beneb27 New Recruit 17 Posts user info edit post |
anybody have any experiences with geeksquad? good? bad? ridiculous? 5/24/2006 12:22:15 AM |
WMVlad007 All American 1212 Posts user info edit post |
all i know is that requirements to work for them are insane 5/24/2006 12:49:10 AM |
SouthPaW12 All American 10141 Posts user info edit post |
If you're thinking about purchasing services from them, please look elsewhere. They are the biggest ripoff since Amway. 5/24/2006 1:06:17 AM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
i use to work for them
whats up? 5/24/2006 1:31:05 AM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "all i know is that requirements to work for them are insane
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In greenville you dont need any certs. What do you mean "requirements"?5/24/2006 2:21:17 AM |
MinkaGrl01
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is geek squad anything like the IQ Crew? 5/24/2006 2:05:29 PM |
MiniMe_877 All American 4414 Posts user info edit post |
best buy will hire any idiot to work for them, I wouldnt trust them 5/24/2006 2:13:08 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41754 Posts user info edit post |
Whatever you are thinking about having done to your PC someone off TWW would do way cheaper for you. Most of what you pay the geek squad goes to best buy. There are just as more qualified people on here to work on your computer. 5/24/2006 2:26:25 PM |
WMVlad007 All American 1212 Posts user info edit post |
like, i thought they require a technical degree to get a job for them. 5/24/2006 3:25:30 PM |
MiniMe_877 All American 4414 Posts user info edit post |
by technical degree, you must mean GED 5/24/2006 3:37:42 PM |
synapse play so hard 60940 Posts user info edit post |
yeah I'm pretty sure they don't require much to get hired
and they overcharge like woah
which is a bad combination
if you want professional, reasonably priced tech consulting services pm me 5/24/2006 3:52:06 PM |
WMVlad007 All American 1212 Posts user info edit post |
how much do geek squad pay i wonder. 5/24/2006 5:04:17 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41754 Posts user info edit post |
When best buy started the geek squad they did so because they had tons of under paid, overqualified techs. (they get a constant stream from layoffs) The conglomerate saw this as a way to make excellent margin on in home services. 5/24/2006 5:43:44 PM |
Charybdisjim All American 5486 Posts user info edit post |
^ Yeah basically it's a way for them to bill their in house techbench people (laid off IT guys and part time college students) as an "expert" tech service. While many of the people who work for geek squad are highly overqualified and fairly knowledgeable, Best Buy requires neither qualification nor knowledge to get a job in the geek squad. Getting "Geek Squad" help doesn't guarantee you skill and service; you're only guaranteed to get someone who isn't paid enough for what they're expected to do. 5/24/2006 5:47:33 PM |
Noen All American 31346 Posts user info edit post |
^^ and ^
I don't know who fed you those lines of bullshit, but that has nothing to do with why they started the service. Best Buy has never EVER had a glut of overqualified employees in ANY respect. The only store(s) that could claim to even have fairly well qualified employees would be the Apple stores and Dell Kiosk Employees. And they are only up there because those are direct sale companies. 5/24/2006 7:57:50 PM |
synapse play so hard 60940 Posts user info edit post |
Since everyone seems to be confused on this point, Best Buy didn't start the Geek Squad, they bought it in 2002.
Funny enough, the founder seems to think the Geek Squad aquired Best Buy... http://www.robertstephens.com/ 5/25/2006 12:19:08 AM |
Gumbified All American 1304 Posts user info edit post |
my roomate is the guy in charge up at best buy in cary, he DEF knows what he's doing. But its totally true they overcharge like a motherfucker and it does take awhile b/c alot of people take their computers there.
As for the fact that people don't know what they're doing, its bullshit, if one person can't fix it one of the guys over there can, trust me. 5/25/2006 1:21:18 AM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
yeah putting dell kiosk administrator and apple store sales associate really helped me get hired at geeksquad 5/25/2006 2:31:03 AM |
statepkt All American 3592 Posts user info edit post |
waste of $$, just post your problem and see if anyone wants to help for around half their price 5/25/2006 12:48:49 PM |
Charybdisjim All American 5486 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^^
But they still overcharge and underpay. 5/25/2006 1:03:19 PM |
msb2ncsu All American 14033 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "But they still overcharge and underpay." |
Pretty much all successful businesses do.5/25/2006 1:26:21 PM |
Charybdisjim All American 5486 Posts user info edit post |
Plenty of succesful buisnesses pay their employees far better than bestbuy/geeksquad and do not overcharge their customers when compared to competitors. What would be more correct would be to say:
Quote : | "Pretty much all successful retail businesses do." |
5/25/2006 2:50:44 PM |
PhIsH3r All American 879 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "my roomate is the guy in charge up at best buy in cary, he DEF knows what he's doing. " |
I used to work at that one, who's your roommate? Brad?5/25/2006 4:04:40 PM |
legatic All American 7481 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "drunknloaded All American 56288 Posts user info edit post
i use to work for them" |
that's all I need to hear to never buy service from them 5/25/2006 4:19:01 PM |
Charybdisjim All American 5486 Posts user info edit post |
Now in all fairness, they did replace him with a very skilled and hard working stoner named tim. 5/25/2006 4:40:50 PM |