Doctor Electronics Repair Service — Attraction in Town of Hempstead

This guy is an absolute CROOK! Stay far away! Do not come here for any service whatsoever. He’s a scam artist, a liar, and a crook. I am speaking from first hand experience. He took my money, and after a week did not fix my TV and then would not give me a refund. We had cops involved. He is a SCAM artist that works out of his garage. Move on to someone legitimate.

I read John’s reply and just want to clarify a few things for everyone out there thinking about using this crooks service.

1. when I called he told me I had to put down a $40 “deposit” which he never returned to me, even though he did not perform any service whatsoever.
2. I then gave him ANOTHER $125 on top of the $40 to order a part for my TV. He told me that it was $90, but if I wanted the TV repaired quickly I had to pay $125 for overnight delivery. That was on a Tuesday.
3. I asked that day, when will it be ready? He said, “couple of days.” I tried to clarify what that vague timeline meant and said, “like when? Friday?” And he said, “yea, Friday.”
4. Friday rolls around - 4 days after I gave him $125, 5 days after I gave him the initial $40, and I’ve heard nothing. So I call at 5pm. He tells me he is still planning to order the part. Planning to order it?? I gave you $125 to get it shipped overnight to be done by Friday, and now on Friday at 5pm he hasn’t even ORDERED the part yet. He then lies and tells me he’s on the other line right now with the part manufacturer, so I said, “merge the calls, I want to hear what’s going on.” And after pretending he didn’t hear me say that twice, I finally say it a third time and he confesses that he’s not on the other line at all with anyone. It was a lie. The whole thing is a lie. He’s a scam artist. He didn’t even look for a part yet.
5. after that he VERY RUDELY says I’m not working on your TV anymore, I’ll call you in an hour and you can come pick it up - I’ll give you the $125 back...meanwhile I gave him $165 total so far, so what about the other $40??
6. now the story changes - the $40 deposit is now a “checkout fee” - whatever that is...and he refuses to give it to me. So I went there and refused to leave his shop until he paid me my money back in full SINCE HE DIDNT PROVIDE ME WITH ANY SERVICE! He didn’t even bother to call me to tell me he didn’t have the part yet and it wouldn’t be ready by Friday like he had told me it would - I had to call him at 5pm on Friday. Had I not, he prob would have just taken my money and never called because he’s a crook. I know a crook when I see one and I saw it in him.
7. Then I’m at his shop demanding my full $165 back and he changes his mind and says he’s not gonna pay me any of my money back now. That is why the cops were called.
8. the cops ABSOLUTELY did not side with him. The cop apologized to me over and over and told me personally that he didn’t think it was right that he was keeping all the money and not giving me a full refund because...once again...HE PROVIDED ME WITH NO SERVICE! The cop got him to give me the $125 and the TV back which he was also not letting me take. The cop said there was nothing else I could do for the other $40 but take him to small claims court - which btw, I AM doing - not because $40 means a lot to me. I could care less about the money. It’s the principle of the matter. He performed absolutely no service, so he should not keep any of my money. I’ll get my $40 from this crook at the courts
9. one last note about the “signs in his workspace” he mentioned. Give me a break! This guy works out of what I can only refer to as a cluttered hoarders garage. The place is about 300 Sq Ft and only about 20 Sq Ft is walkable. There are cabinets, dressers, furniture, electronics, scattered everywhere. The walls are filled with beer signs, random dry erase boards with math equations, all types of joke signs - no reasonable person in the world would be reading every nonsense sign in his hoarders paradise to make sure that there was nothing important hidden amongst the mess. Fact is this guy is a crook. You want a crook - hire him, but...

this fly by night ''doctor '' who claims to repair electronics is a certified crook . submitted $80 down payment at his insistance for an evaluation to repair my electronic items even though he NEVER once contacted me with regards to an update [cell] much less an email as to the status of his evaluation with regard to repairing my electronics . he also provided NO receipts or invoices . when i confronted him over the phone he gave me every conceivable lying excuse imaginable as to why he couldnt or wouldnt fix my items and i called him out extensively on his B.S. excuses . i waited 2 months for absolutely nothing to get done by him . he even had the audacity to state that i was ''lucky' that my items werent sold to others according to his explanation after 8 weeks of him doing absolutely nothing [he never once stated that there was a time frame involved to pick up any of my items] . note that if your electronics is more than 7-8 years old the chances of them being repaired is next to nothing. dishonest audio/video techs use it as an excuse in the industry in that ''parts'' for a given item IN THAT AGE BRACKET are not able to be sourced or located. coming from someone who has learned first hand from this hacks so-called professional ''work''. spare yourself from complete wasted time /effort and save your hard earned money. look elsewhere! you are...

I'm absolutely stunned that this guy would get 5 stars from anybody. My tv sat in his office for over 4 months. Every time I contacted him to get an update, he made up a new lie. I have it in my texts since he never actually called me himself to give me an update on my tv; literally not one phone call. He would text only after I called and decided to text cause he wasn't answering my calls. In these texts, I documented around 10 lies about the status of my tv, which included the problem, the parts ordered, etc. He also TOOK $75 from me to order the part. Two months goes by and the parts never came meanwhile he said it would be fixed within a week. Two more months go by and I just couldn't take it anymore, so I had to go get back my tv. He WOULD NOT give me my $75 (even though he said he would give me half, which is ridiculous in amongst itself). I literally paid him $110 to not fix my tv. My advice: Spend the little bit extra to get to a legit business or soemone who knows how to operate a business properly from their...