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Originally Posted by rlj1959
Yep You Got Ripped,
Computer repair shops here in ther US don't order replacement parts from China. There are several wholesale distributors right here in the US not to mention retail stores that have most anything they need or could possibly order from China. And there again, the shipping and import fees would cost more than the motherboard itself if shipped from China. HP and Compaq are the same company. They just sell under different brand names. They flooded the market for years with these Compaq Internet PCs and thats about all they had the power to do, browse the web and do email. People try to run more high performance programs like photo editing or MS Office or better yet, video games. So they end taking their computer to a shop wanting to increase it's power and this is not possible as these computers are not designed to be upgraded more than adding a little memory. The computer shop talks them into letting them build them a high performance computer to run these programs and games. 9 times out of 10, that person just gives that old Compaq to the repair shop to avoid all the inviromental laws involved in just throwing it away.
Sorry this happened to you, rlj1959
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Well, obviously I'm not going back to HIM again. And he was so nice.
He did give me one piece of advice when I asked him about buying a laptop. He said "don't", look at all the laptops I have to fix. And he had 20 laptops all over his store in different sorts of condition He said "laptops are notorious for needing repairs, so get a desktop.
He did however (while I was waiting to get my computer back), since his store is only a few blocks from my house, he always let me come in, use his computer and go on these forums. I never did any purchasing or private info but I thought that was nice of him.
Too bad (after what you told me about not buying parts from China). I don't trust him anymore.
Melody