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Concerned that I’m being scammed by a computer repair guy… any thoughts?

Hey guys,

My 2.5yr old lenovo yoga laptop’s been crashing / glitching with big black and coloured squares appearing all over the screen when it happens. I tried to figure out what was wrong, updated my graphics driver and everything, but nothing worked, so I took it to a small (I think one-man) repair service that had really good reviews. I met up with him in person outside his office. As I’m a student I asked if it would be alright if he could take a quick look and let me know how much it might cost me to fix it, because if it’s too much I’m just going to have to write it off.

Things started getting really weird a few days after I left it there. I’ll attach links to a screenshot of our texts, but the TLDR is that he says he’s buying a part I’ve never heard of and can’t find mention of on the web – then got annoyed when I was concerned about that, and now hasn’t replied to any of my messages in nearly a month. He’s had my laptop since the 25th of May. I’m pretty annoyed because I need it for work and school, but I don’t know if this is all to be expected or not.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/fzxpwMF

What should I do?

OTDSadmin

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