Charly's Mr. Fix Electronic Repair — Local services in Cathedral City

Mario at Charly's Electronic Repair is a godsend. He was able to clean, diagnose and repair my Technics turntables and mixer after many years of not working after a trip to Burning Man. He cleaned the gear, made sure it was in good working order, and even replaced a few slider knobs. And when the decks had issues crop up - they each manifested an intermittent short on one channel about a week apart - he stood behind his work to make things right, even making a modification to one deck based on a YouTube video at my request. His prices are beyond reasonable in my opinion and he will work on things that would be a real hassle to get fixed in LA, SF, or Seattle. As a guy with lots of vintage and offbeat electronics, he has me looking around for other gear that could be revived with his help. He also will do work on modern equipment when it goes off warranty, so worth a call every time. He only commits to...

Because I took my television two Charlies to see what was wrong with it the power had went out and he told me that it was free to estimate the television then a day later he call me back and told me that he found out what was wrong with my television and he could fix it for $160 but with no warranty so I then replied if I paid you $200 would I get a warranty he replied yes 30 days but I never gave him authorization to do the repair on my television so I left my television there for a day or so because I had to work and I called him the following day so that I could pick up my television from Charlie's I get there he had already did the repair to my television without my permission I do not trust this business I would advise anyone thinking about bringing their Electronics here...

I dropped off my subwoofer unit and a Pioneer AV receiver for repair 2 weeks ago. As I had not heard from anyone there, I called for a status update and only at that point did the repairs begin. On the plus side, I got a call 2 days later with the repairs made. Another drawback to my experience was that my subwoofer was returned to me dusty and scratched all to hell which was very upsetting as I am a freak about taking care of my stuff. Lastly, although the invoice does list the parts that were replaced, it does not provide a breakout by individual component. Upon pick-up, for clarity sake, the invoice should have been reviewed with the customer by either the technician himself or the customer service...