Cricket Wireless Authorized Retail outlet not necessarily in a great location and the interior of…read morethe store needs a pick-me-up, and perhaps a uniform top for the lone employee to differentiate her from customers. Also, the blaring Mexican music was not conducive to business. My Motorola Power G, Android 16 cellphone went haywire after only having owned it for a couple of months. Visited a Cricket kiosk in the South Center mall a few days ago and the individual there couldn't help and he recommended calling customer service. I asked him how was I to call when my phone wasn't working. Spent 3+ hours with Customer Service (on wife's phone) which led to removing the hard SIM card and having an eSIM set-up, but phone failed to work. On to the Cricket Wireless Authorized Retailer in Burien (WA). The female employee was personable, helpful and patient. After spending some time running through various attempts at getting the phone to work, she eventually re-set everything to factory settings. A lengthy time was spent downloading (reloading/uploading) apps and the operating system, the phone was brought back to life. Conclusion, despite some cosmetic flaws, the business is recommended, especially due to the helpful employee.

I sat at cricket for over an hr. They opened 3 hrs late!!! I could see the two girls in the back…read moresmoking a vape pen and playing with a dog... When i questioned why they opened so late the lady responded by saying "why are you such a B****! I questioned The worker "Mercades" about her customer service and she slammed ther computer into the plexy glass. Whitch slammed into me!!! Amd told me she can justvrefuse my service...

Awesome little shop that has been around for a decade. Replaced the battery on my Galaxy Note 10…read moreplus. It's 6 years old but still running like a champ with the new battery installed. I will definitely comeback if I need to fix any of my other phones

They've helped me multiple times with out of warranty phones. They are quick to fix things and not…read moretoo pricey. Great service!

My phone is 5 years old and the phone no longer holds a charge for the entire day. Now that we are…read moremore dependent on our phones that ever, it's imperative you have a device with enough juice to get you though at least 8 hours before going into low power mode. Doing research, I found shops online that you could mail your phone to and they had the best pricing. My problem with that, was being without my phone for 7-10 days. When I started looking around on yelp, many shops had great reviews, but their prices were ridiculous. You can buy a battery for $25 on eBay or Amazon, it's a 30-minute service, So anyone charging you 3 figures is ripping you off. Especially when you consider as a business, you probably buy batteries by the dozen and probably pay closer to $15 each. Service took 45 minutes, cost me $80. I didn't have to mail anything or go without my phone for a week. Honestly, I only have one knock for these guys, they don't appear to want you in the store. I would have much rather liked to take a seat and wait for my device than be booted and asked to come back in 40 minutes. Funny enough, I had just grabbed a bite, had I known I couldn't wait, I would have dropped the phone first then grabbed my bite to pass the time. Either way, they get 5 stars. The price and service were as close to flawless as you can expect.

I went in for something very simple and they helped me without hesitation or judgement, great…read morecustomer service!

I needed to replace my Pixel 3 battery. Other places I called could not do it because the Pixel 3…read moreis so old. Jet City did it quickly and now the phone works great.

The back of my iPhone 14 Pro cracked really bad the second time and I came here to fix it. They're…read morereally professional and kind. They explained the procedures and also called beforehand for confirmation of other work when they discovered other areas were broken too. In addition, they followed up the next day to make sure my phone didn't have any issues. All in all, this place is a gem for getting your phone fix! I also highly recommend them over IGSM in Bellevue. IGSM was the place I went to the first time it cracked and it took longer to fix and they're also less professional + more expensive.

Very fast turnaround on a slow laptop! Great service at a…read morevery good price ! Thanks Jim i would highly recommend if your have any computer service needs.

The work was done well and professionally. We requested an estimate before any work was done and…read moreunderstood it may not be exact. When we received our final bill it was about 3 times the original amount. This was very distressful as we were not planning on the additional charges. Our original quote was about $2500.00 and the final bill was over $6,00.00. At no point did he ever say it was going to be over or explain there were additional costs until after work was completed. This is not acceptable! Work is good, but don't ever trust their estimate!

Upgrades my sons pc a lot and always on time, - very professional I take laptop there all the timeread more

I took my Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen 3 laptop here for a warranty repair. I had a gpu/motherboard…read moreissue. They were very easy to schedule and got my laptop back to me quickly and still working like new after several months.

This outfit is incompetent, dishonest, and arrogant. Despite four attempts, owner Darren Lin was…read moreunable to restore Microsoft Outlook to baseline functionality on my desktop computer in Bellevue WA. He assured me that expensive equipment purchases and data transfers would solve the problems, but they didn't. In fact, he caused new impediments and important emails were permanently lost. He attempted to charge for more time than he actually worked and didn't provide invoices. A+ Computer Tech refused to respond to inquiries from the Better Business Bureau, who grade this company an abysmal C+ https://www.bbb.org/us/wa/bellevue/profile/computer-repair/a-plus-computer-tech-inc-1296-22215329 [1/12/26]. I was forced to go to King County small claims court, where I was awarded a refund of over $700.

They are amazing. I've been going there for years and have usually had good results. There have…read morebeen a few stumbles here and there, but my issues have always been resolved.

It seems like nowadays it's so hard to find a PC repair place where the guys actually know what…read morethey're doing. I've used the Geek Squad and others in the past and they were worse than useless. But not these guys! They were recommended to me by my neighbor, who is a Programmer with a major software company, and boy was he right. My computer crashed and would not reboot. They were able to repair it to the point of booting, and it could be used, but it was really old and definitely past its expiration date, so I reluctantly decided it was time to move to a new computer. They were able to recover all of my data (which I had of course failed to back up for months) and my web bookmarks. Phew! And it cost WAY LESS than I was expecting. I then ran into some issues with my old monitor not working with my new computer, and they helped me figure it out without charging me any extra, even though realistically they should have because this had nothing to do with what I had already paid for. I find the negative reviews baffling -- could it be that they are putting their review in the wrong place? I've seen this happen to a friend of mine who has a small business, and he regularly gets negative ratings from people who thought they were rating a different company with a similar name. Nothing I saw over 3 days of interacting with these guys even remotely resembled the negative comments. Bottom line -- if you have issues with your computer, definitely start here. This is the kind of small, local business we need to support.

First Vibes Value is underwhelming. I'm an electronics…read moreassembler and I former field service technician/electronics repair tech. Their GPUs, PC cards, networking & other peripherals are 5 - 8 generations old, yet they often want the higher end of the average price of those same completed/sold items on eBay. And sure, that's fine, if what you're selling is 100% tested/working, in great condition, cleaned and/or comes with a limited warranty. Instead, lots of items are dirty, scuffed up, damaged, and/or missing critical components. For instance, several of their motherboards were missing IO shields. Bonkers Pricing! 5-6 generation old GPUs (GTX 770, 970, RX 570 etc) were $60 - $125; SCSI cards (only $1 at RE-PC Seattle!) were $14!! By far the worst offender by a long shot was their motherboard section: They had an Asus Prime A320M-A, marked as "tested" and came with stock cooler, plus IO plate. They wanted $100!! This is an entry-level, first-gen AM4 socket (so Ryzen 3/5/7/9 CPUs) however, if you wanted to pair this board with a newer Ryzen 5000 series, for example, it wouldn't just work natively. You have to update the BIOS in the board first, and you'd 100% have to do this Bios update WITH an older Ryzen CPU, which is tricky even for tech savvy gamers. Lastly, this board and other entry level ones like it can be found elsewhere for $40 - $70, and often in way better condition, or with the BIOS update done by previous owner/seller. Other cons Some items have stickers that do say "tested", while others don't have any stickers. You have to just walk to the front and ask. Things are organized in big totes, but it's hit or miss finding parts you need, as the store as a whole is incredibly dirty and dingy, with random fully built systems, speakers/sub woofers, TVs and other electronics randomly placed in between these totes, none of which are ever grouped together. Some of their pre built laptops are up near the front desk, which I'm sure is due to the Kensington locks to prevent theft, but their desktops are everywhere, so if you're looking, your better off calling to ask ahead of time, to ask what they have in stock. Otherwise if you come in on your own, and especially if you're not a tech nerd who knows what to look for, you're absolutely going to have a really tough time finding things. The Pros 1) The staff seem knowledgeable about parts, and the repair they were working on when I walked in was a more challenging board level diagnostic test, which told me they have experience and knowledge in this field. 2) They have TONS of stock, especially in monitors, old hard to find adapters, cards etc. So, if eBay seems like it'll take too long, you'll likely find what ya need here. Repairs They do offer repairs, and I overheard a customer call on the phone and ask the guy working here if he "had updates on his PC they are fixing." The worker did acknowledge the shop did in fact still have it on their bench, but "needed another day or so to give any updates." I worked and managed a repair shop on the Eastside for 4+ years, and based on my experience, when you tell somebody only that you "need more time," it's 99% of the time due to 1 of 2 possibilities: 1) You haven't had time to even look at it; 2) You've run some diagnostics, but it yielded little/no clues as to how it can be fixed. Why transparency matters I think it's critical to communicate with customers and see their problems from their perspective. Instead of just treating them as a work order number, and getting them off the phone as quickly as possible, which is what this shop did. When I ran my shop, I always greeted the customers warmly, often by their first names (as most of them were repeat customers) and just be completely honest with them, even if it's news you may think they don't want to hear. I learned the hard way that if you don't give them information they're paying you for updates on, it often just makes follow up communications much more challenging, and can easily sour business relationships. In summary, this shop has a LOT of potential! They're in an AMAZING location, close to Microsoft and high value real estate, and they have the expertise, but couldn't help but notice the passion and organization was extremely lackluster. And yes, I realize this review focuses heavily on the negatives, but I do this from a lens of constructive criticism for my industry peers, to better improve public assumptions of the consumer tech repair industry, and to improved awareness of the right to repair laws. I hope this helps somebody, whether it's a potential customer, or the owners of this business. Thanks