Angela Swartz/Daily Journal Technician Dylan Babbs, left, and co-owner Ricardo Estrada, right, work in the back of Yea!Mac in Burlingame.
Just a half block down from the Apple Store in Burlingame, a new store called Yea!Mac opened this past May, taking over the former location of Blu-White Cleaners.
Run by Ricardo Estrada and Jay Goldstein, the store specializes in repairing Macs, iPhones, iPads, but also repairs PCs, consoles for video games and other products. They sell batteries, adapters, accessories, reconditioned computers and other goods.
Estrada has worked fixing computers for 13 years, specializing in Macs. He is known as the go-to guy for in his family for repairs and owns a slew of his own Apple products.
“I was working for other people and it was finally time for my own company,” Estrada said. “It’s more fun to fix Macs and Mac customers tend to be more creative.”
His co-owner Goldstein used to be Estrada’s boss, and notes that their new store is around to complement what Apple does, rather than act as a competitor.
“We specialize in out-of-warranty Apple products,” Goldstein said. “Apple tends to charge a high price when you are out of warranty, so we offer a price point that makes sense to fix something rather than just throw it away. In that way, we’re a green company.”
Why Burlingame?
“Burlingame and the surrounding area don’t have this type of service,” Estrada said. “We also want to be near Apple people [since there’s an Apple Store in Burlingame].”
The two are even looking at opening another store in Palo Alto next spring since they say their business has been doing well and there’s an Apple crowd in that area.
Estrada said Yea!Mac comes from the fact that they want customers to leave the store happy, with a happy Mac.
“We give more of a one-on-one experience with customers,” Estrada said. “We’re invested because it’s our own company — we’re more than just people doing repairs, we have good customer service.”
Goldstein said they are different from other repair services in that they do go onsite to help businesses and people at their homes fix products, but that they also have the retail store.
“It really speaks to the products Apple makes that a 6-year-old computer can be fixed,” Goldstein added.
Yea!Mac is located at 229 Park Road off of Burlingame Avenue. Goldstein and Estrada note they are certified to work on Apple computers.
The store is open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105
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