. There is an old sign in the small show window that proclaims "Custom Built Systems" and "Servicing All Major Brands" I normally would have taken my store-bought PC back to the big box store for repair but that would be expensive, take at least a week, and open my personal information to total strangers. So I took a chance and brought it into Larry's shop. I was amazed to see how many used PCs and spare parts he had stuffed in that little shop. It reminded me of a salvage yard like they used to have for junked cars back in the day. I brought my PC in and set it on the large wooden desk that served as office desk and work bench. Larry is not big on conversation. We exchanged information and almost before I finished telling him about the hard disk crash he had the case off and was inspecting the hard drive. Then he rattled off a price (quite reasonable) and said I could pick it up the next day if he was able to load Windows on the new drive and apply my license to get all the updates. "Call me before you come in." he cautioned. "I may run into trouble getting Windows up the way your PC likes to see it" So the next afternoon I called and he told me that he was having a problem with one of the loader applications and would need a few more hours. I came back at 5 PM and it was ready to go. After a few tips on how to restore the business applications I had lost in the crash he gave me the bill--just as quoted, and I took the PC home.
Tomorrow I am taking my PC back to Larry for another repair. this time it is the Power Supply. More than likely he will have a replacement immediately available and will repair it while I wait. But besides the quick service, I will again be happy with the cost. Both of these important details would have remained hidden inside the little shop on Main Street if I had not taken a chance and checked it out.
Pick 102 - Generation Alpha
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