> Geek Squad "techs" are more salesmen than any other staff in the store. They're more > interested in the upsell than really fixing your problem. > > If you're not up for upgrading then they'll keep your PC for a day or two to run > diagnostics and such before telling you that your hard drive is bad. Then charging > you about $180 for all of that, as was the case with one of my friends. > > After paying me with a case of brew, I ran a chkdsk /r on his PC and had the problem > fixed in an hour.
Whenever I get the 'family/friends IT manager' calls, and get the guilt ridden question 'How much do I owe you for this?' question. (You know the one that you always answer 'Nah, don't worry about it' to) I always tell em that Geek Squad would've charged them $200 to 'fix' it (where the 'fix' would probably be a flush and fill) and let them decide from there.
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
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