iparts is part of Buckley's Team

iParts is Part of Buckley’s Team

By Bob Cox

Back in 1977, the world was a very different place. Gasoline was 65 cents a gallon, the average house cost a tick over $49,000 and President Jimmy Carter was constantly being embarrassed by the outrageous behavior of his brother Billy and his infamous Billy Beer campaign.

The way we communicated and processed information were also quite different. The common high tech gadgets that we take for granted today, like desktop computers, mobile smart phones and portable computers didn’t exist during the days when men wore their hair long and women wore their dresses short. As a matter of fact, the first personal computer by Apple had just been introduced the previous year at the hefty price tag of $666.66 (Just over $2,700 in today’s world) and did not include a power supply transformer, a power switch, a keyboard or a composite video display!

1977 was also the year that Brian Buckley and his father started Buckley Heat Air Solar here in Sacramento. Back in those days, high tech for the average business meant paper, carbon, ink pens and a pager if you were really on the cutting edge.

Like many businesses these days, the folks at Buckley Heat Air Solar rely heavily on high tech devices, especially mobile phones, laptop computers and tablets. “Our technicians use tablets in the field, our salespeople have laptops and all of them carry mobile phones. When a computer goes down, we do have a spare, but stuff always happens,” explained Buckley.

When Buckley has a phone or computer problem, he relies on another local business to help him get back on track: iParts Phone Repairs. “I’ve been doing business with Alika Salazar, the owner of iParts for about four years now. We’re constantly having issues with either phones or computers and Alika is terrific about getting it taken care of in a very kindly manner. He’s extremely reasonable, so I wouldn’t even consider taking our components to anybody else.

Because the technicians at Buckley Heat Air Solar are providing service all across town, Brian was thrilled when Alika opened his newest store in Folsom three years ago. “Now that he’s got the other store in Folsom, if we’re out that way, we drop it off there. So, it just really works out well. My experience working with iParts has been terrific and I give Alika 105%” exclaimed Buckley!

Editor’s notes: For more information about iParts repairs, call (916) 342-0550, (916) 936-9316 or visit www.ipartsrepair.com. For more information about Buckley Heat Air Solar, call (916) 348-3181.