The Computer Barn — Local services in North Middleton Township

I purchased a computer here last month. After using the computer for a few days it seemed slower than normal for the specifications I purchased. I called back to ask to return the product or exchange for a different computer, and was told no refunds, and they will exchange but will charge a 20% restocking fee. I also found out several pieces of software they stated were installed at purchase were not installed at all (Spybot & Malwarebytes). Note that the salesman I purchased from never mentioned anything about the return or exchange policy during the purchase process. It was my fault for not asking...but I try to support local businesses and stay out of the big box stores with the expectation of getting great local service. In the case of the Computer Barn...ask a lot of questions up-front and know that if anything is wrong your paying at least 20%. I would recommend going brand new from someone else. ...

This company installs unliscensed versions of windows if you don't provide your manufacturer recovery discs(you usually have to make these on older computers). The best thing you can do for yourself is either bring the discs or call the manufacturer ahead of time to have then before taking it to ANY service company. Otherwise you need to legally buy a new copy of windows. If someone tells you otherwise. It's possible your computer has a recovery partiton. But if you get any warning messages about activation failing after a repair. Call them back or look into calling another company to confirm. If they did install pirated software they will be contacted by Microsoft if...

Bought a dell optiplex 755 from them on eBay a little while back and it had a core 2 duo , 4gb ddr2 ram and no hard drive, overall the pc was pretty clean inside ,it had a couple dings on it but overall it was in good condition. I now have a core 2 quad q6600 and a new gpu installed along with a new hard drive and 8gb of ram , the pc is running great and never had any issues now running Windows 10 pro 64 bit. Works great. I played exactly 39$ for it when I first got it before the upgrades ,...