http://www.jamesraposa.com/index e dot dot dot - a mostly about the Internet weblog by James Raposa en http://www.jamesraposa.com/index/2022/02/26#paypal_enables_scam_artists Word to the wise, make sure to diligently check out the reputation of whomever you're ordering from whenever you decide to use Paypal as the payment method. I didn't, and what I received wasn't even close to what I ordered. And I've since learned that this is a growing scam category... entice orders of things that appear to be bargains, but still cost between $50-$100, deliver a toothpick in an envelope, then because there's a delivery notification that can be cited by Paypal, they deny a request for a refund, and there's nothing the scammed customer can do about it, because you're shielded from any contact information beyond the Paypal email address of the scammer.<br /><br />I suggest never using the scam artist enabling Paypal shysters again. http://www.jamesraposa.com/index/2011/02/10#Geeks_Mobile:_Stay_Far_Away_From_Them On 2/9/2011 I called Geeks Mobile to send out a technician to take a look at my Dell desktop.<br /><br />It had mysteriously powered itself off a day earlier, and when I went to power it on, it did this crazy thing (it hadn't ever done before), where it started to power-up, stopped, and then continued like it was going to boot up, but never did.<br /><br />I described the problem to them and they said they'd send out a "technician" the next day. Sounded good to me, so I agreed to it.<br /><br />The next day the technician showed up, tried a few things for a total of ten minutes, and then suggested I buy another computer because, as he said, "You could probably get one for 200 bucks somewhere."<br /><br />He then told me I owed Geeks Mobile $119.95.<br /><br />Infuriated, I told him it was outrageous considering I wasn't any further along than before he showed up.<br /><br />After speaking with his "manager", I was told that I could get someone else to come out (which considering the quality of who they first sent out, I was not interested in doing), or I could get a 20% "discount" to end the matter right away.<br /><br />Needless to say, I wrote out a check for $96 dollars just to get these people out of my life forever.<br /><br />The lesson from all this... NEVER CALL GEEKS MOBILE FOR ANY KIND OF SERVICE! EVER!