CORE 1

I once took a 6 month old mac book to these guys that had a cracked screen and asked them to simply put a new one in it. First they told me that the screen would be a whopping $ 1100 to replace and then they told me that a repair was pointless anyways because my mother board was «fried» and that I would have to buy a whole new $ 3000 laptop that they would be happy to sell me right away. Go figure.
Knowing full well that there was nothing wrong with my mother board I said «thanks but no thanks» so when I went in to get my laptop back they nailed me with a $ 107 ($ 95 + tax) «diagnostic fee» just to get my computer back. They basically charged me $ 107 just to make up a fake mother board story to try and sell me a brand new computer and tell me something that I had told them was wrong with my computer in the first place when I walked in and said «my screen is broken».
I immediately took my computer to another local repair shop and they told me that there was absolutely nothing wrong with my mother board, for FREE I might add, and then they installed a brand new screen for a quarter of Core 1’s price. Now I know some might say «well it wasn’t an authorized mac repair centre yadda yadda yadda» To them I say this: This was years ago and the screen and motherboard have been working just fine ever since and I did not have to buy another $ 3000 computer as a result of some DISHONEST and INACCURATE diagnostic racket on the part of Core 1.
So much for «authorized repair centre» meaning anything, it doesn’t. Take your hard earned money and go elsewhere trust me. Also it pays to call around to other shops and get prices on computer work before taking your machine anywhere. For example Core 1 charges $ 107 just to simply download your data from one hard drive to another whereas other independent places in town charge only $ 25 for the exact same service.
Bottom line Core 1 is a store for über-​rich east Oakville types who don’t mind paying full pop for hardware and don’t mind getting ripped off for repairs, accessories and diagnostics.