Laptop dc jack repair

Nov 18, 2006 4 Replies

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.



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

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

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

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

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