Have I been scammed?

[jackisbadatbuilding]

I recently had an accident in which I spilled brine from some olives in my computer. I immediately powered down, just after seeing the screens go black. I unseated and removed the components from the pc and took care to dry off what I could see, unfortunately bending some of the mobo cpu socket pins. However there were some areas like under the backplate of the GPu which I couldn't get to due to lack of tools.
So I called the first result for computer repairs explaining what happened and was told that he would be able to clean the components with alcohol and test them individually.
However it has been two weeks and I have only just received my components back after being ignored on 90% of attempts to contact the repair guy. And any time I used a number which wasn't mine he picked up straight away and said it would be done soon.
Apprently everything is working apart from the mobo which I find hard to believe as the GPu bore the brunt of the liquid spill. There is still dust and some small spots of discolouration on the components so I'm not entirely sure thst they were cleaned.
I am wondering what to do next? Is it possible for components to survive a direct hit with salt water? Is this guy just palming me off? Should I find a new repair guy and how do you tell if they are con men or if they know what they are on about ?

 

[kaptainkuftic]

More than likely, they are working on it, but don't have anything meaningful to tell you about it yet. They aren't answering because every time you call, they have to put down what they're doing to give you an answer.

I think you should be patient, personally. Look up the repair shop on Google and make sure they are legitimate. In addition, if you're still worried, visit the shop and ask about it, make sure to ask about a time frame

 

[sancubes]

why dont you go to their shop and see what they are doing with your components

 

[alsmith]

How about going to the shop? I don't think anyone here will be able to give you any more or better info than you doing that.

Seriously,you won't be the only customer, and human nature being what it is the people who aren't being fair to any supplier are unlikely to be put to the front of any queue they have- how would you react to someone treating you in the way you are acting? Advice- at least pretend to be mature in your dealings with them.

 

[USAFRet]

I recently had an accident in which I spilled brine from some olives in my computer. I immediately powered down, just after seeing the screens go black. I unseated and removed the components from the pc and took care to dry off what I could see, unfortunately bending some of the mobo cpu socket pins. However there were some areas like under the backplate of the GPu which I couldn't get to due to lack of tools.
So I called the first result for computer repairs explaining what happened and was told that he would be able to clean the components with alcohol and test them individually.
However it has been two weeks and I have only just received my components back after being ignored on 90% of attempts to contact the repair guy. And any time I used a number which wasn't mine he picked up straight away and said it would be done soon.
Apprently everything is working apart from the mobo which I find hard to believe as the GPu bore the brunt of the liquid spill. There is still dust and some small spots of discolouration on the components so I'm not entirely sure thst they were cleaned.
I am wondering what to do next? Is it possible for components to survive a direct hit with salt water? Is this guy just palming me off? Should I find a new repair guy and how do you tell if they are con men or if they know what they are on about ?

"....unfortunately bending some of the mobo cpu socket pins"
"Apprently everything is working apart from the mobo"

I think the problem is apparent...