My old laptop required a wifi extension repaired. In addition to the fact that it was repaired the…read morenext day for a very reasonable price, Charles even helped me to set it up at my place fixing some issues coming from Shaw-Rogers. Thank you, Charles, so much for your dedication to your clients and your professionalism.

WARNING: Shady business practices, severe privacy violations, cheap aftermarket parts, and…read morepre-planned "liquid damage" excuses. I brought my iPhone 14 Plus here for a screen and battery replacement. What followed was a multi-month nightmare of zero communication, privacy breaches, and a completely botched repair that has left my phone running hot and barely usable. I am posting this to warn the Vancouver community and back up my experience with direct, black-and-white proof from my phone's own system settings. 1. Unauthorized Off-Site Transport & Massive Privacy Violations * Taken to a Private Home: I only discovered my phone had been removed from the commercial shop and taken to a technician's private residence after repeatedly calling to find out why the repair was taking so long. * Camera Roll Evidence: When I finally got my phone back, I found photos on my camera roll of someone else's laptop that were taken while my phone was at this technician's house. * The Passcode Trap: They demanded my personal passcode under the guise of "testing the hardware." Authorized Apple service providers do not need your passcode to run diagnostics. Having my passcode allowed them to bypass security, clone my device's data, and access my personal life unsupervised. 2. The Software Cover-Up & Lost Data * The Secret Wipe: To try and hide the system alerts caused by their cheap parts, they did a full factory reset and restore on my phone before handing it back. * The Proof: Because of this unannounced wipe, secure apps like Facebook Messenger completely forced a security logout, and every single password I had manually saved on my device over the last few weeks was entirely erased from the local memory. 3. Black-and-White Technical Proof (See Attached Photos I have attached screenshots of my iPhone's battery settings showing the exact state they returned my device in: * The "Unknown Part" Warning: My phone displays an "Important Battery Message: Unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery". The system is completely unable to determine the health of this battery. I paid for a proper repair and got cheap, unprogrammed, unverified aftermarket hardware. * Abysmal Battery Drain: My screenshots show the battery dropping from 73% at 7:31 AM down to 71% at 7:36 AM, and plummeting to 69% by 7:40 AM. That is a 4% drop in just 9 minutes from light Safari use (with only 1 minute of screen-off background activity running). This "new" battery is dropping faster than a degraded, 5-year-old battery. * Touch Screen Failure: The replacement screen is also highly defective. It lags constantly, auto-dims and brightens erratically on its own, and requires multiple taps just to get speech-to-text to turn on. 4. The "Liquid Damage" Setup & The "New Owner" Script * The Setup: As I was walking out the door, the technician, Charles, casually mentioned he "noticed trace water damage along the bottom of the phone." This is a classic, calculated setup to void my repair warranty. If the cheap display or battery fails next week, he will try to blame "liquid damage"--even though my original intake receipt has absolutely no mention of water damage. * The "New Owner" Script: After leaving a previous bad review, Charles called me, refunded $120 of the labor, and begged me to delete the review because he "just took over the business a couple of months ago." Public review history shows him using this exact same "I just took over the business" guilt-trip script on other customers over a year ago. Do not fall for it. * The Recycling Danger: This shop heavily promotes "free electronics recycling." Given their total disregard for data privacy and unauthorized off-site transport of devices, I strongly warn anyone against trusting them with old tech that still has your hard drives and personal data intact. Wiping customer data to hide cheap parts, secretly taking devices to private homes, and using manipulative scripts to delete honest reviews is highly deceptive. Avoid Burrard Laptops (also operating as Vancouver Laptops).

I contacted Herbert to fix my 10 year old TV. He was very honest, suggesting I might be better off…read moreto buy a new one. I was determined to keep the old Samsung going. Herbert gave me the straight goods as to what he had been able to do. He also outlined problem areas he hadn't been able to address. Parts are hard to get. I am very pleased with what he was able to accomplish . The price was in line with his original quote. I really enjoyed my dealings with Herbert.

I brought in a Wacom Cintiq that had not been working for a year. Herbert identified and fixed the…read moreissue in less than a week. I am very grateful that he was able to fix it as it is a very niche item for artist and animators. Can't be happier with the repair!

OH GOSH, where do I start without being embarrassed??? I do my tax accounting on a wonderful 1995…read moreIBM Aptiva. And yes this is 2026. But, I am no dinosaur, well maybe. I was coding in 1975, and never left "IT" until a few years after Y2K. I freaked, when my IBM failed me. Greg and Larry fixed it to the point where I have been able to do the last two years. I am so grateful. Lots more services but this was the best.

I have twice taken my laptop to PC Galore, once because I accidentally damaged it and once because…read moremy ad blocker succumbed to a total infestation of ads. I can't speak highly enough of the courtesy, helpfulness, and very rapid (and effective) service that I was given. Why go anywhere else?

It's so nice to have a tech service close to home instead of having have to drive down to Broadway…read moreor East Van not to mention have to cross city lines. Too bad he wasn't able to fix my desktop. Excellent customer service, discount if Check in on Yelp, way better price than London Drugs where they don't even have on site tech person in Kerrisdale nor Dunbar stores.

We bought a new laptop and needed it to be set up and have all of the data from our old laptop…read more transferred over. They were very quick and professional and also very patient with our many questions. The cost was also very reasonable. I highly recommend Trek PC Vancouver for your computer needs.

THE HACKERY STOLE MY COMPUTER:…read more I bought a used computer from The Hackery and asked them to transfer my data to it. I returned when they said and powered the new one up in-store and found that they had only transferred my desktop. I inquired and they had no idea nor did they have my old computer. The two guys huddled in the other room and I heard one of them say "~he pays more for French keyboards"... Mine was French. I'm a trucker so I have more receipts/expenses than the rest of the public; I lost $50,000.00 in tax receipts because they were from multiple unfiled years. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE HACKERY.

I'm grateful to this shop for what they didn't do. I had a…read moreAcer Chromebook with a fritzy screen. After a 5 minute phone discussion we agreed the lcd screen was broken, as opposed to a loose wire. Rather than fix the screen, he said it would be cheaper to buy a new one, which I did. (this was a gift) I find that degree of honesty in a tech refreshing.

What can I say I called and talk to Simon who came out the same day and was a PRO I explained the…read moreproblem and he had everything fixed in no time I give Simon 5 Stars

Simon came to my house to help me reset my laptop. He was very helpful and friendly. He managed to…read morewipe out all the unnecessary files and my old personal data that was slowing down my laptop. I am grateful that he made the reset smooth and easy.

This is the second time I've taken my custom PC into Memory Express on Broadway. (The first time…read morewas several years ago when they rebuilt my system after the water cooling system failed. They did a super job). This time I needed to have my system upgraded to Windows 11 and upgrade the hard drive. My computer was ready the next day and cost considerably less than I expected. Young Shintaro at the customer service desk was very helpful and made a number of recommendations to improve the upgrade. I'm an old lady and sometimes get 'attitude' at technical service desks but there was none of that here. Excellent customer service and highly recommended. Good job ME!

Although the store manager at this location is a decent person but Memory express in general is a…read morevery sketchy organization with a clear intention to siphon off your money. But Memory Express Langley's manager's behavior is remarkably rude and unprofessional. I ordered an i7-13700K Processor Bundle with a Gigabyte Z790 GAMING X AX Mobo for $629 during the Thanksgiving sale a few days ago (attached are the pictures as proof). Today, I received a call from the manager, stating that I must pay an additional $200 due to their error. I would have been fine with this adjustment, but at the time of my purchase, there were several similar bundles available at Canada Computers and NewEgg. Unfortunately, I missed out on those deals because I ordered from Memory Express. As a result, I'm left with no other options. Note that this would have been illegal in Quebec under their consumer protection laws. When I tried to explain this situation to the manager, instead of a simple apology, I was met with a barrage of yelling and unprofessional behavior. What should have been resolved with an apology turned into a heated argument with the manager.