Computer Greeks — Attraction in Palos Township

I went back today because I needed a new printer, mouse , ink & word processing system.

I came back to this small local place for a few reasons. One of the biggest is he has REALLY GREAT PRICES!

This is where and why you would want to shop for your computer needs not just a computer.

When I bought my laptop Toby said , I installed the free word processor for you. Some people like it some don’t. Try it out before you just pay for the other.” Great advice, he saved me $150.00 that day. I did try the free word processing system. It’s nice, & works great if you don’t use it everyday for many different things. I can see where for some people it’s a great word processor. But, not for me! I took his advice used it, it didn’t fit my needs so I went back and bought the Microsoft.

The printer. My opinion on printers is, what you pay for the ink is more important than the initial cost of the printer. Toby asked what I print and do I need a fax. I told him. I asked him How much for the ink? His price for comparable printers was less. Very reasonable price! The ink was about $20 less then for a different system somewhere else. The really good thing is he carries everything you need in the store there. So when I run low on ink I can just go to this store to get it. No hassles! Very simple.

Toby is a very nice man. Great experience. I bought my first lap top here. He was very knowledgeable and polite. I wasn’t big on laptops, he took time and explained to me the best ways to have it work with my needs. Great computer store. He also does things like clear out the old computer and save what you want. I haven’t needed any repairs yet, I am sure when I do they will go smoothly.

I believe in shopping at local small business. This computer store and it’s owners are the perfect example of why. You feel cared for here. Top notch service is what we need when it comes to...

Insanely overpriced, the person I spoke to was either intentionally trying to scam me, or was just dangerously incompetent. Either way, avoid this place at all costs.

After upgrading a PC for my sister, we ended up with some extra RAM that didn't fit in hers, so she let me use it in my PC instead. Unfortunately, while my PC had the correct slots for the RAM (both support DDR3), the PC only supported up to DDR3 1333MHz, while the RAM from my sister was DDR 1600MHz, so I went into Computer Greeks to ask about if I could trade in the RAM I had for something of the same size, but slightly slower that my PC could deal with.

They were eager to perform the trade, and would even install it for free! Unfortunately, their prices were absurd. The RAM I had can be sold on ebay for around $40, and the RAM I was hoping to trade in for around $45. On the other hand, they offered me $20 for my RAM (half it's value), and were looking to charge $90 for the RAM I was buying (twice it's value). While I was expecting to pay something like $5 minimum, maybe something closer to $10-15, the $70 they were asking for was insane.

For the prices they were asking for the trade-in, I could have literally THROWN AWAY the memory I had, and bought it brand new off Amazon, Newegg, or any other reputable dealers and still come out far ahead of what he was asking for.

When he realised I wasn't remotely interested in getting ripped off, he started trying to intimidate me into getting ripped off with some non-sense doomsday scenarios about how I could lose everything on my computer if my RAM fails, not realising or not wanting to admit that everything in RAM is already lost every time your computer...

I went in to purchase a laptop, and besides purchasing a laptop with a solid state drive, I found a great buy on a HP Inkjet printer.

This is the best non-big box computer store in the South Chicago suburban area and they have been in business for over 23 years. The staff are extremely knowledge and they specialize in PC hardware and service. Their services include building custom systems, such as gaming PCs, selling refurbished PCs, laptops, and peripherals, installation of software, virus removal, repair/upgrading of PCs and laptops, etc.

Their refurbished PCs & laptops come with a 30 day warranty and are preloaded with the latest version of Windows and virus software, where appropriate.

When you go in to purchase a used/refurbished PC/laptop, the staff first questions the customer as to what they want to do with the device and what software they plan to run. They then verify the hardware requirements for the software (if required) and then show the customer what devices they have available that meet the user's requirements. You won't find this at a big box store or on the Internet.

Their prices are extremely competitive and the customer winds up with a PC/laptop at a fraction of a new unit, and with better performance (faster processor, larger memory, &/or larger/faster/more reliable hard drive. Some units actually have solid state hard drives which mean faster boot time, fast response time, and higher reliability (no moving parts in the hard drive).

From now on, this is the only computer store I will shop at for my future...