

The laptops that are in the $300-$400 range are the garbage brands. Most repairs that require us to tear the laptop down to the component level to replace, oh say, the motherboard, runs $99 labor and usually $50-$100 parts.

(Realistically, if it's not a cheap brand, more like $299.99+) finally quit after taking way too much crap from customers complaining about getting ripped off and managers insisting we ripp em off.Īs the owner of a small business repair shop who has built it around shit talking Best Buy, I call bullshit on that.Īny laptop that is 1-2 years old and in good cosmetic shape retains a resale value of at least $199.99 minimum. only worked at bb since it was close to my campus and honestly.i wanted the employee discounts. majored in CS and MIS and tinkered with computers since i was a kid. OOH also then made you "find" the os disks (really they are partitioned on your HD) and if not.buy a new one from our conveniently placed shelf of software right next to us )Įdit: worked at bb during college. MOST of the time we also charged to have us back up your files ($80) and then transfer it back. Our go to solution was always an OS recovery where you paid $150 to have us reinstall your OS. Never EVER send anything there.įelt really bad for all the people that got ripped off. Used to work for geek squad for a couple months.there some AMA out there but all kinda avoiding the truth which is, People got ripped off ALL the time at geek squad. Follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook!įacebook Twitter Instagram Calendar Please check out our Rules and FAQs.


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