There is nothing wrong with that, that was my business plan till a job i couldn't refuse fell in my lap. but to the OP, I agree it's ridiculously steep pricing for such simple fixes.

I've seen the app, not that impressive imho, but if it makes them money, more power to them. that would be the first problem.įast-forward to now, they get bought & need a presence in every store, so they make up the lack of manpower by using somewhat unskilled IT folks, or non-IT folks, and are mandated by their corporate overlords, into using a pre-defined script / tool that scans, fixes. What people fail to realize, is that Geek squad was a small local Minneapolis MN, company, and before they were bought by Best Buy (Another MN Company), I found out that they did not hire CompTIA or any other Certified Techs because they preferred to hire other university graduates first. The amazing thing is that the neightbors didn't get a lawyer and go to Best Buy. That's what Geek Squad knows, and what they'll charge you. I installed it as a Linux box and that ran find for ~4 years 24/7/365. I asked them if they wanted it, and they said no, so I had a free computer. Put the jumper back in its normal state, and it booted fine. I put the CMOS jumper in the reset state, powered up, and powered back down. I took it home and powered up and got nothing. Then I got the whole story, and asked if they cared if I took the thing. That's when I went over and said, 'Hey, you know I work on computers, what's up with this one?'.

They took that as an opportunity to buy a new one and leave the old one on the curb. They took it to best Buy and Geek Squad said the hard drive was dead, and to replace it was going to cost like $400 for the drive and labor, on top of the ~$80 they paid for that answer. I've got a good story about why.Īt my last house, the couple across the street had a PC that 'died'.

Remove geek squad software