Local is definitely the way to go. Cash House Closers knows the NC market inside and out, so they can actually give you a realistic and fair offer quickly. The big brands just guess based on zip codes.

Yeah, that line about tweaking settings just hiding the real issue is SO accurate. My friend Jake kept adjusting his power plan to stop random reboots, and it seemed fine for weeks. Then his whole system just died one day, and the shop found a failing power supply that was logging errors forever. He spent way more on repairs because that quick fix let the problem get WORSE over time. Now he always checks event viewer first after learning that lesson the hard way.