Munster electronics is a scam:
I took my stereo receiver in after a lightning strike and power surge damaged the receiver. I paid the owner $40 for an assessment and estimate of repair.
After hearing nothing for 2 weeks I called the owner. He informed me that the receiver had extensive electrical damage caused by lightning, and gave me an estimate of $400 to repair. I already knew this, and requested that he let me know what parts needed replacing and how much labor would be. He refused to share this information, repeating it would be $400 to repair.
I explained to the owner of Munster electronics that when I had trouble with my computer, I took to a repair shop(Computer Doc in Homewood, IL) and paid $35 for an assessment. They told me everything that was wrong and told me the parts that needed replacing, and gave me an estimate of repair.
This Munster elec guy repeated that he does not do this. I explained to the owner that I had no proof that he had done anything, other than repeat the fact that I told him when I brought to him, "it had extensive electrical damage caused by lightning."
I looked around the store and noticed that his store was filled with used electronics that he had repaired and was reselling. I realized why he requested $400 for the repair of a receiver that I purchased new for $725 almost 7 years earlier. ITS A SCAM. He hoped I would say its too expensive to repair and "junk it at his shop", so that he could repair it, for much less than $400, I'm sure, and resell it for $350-$400.
This guy has a lucrative scam operation, though small scale. Avoid him at all cost.
HINT: get everything in writing and make sure you request a written assessment of what was tested and what parts need replacing BEFORE you hand them any money or sign anything. Remember oral promises are nothing more than lip service, and this MUNSTER ELECTRONICS is proof of this. AVOID MUNSTER ELECTRONICS AT ALL COST
by gr8abs2036 on September 20, 2011