Laptop dc jack repair

Gotta give credit where it is due!

After dealing with laptopking I am very pleased with another company. I just got off the phone with the guy who owns DCPOWERJACKS.NET and they are serious to customer satisfaction.

I am repairing a gateway mx7515, and I went to laptopking to order the jack, which is listed as a 2.5mm jack. This isnt my laptop so I thought ok and ordered the part with overnight shipping and it was around around 60 dollars... 30 for the jack and 30 for shipping. When I told them it was the wrong part I noticed they had a no refund policy unless the jack is bad. I corresponded over email, and they kept emailing me say around 5:00 pm, which I know is past shipping times in california. After I finally found the right jack listed for a compaq, they waited again after 5pm the next day to let me know they didnt have the part in stock.. 4 days wasted, partially my fault for ordering the wrong size, but they just didnt seem to really care too much. I offered to send a pic of the old jack ,etc. So I gave up on them, and they own four domains.. This is from my invoice..

Excel Computer, Inc. Network of laptop sites: Excelcomputerinc.com | Laptopking.com | Laptoprepairparts.com | Laptoprepairco.com

Now to DCPOWERJACKS.NET. Long story short, I decided not to remove the

2.5mm jack and not use the targus universal notebook ac adapter. (I dont like not knowing the amps, plus I already have a good ac adapter it just needs a 1.65mm jack.) I ordered the jack from the site late last nite. Today I got an email from gary about my paypal address. I just moved, so I updated my info with paypal and told him not to cancel the order in my email.

8:15 rolls around and I am watching the history channel. I receive a call from Gary! He told me I paid with an echeck and it would take forever to clear. So we fixed it and he told me I should have it by tuesday.

I thought wow! What great service. The guy actually called me to straighten out the order and make me happy. Plus all I spent was 20 dollars, and that was with my shipping 2 day business with usps...

DCPOWERJACKS.NET made me very happy. And now one of my clients kids will get the laptop earlier as a result.

Reply to
justinshafer
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Why not go to mouser and order one for $0.50?

Reply to
Michael Kennedy

He probably couldn't. Some laptop's have DC jacks with differing pinouts and PCB mounts than those stocked by general catalogue suppliers.

Getting round that problem either costs $$$ with specialist suppliers, or botching the job with other parts, which with some of these, if you look at the max current draw to charge a flat laptop battery, doesn't look very safe....

-- Adrian C

Reply to
Adrian C

Man have i got a Bridge to sell YOU..WOW there are no jacks for ANY laptop that cost over a buck. and installation should onlt be around 50 bucks tops. At least thats what we charge where I work Geez man did they take you for a ride

Reply to
David Naylor

Fine, do us all a favour. Care to name your sources for supplying jacks for ANY laptop for less than a dollar? Sony, HP/Compaq, Mitac, Clevo?

and installation should onlt be around 50

Fair.

Geez man did

-- Adrian C

Reply to
Adrian C

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