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EmpowerLaptop has a rating of 1.77 stars from 30 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. EmpowerLaptop ranks 205th among Tech Blogs sites.

  • Service
    7
  • Value
    7
  • Shipping
    7
  • Returns
    8
  • Quality
    7
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  • I ordered a motherboard from this company to repair a computer my husband brought home from his job.
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Top Positive Review

“Great customer service”

Tim F.
4/8/19

I did contact Empower about the boards, they have shipped out replacements. I am just waiting for them to arrive, hoping this time I will have better results. Will update again shortly...

Top Critical Review

“DO NOT BUY FROM THEM - SCAM”

Joe S.
3/12/22

Do not, under any circumstance buy from them. I bought a printer part that didn't work. I asked if I could send it back to them and they said sure, just ship it back and we will refund you. I looked up shipping costs for China and the cheapest I could find was $140. They said it was too expensive to ship back so I could keep it and they would pay me $20. And unfortunately that's where it ended. Total joke and horrible business.

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Thumbnail of user joes2317
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 12th, 2022
Verified purchase

Do not, under any circumstance buy from them. I bought a printer part that didn't work. I asked if I could send it back to them and they said sure, just ship it back and we will refund you. I looked up shipping costs for China and the cheapest I could find was $140. They said it was too expensive to ship back so I could keep it and they would pay me $20. And unfortunately that's where it ended. Total joke and horrible business.

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Thumbnail of user inocenteb
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 14th, 2020

It arrived later than promised by the seller.
When mounting the plate... surprise! It doesn't work. The Nvidea chip is defective and shows distorted image.
Now they claim that the return to their place of origin in order to obtain the refund of € 65.29 that they charged me, at my expense of the return costs that amount to € 25.
This is a full-blown SCAM.
Do not buy anything from EMPOWER LAPTOP INC, or any Chinese vendor, they only sell useless garbage

Thumbnail of user valenting21
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 5th, 2023
Verified purchase

This Company is just selling damaged item with no way to get refund.
At the end you just have nothing left except losing your money!

I bought a motherboard worth $140 on this site. It came with bent pins and other malfunctions (See pics)
The seller tried to convince me to keep it as spare (no joke!) since they would not take in charge postal fees for returning the product back to China.
After some consideration, I finally decided to pay $50 extra postal fees to send it back to China and get the $140 refund.
Guess what? 4 month later I still have no refund, the seller pretexting bull$#*! to avoid Chinese Post delivery! Of course! No delivery, No refund! At the end I just lost $200!

Tip for consumers:
Just save your money...

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Thumbnail of user peterc1020
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 2nd, 2021

Ich habe ein Motherboard für ein ASUS V3 771G Laptop gekauft. Das Motherboard wurde mir defekt zugesendet! Dieser Händler behauptet die Motherboards vorab durchgetestet zu haben? Aufgrund der zahlreichen Fehler habe ich hier starke Zweifel.
Ich habe mich daraufhin mit dem Händler in Verbindung gesetzt, bekam die Rücksendeadresse (vgl. Unten) und die Aufforderung per Nachverfolgung mit Zolldeklaration zu versenden. Die Kosten ca. 50 € zu meinen Lasten! Nach ca. 6 Monaten, endlosen Nachfragen und Ausreden (Paket ist nicht angekommen, Paket liegt beim Zoll in China usw.), obwohl ich per Nachweis darlegen konnte, dass das Board definitiv angekommen war, wurde es von dieser Firma wieder zurückgeschickt. Ich habe das Paket dann nicht von der Poststelle abgeholt, weil mir wieder Kosten in Höhe von 10 € entstanden wären.
Eine Klage war absolut nicht möglich, da der Sitz dieser Firma sich in China befindet.
Name: Zhang Huiming
Telefon: *******4080
Adresse: 3-6-606, Shi Ji Chun Cheng, Meilong Straße, Minzhi Allee, Bezirk Long Hua
Stadt: Shenzhen
Provinz: Guangdong
Land: China
Postleitzahl: *******
Letztlich setzt wohl der Verkäufer darauf, sich auf diese Art betrügerisch zu bereichern.
Also Finger weg davon!
Absolut nicht empfehlenswert!

Nachtrag vom Fbr. 2021:
Mittlerweile fordert die Post AG von mir ca. 100.-€, weil ich die Annahme (wurde mehrfach vergeblich zugestellt) verweigere

Thumbnail of user erich861
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 10th, 2020

So i bought a used motherboard for my laptop through them and not only are they extremely slow, it took a month and a half to receive it, but the keyboard for the laptop doesn't function. I have to use an external keyboard for it if i want to type anything. Im positive that i didn't damage it, because i was extremely careful with the install and the keyboard was a new one, I even tried the old one as well, I can only conclude that EmpowerLaptop sent me a defective motherboard. Never will i buy anything from them again.

Thumbnail of user robertog219
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 30th, 2022

I bought a motherboard for an acer aspire 5745g from this site. They sent me a non-working wreck, because from what they sent, it only came from a landfill. For the return, they tell you that you have to pay the shipping, what you learn since shipping from Italy costs almost as much as the amount of the piece, moreover they could come up with the most imaginative excuses about not returning, so in addition to the damage the insult. Conclusion: if you try your luck with them you could find pieces that are no longer in production, but if they don't work as they did, you have wasted money and time.
I forgot: paypal is an accomplice of these scammers, for the return, since the shipment is at our expense it is useless to open the dispute, they close it immediately, as happened to me.

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Thumbnail of user johannesr12
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 7th, 2020

I bought a 8570w motherboard from this company. The HDMI port was out of function and the mainboard doesn't recognize and also not load batteries (Akku). Sadly I found out the mistakes first after building in the motherboard. I can use the laptop only with an AC Loader and I am not longer mobile with the laptop as I can't use any battery. The company refused to send me another Motherboard. After a long conversation they offered me 18 USD, if I would take the defect motherboard for which I paid more than 80 Euro! Empowerlaptop counts on it, that the porto or money for sending back the mainboard as a parcel to China is for the customer so high, that you don't do it. Also paypal could't help me. I don't know at all, why paypal works together with such a $#*!ty shop. I am also that angry on the paypal customer service that closed down my account.

Thumbnail of user carstenh7
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 25th, 2020

We purchased 20 CPU boards, half doesnt even boot up, Stay far away! They were all tested by their qualified technicians...

Thumbnail of user pascalb42
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 5th, 2022

It's nothing more than a scam, they provide you with defective parts then you return them at your expense then don't give any news you always have to relaunch them find bogus excuses it lasts for months and in the end you have lost everything.
TO FLEE!
Ce n'est rien d'autre qu'une escroquerie, ils vous fournissent des pièces défectueuses ensuite vous les retournez à vos frais ensuite ne donne plus de nouvelles il faut toujours les relancer trouvent des excuses bidon cela dure des mois et au final vous avez tout perdu.
A FUIR!

Tip for consumers:
À FUIR SANS HÉSITER !!!!!!

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Thumbnail of user gavina49
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 18th, 2022

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BUY YOU WILL BE GLAD. Would get no stars if possible but want to save people from getting their money taken from them. I order a motherboard for a gaming pc and it was advertised as a new motherboard which was a lie. Which at first i thought was no big deal maybe i misread it. So i build the pc and it wouldnt work. So i took it to a shop to try and get them to fix it because i tried everything and couldnt figure out why it wouldnt work. Come to find out the motherboard came with bent pins and other malfuntions from the shipper as said from the shop i took it to which is a very trusted company in my local area. Will not be buying from these scammers again and would recommend you do the same

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Thumbnail of user robertg817
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 8th, 2019

They don't deserve 1 star. They sent out a faulty motherboard and now expect us to believe that when we send it back they will test it and be truthful about the result. Avoid like the plague unless you want to lose money! Not only will you pay for the faulty motherboard, you will pay to ship back to them, and then a fictional 15% re-stocking fee. As we have had the m board independently tested we know it is faulty and have informed them, yet they still ask if we are sure it is their product!

Thumbnail of user donm311
1 review
4 helpful votes
April 28th, 2019

So ordered hard to find board from them. Been a month and it still not here. Emailed them and they keep asking me to wait a week. Postal service tells me they lost it contact the shipper. Shipper actually ask me if the postal service was going to pay me for the loss. Really? Everyone knows that they are on the hook for the package till it arrives that is why they insure the box. Today I noticed the website is suspended that does not give me a confident feeling that this is going to be fixed right.

Thumbnail of user colind71
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 21st, 2019

How is this for customer service. I have already paid for this order

Dear customer,

Thank you for ordering motherboard on our website.

I'm sorry to inform you that the price of the motherboard you ordered on our website isn't accurate, there is a mistake about the price.

If you still want to buy it, I'm afraid you need to pay another 46.4 USD.

If you don't, we will issue you a full refund.

Sorry for the inconvenience and looking forward to your reply.

Amber
www.empowerlaptop.com
Professional motherboard supplier

Tip for consumers:
Stay away from this website. There are a lot of scam warnings

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Thumbnail of user adams605
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 22nd, 2019

Selling dodge motherboards, the MOBO hasn't come with the proper antistatic, also it came with a lot of dust, I wouldn't mind if it was working after the assembled computer, but not, I send many emails asking for a refund, but they started giving me random "solutions".
I should have done research before spending some euros on these SCAMMERS.

Thumbnail of user albertoa55
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 7th, 2019

They scam me with a server motherboard. After severals emails, they accepted to refund me 50 usd... they only send me 15.

Scammers. Do not buy

Thumbnail of user louist90
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 27th, 2020

DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS COMPANY. I PURCHASED A MOTHERBOARD FROM THIS COMPANY NOT KNOWING IT WAS LOCATED IN CHINA BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS. I WOULDN'T HAVE PURCHASED THE BOARD IF IT WAS LISTED ON THEY'RE HOME PAGE. MADE PURCHASE ON MAY 15,2020 BECAUSE OF CUSTOMS I GOT THE BOARD ON JULY 2,2020. ON SEPTEMBER 5,2020 THE BOARD STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS. 97 DAYS LATER, NOT 120 LIKE THE WARRANTY SAYS YOU HAVE. THEY DO NOT HONOR THE WARRANY. DID NOT WANT TO SEND REPLACEMENT. TOLD ME I WILL BE GETTING $25. BACK.(US DOLLARS)BECAUSE I HAD THE BOARD TOO LONG. WHAT BULL $#*!!. I DEMANDED A REPLACEMENT OR A FULL REFUND. THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIPPING FOR THE REPLACEMENT. SO I AGREED TO PAY THE $13. FOR THE SHIPPING. 2 WEEKS GO BY AND I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING AS NOTICE ABOUT DELIVERY TIME. SO I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY TELL ME THEY DON'T HAVE ANYMORE BOARDS AVAILABLE. SO I GO ON THE WEB SITE AND WHAT DO I SEE. MORE OF THE BOARDS I NEED FOR SALE. THIS IS NOT A TRUSTWORTHY COMPANY. I DEMANDED A FULL REFUND AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO SHIP THE BROKEN BOARD BACK TO THEM FOR A FULL REFUND. THUS THE REASON I WOULDN'T HAVE PURCASED IT KNOWING ITS COMING FROM CHINA. RETURN SHIPPING COST USPS.$27 START, $57 WITH TRACKING TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T GET IT. I PAID $67 FOR THIS PIECE OF CROP. WHERE DOES IT MAKE SINCE TO SHIP BACK THE BOARD AND THEY KNOW THIS. THATS WHY THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE STORE LOCATION ON THEY'RE WEB PAGE. BEWARE! THAT WRITTEN PHRASE ( 120 DAY WARRANTY) DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. IT JUST THERE TO GET YOUR MONEY... THERE IS NO WARRANTY. REMEMBER THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYMORE BOARDS LIKE THE ONE I PURCHASED. MEANWHILE ON THE WEBSITE THE STILL SELLING THEM. ITS A BULL$#*! BUSINESS INTENDED TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND THEN HOPE THAT THE USE BOARD THEY SELL YOU LAST THE 120 DAY. I REPIR COMPUTERS AND THEY TRIED TO CONVINCE ME THAT THE HEATSINK IN THE LAPTOP WAS NO GOOD. BULL$#*!! I TOLD THEM IF THE HEATSINK DIDN'T WORK THEN THE CPU WOULD BE ACTING UP AS WELL. DID A BIOS TEST ON CUP, HHD, RAM TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE ACTING UP AND IT WASN'T. EXPLANED THAT THE NVIDIA CHIP IS SOLDERED ON TO THE BOARD AND UNLESS THEY REBALL THE CHIP ITS GOING GO BAD. THEY SELL USED BOARDS WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE BECUASE OF WHEN THE BOARD CAME OUT. 2009/2010. WHAT THEY HAVE A RECYCLING BUSINESS. THEY CLAIM THEY TEST ALL THE BOARDS BEFORE SELLING THEM BUT WHAT THEY REALLY DO IS JUST TURN THEM ON (COMPUTERS) THAT SOMEONE DROPPRD OFF. AND IF IT COMES ON THEY PUT IT UP FOR SELL. THEY DO NOT REBALL ANY OF THE CHIPS ON THE BOARD. THERE'S A SAYING THAT GOES (IF IT WORKS WHY FIX IT) THEY JUST TAKE THE COMPUTERS PART AND SELL IT FOR PARTS. THATS BUSINESS. BUT CAN THEY AT LEAST HONOR THERE'RE SO CALL WARRANTY. NOPE. ITS ALL ABOUT GETTING YOUR MONEY. AFTER ALL, ARE YOU GOING TO KNOCK ON THEY'RE DOOR. NO AND THEY KNOW THIS. AFTER I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING I JUST TOLD YOU IS WHEN THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND A WORKING REPLACEMENT. WHAT A BULL$#*! BUSINESS. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND SAVE YOURSELF A HEADACHE. GO TO (PARTS SOURCE ONLINE) AND MAKE YOUR MOTHERBOAR PURCHASES. THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY WHICH BY THE WAY THEY HONOR. EMPOWERLAPTOP DOES NOT HONOR THEIR WARRANTY..

Thumbnail of user narcison1
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2019

No compren aqui es una estafa, ladrones. Hice mi pago despues de un mes, se supone que mi pedido esta en Beiging desde hace 20 dias y no devuelven el dinero ladrones!

Thumbnail of user andreias5
1 review
4 helpful votes
November 28th, 2018

They only sell junk. Avoid this chinese scam. 1 month to deliver and the board is junk. Do not buy from empower laptop. Junkkkkkkkkk

Thumbnail of user leslief43
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 17th, 2018

This company charges £15.00 for delivery the motherboard has been inflight for 4 days should have ran out of fuel by now only 11 hours from Beijing.

Thumbnail of user michellem769
1 review
2 helpful votes
June 14th, 2019

I ordered a motherboard from this company to repair a computer my husband brought home from his job. He's an IT engineer, and his company often gives them outdated equipment to take.

We got the motherboard and he installed it (something he does every day at work) only to realize it's defective. There is no POST when you turn on the computer. You hear it power up, and then nothing. The motherboard doesn't engage at all. After more testing, he said it was DOA.

So I contacted the company. "Jesse" responded that the motherboard works and to try again. I explained we already tested it, attempted the install, and that my husband (whom is an IT professional and repairs equipment all the time) confirmed is was DOA. We just wanted to return it.

I was told they would charge me a 15% restocking fee.

I advised again IT WAS DEFECTIVE.

I was told to take a video of it not working. Take photos of both the old and the new motherboard. Send all these thing to Jesse. So we did.

I was again told the motherboard was fine and that we were doing something wrong. This is where things go really south.

I was getting upset. I told Jesse I was done sending videos and photos. I needed to return the motherboard and I wanted to full refund since it was DOA. Jesse advised me "when I get it, I'll test it and decide if you deserve a refund."

Then Jesse asked me to defraud the postal system by sending it back with a lower declared value. That's a felony in the US! I know, because I ship with USPS and am very familiar with the laws due to my job.

I refused to do that, and said I would only ship it back if I was assured a full refund and advised I was on the verge of just filing a charge dispute with my CC.

Then Jesse started threatening me. "I'll spread your cheater lying ways all over the Internet if you don't send it back and send me a tracking number in 5 days." and then again demanded I defraud the postal system.

Lets just say i'm not intimidated, and that my CC company is now handling this. Any further threats will be turned over to the police at this point.

Stay away from this company.

Thumbnail of user tonyl100
1 review
8 helpful votes
April 19th, 2017

They send untested motherboards and hope they work. If they don't work you must pay the shipping and hope they acknowledge they received it. They give you this address to return it:
Empower Laptop Ltd.

Min zhi, long hua, 606,6th building, shi ji chun cheng, shenzhen, Guangdong Province ******* China

Good luck!

Thumbnail of user angelv27
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 21st, 2018

He sido engañado. Te envían la placa base rota. No puede instalarse la tarjeta gráfica.
Roto el socket de la tarjeta gráfica. Es una estafa.

Thumbnail of user osvaldos7
1 review
2 helpful votes
October 6th, 2017

Acquistato MB... Arrivata non funzionante. Rispedita, a spese mie, arrivata altra MB... non funzionante. I "signori"credevano che volessi fregarli così ho fotografato le MB insieme in cui erano evidenti i numeri seriali. Mi hanno chiesto di re-inviare la MB (sic) difettosa e sempre a mie spese (38). Morale della favola oltre alle spese delle spedizioni non mi hanno neanche reso i soldi della MB... Sono degli STR. ZI cinesi. Dal loro sito sembra che siano in America invece sono dei raccatta spazzatura di Hong Kong e riciclano vecchi computer e componentistica vecchia e non testata. Alla Larga, sono truffatori approfittando che nessuno può fargli niente. Commerciano in spazzatura.!

Thumbnail of user marcosl47
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 30th, 2021

Timadores que venden piezas sin probar. Ponen pegatina de testado y a enviar.
Dicen que tienen ******* clientes satisfechos y aquí solo 2 estrellas de lo rastreros que son. Mejor tirar el dinero e la basura vale más la pena. Hay un pin doblado y me dicen que es mala instalación mía, vamos he cambiado procesadores demasiadas veces para doblar algo por un mal uso.
Unos ladrones

Tip for consumers:
Estafan. Llego a ver las reviewers antes y paso de ellos

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Thumbnail of user timf254
1 review
3 helpful votes
April 8th, 2019
• Updated review

I did contact Empower about the boards, they have shipped out replacements.
I am just waiting for them to arrive, hoping this time I will have better results.
Will update again shortly...

Crap
March 22nd, 2019
• Previous review

Ordered 5 Asus boards which they indicated on their site would come with proof all posted and were tested. None of them came with any documentation. Only 2 of the 5 worked. Have submitted a partial claim with paypal, hopefully I can get some money back for the ones arrived DOA

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