WHAT WILL IT ACTUALLY COST?

Tick what you need. The number updates as you go. It is a range rather than a single figure, because anyone who quotes you an exact price for a job they have not seen is guessing — and we would rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.

Tick everything that sounds like your problem. Not sure? Tick the first one — diagnosis is free, and it is the honest starting point for most of these.

Where is the machine?

WHY IT IS A RANGE

Because the honest answer is a range. Here is exactly what decides where in it you land — none of this is padding, and none of it is a surprise we spring at the counter.

  • 🔩

    What is actually in the machine

    Two laptops that look identical can take completely different parts. A common part is the bottom of the range; an odd one is the top.

  • ⏱️

    How long it takes to get at it

    Some laptops give up their battery in ten minutes. Some are glued shut. Same job, very different bench time.

  • 🔍

    What we find once it is open

    Occasionally a second fault is hiding behind the first. We ring you before doing anything about it — we never just do the work and add it to the bill.

  • 📦

    What parts cost that week

    Memory and drives move in price. We quote what it costs when you book, not last year.

// What Will Not Happen
  • Diagnosis is free, and it stays free even if you decide not to go ahead
  • You get the actual number before any work starts — the estimate here is the starting point, not the invoice
  • If we find the job is not worth doing, we tell you that instead of doing it
  • No callout charge inside Sabine County, and no "looking at it" fee
tbg@bench: ~ ./quote
// how a real quote gets made
$ estimate --job "slow laptop"
 
range from this page $60 – $120
after 20 min on bench $90 fixed
 
! found: drive failing, not just dust
called customer BEFORE touching it
 
customer chose the drive. no surprises.
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STILL NOT SURE WHAT YOU NEED?

That is completely normal, and it is what the free diagnosis is for. If it is a computer, the browser scan will already tell you a lot before you even leave the house. If it is a website, the checker will tell you what is wrong with the one you have.

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