Little Shop of Hardware

Ed is my new Hero! My laptop keyboard was not working correctly. AGHHHHHHH!!! I brought it in, and my Hero, Ed, had it cleaned up and Ready to Go today! So Happy!!! Thank you!

Had a fantastic experience taking my Cintiq drawing tablet in. The guy who worked with me gave me a clear diagnosis of the issue and went out of his way to find out everything he could about the problem before dealing with it. 100% will be going back for future tech issues and I completely recommend them to anyone.

I can't possibly stress how wonderful this shop is. They've helped me with such a variety of things over the years. Laptop issues, speaker on my cell phone and even took in my old car radio for recycling! Hardware recycling, laptop fix, computer repairs, cellphone repairs. Just a fantastic place!!

Fixed my computer's fan and added 8GB ram, quickly and cheaply.

Went in with an exceptionally simple laptop pc repair request: Solder ONE wire back onto its terminal. Even though it was entirely exposed and easily visible without removing the plastic case because the case was broken off on that corner from an accidental drop, they said it would be easier and cheaper to take the whole laptop apart and replace the entire board for a couple hundred dollars. Are you kidding me??? If I'd had a soldering iron I was sure I could have done it myself in no time flat! On the way home I stopped at a mom and pop shop near my house and had the repair done in less than 10 minutes for $20. Sorry, guys, you lost all credibility with me.

The owner is crotchety and it's not in a great location although I don't know if any of Baltimore is a "great" location I was able to get a used keyboard for $20 which saved my day

My understanding was that they had no idea of how to fix any problem on a Mac! They opened my mac and took a look and gave it back to me saying that we couldn't do anything: I brought it back and it turned out that my Mac didn't recognize the battery. It was a mistake to go there: the appearance of the store suggests obviously!!

Welcome to the Little Shop of Hardware. I suggest you sit back, relax and enjoy the adventure. Here are some tips for making this an enjoyable excursion. The first thing to keep in mind is that the owner of the shop isn't AS smart as a rocket scientist. That is because he IS a rocket scientist. Paul was a student at Johns Hopkins applied physics when desktops needed screensavers because the internet was nothing more than a blinking green cursor and mnemonics atop a black background. Second, you are not in a "Best Buy" Dorothy. Dorothy has boarded a bus full of people who could be the cast of a John Waters movie millennials will have to use their imagination since Monsieur Waters no longer makes movies. A life sized cardboard cutout of Divine would fit right in with the decor of the store. Third, you will get more bang for your buck than you ever thought possible. They will fix the unfixable or offer a solution that is not in the Geek's handbook. L.S.O.H. does not have a handbook. They will also charge a fair price for their services. If you yearn for a local service, here you go. They have been servicing their customers for so long that it is one of the few people in this business that can say that they fixed your parent's computer, while they were designing a communications satellite.

I had a great experience. Careful attention was paid to everything needed for my laptop. I was not overcharged. The service was timely and the fellow who seviced my laptop was engaging and thorough.

I don't know why this shop hasn't closed down. They must be selective about whom they give adequate service, like many businesses in Baltimore... decent for one, horrible for another, as their bipolar moods and whims take them... or perhaps they have some invisible criteria, or some strange prejudice based on conspiracy theories. Maybe they're still in business because they perform expensive and illegal computer tasks for select private clients and bribe the police? It's one of the many things that makes Baltimore an unliveable city., but one can play "abnormal psychology" for only so long. I simply know I left a laptop in to get formatted, and kept getting the excuse that it had "been left in the van" for a week. I finally left some heated words on their answering machines threatening legal action, got my laptop back within two days, and never went back.