Free Geek Community Technology Centre
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based on 8 reviews
Contact Free Geek Community Technology Centre
| Address : | 1820 Pandora St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1M5, Canada |
| Website : | http://www.freegeekvancouver.org/ |
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David Clegg on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I am very inexperienced with tech, the staff were amazing super helpful.
I purchased a refurbished PC for an amazing price and the technicians helped troubleshoot another system so I could pass it along.
My new electronics go to not only for the environment and cost savings but also because the staff are awesome.
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Kyla- Rose on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I love this place so much. I've purchased several lap tops from here over the years, received incredible free support to switch my OS to Ubuntu and volunteered here for a short time as well. The minerals that are mined to create new electronics are socially and environmentally horrible and places like Free Geek help mitigate the damage. Staff are amazing!
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Matthew Lim on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A very neat shop for an excellent non profit. FreeGeek takes what they can salvage from old computers and electronics and sells it to fund their recycling efforts for what cannot be salvaged. Their prices are cheap and you can find everything under the sun here, from old obsolete connectors that you can't find on Amazon to even working order computers and laptops with life still left in them, keeping them out of landfills.
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john beardshall on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Can get new laptop on sale from bestbuy for not much more then old one without windows from geeks not to mention rude staff
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Zack Howie on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I've been patronizing this wonderful store for years through donations and through the Thrift Store. When I first walked up the narrow, winding staircase to the unsuspecting second-floor room of the Thrift Store, I didn't know what to expect, but I had heard from fellow nerds that it was an amazing resource for hardware. Any computer enthusiast will begin drooling upon seeing the selection of components, not to mention the wonderful support the Free Geek provides for open source software. I have also completed a few orders and donations since Covid, and I have to say the organization adapted wonderfully to the evolving situation, though it is not the same as being physically present. I also visited the Free Geek's well-organized presentation at LTX 2019, where they were very informative and approachable. I appreciate the Free Geek's stewardship of computer hardware, through recycling and resale, and I will continue to support them as long as possible.
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David Mitchell on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Really really great place to try for pc parts. Used but always working, free geek rules!
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Nicolas Gregoire on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Absolute amazing service for my PS4 which was experiencing freezing issues. They were able to diagnose the problem quickly and implement a solution in no time at all. The number 1 tech centre in Vancouver!
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In 2018, I experienced sexism/racism that occurred at one of their free drop-in days. I’m sharing this experience so that other women of colour use their discretion in accessing this resource. I brought in a laptop with an internal battery that needed replacing. The older white male who helped me thought I was stupid for being unable to open the laptop and replace the battery by myself. He said to me: “I know I shouldn’t be saying this but it’s lucky that you’re pretty.” He was not joking, he was dead serious. But even making that joke would be gross. Ironically, he recruited another older white male to help open the laptop up and they both couldn’t identify exactly what battery model it was I needed. My laptop was open on the table, I wanted to leave but was scared my laptop would leave in a worse state. Various male volunteers and staff went into the space and overheard and saw I was upset - no one said anything. I contacted the owner a while later and his response was negligible. Nothing was done to rectify the situation or to prevent other women from experiencing this discrimination.
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