Best Buy - Geek Squad -Computer Experts or Circus Clowns? Daytona Beach, Florida

To Jacko (or is it jackass or is it Geek Squad Clown Ring Defender Extraordinaire?): "While most people are able to do a recover with the recovery disk it appears you missed Computers 101." I think I clearly indicated that I did a disk recovery along with installing the drivers. What part of that did you not understand?

"Its your fault that you do not know how to install drivers" Once again, I think I clearly indicated that I installed the drivers. What part of THAT did you not understand?

"I suggest you read it or find a teenager to finish the install. " It sounds like you're one of these Geek Squad clowns, judging by the way you took this report so personally. I suggest you find a 2nd grader to teach you reading comprehension skills, since you are clearly lacking them.

1) While this is not really a complaint report, it's quite amazing that the computer "experts" at Geek Squad (a.k.a. circus clowns) neglected to inform me that I would need to install the drivers which the new hard drive lacked, esp. when clearly asked if everthing would be working once I used the recovery disk. No mention of drivers, no mention of readme on the recovery disk (which did not exist, jacko, err jackass) After all, they are the "experts". They can't possibly assume that I would know this, can they???

2) I'm still missing quite a bit of software that came with the original hard drive. This is software that is not available for free on Gateway's website. I am assuming that when you have your computer repaired, at least it will contain what it originally contained when you 1st purchased it or is that an unreasonable expectation, JACKASS?

3) This was posted as a cautionary report for anyone but JACKASS. Do not buy extended warranties. Do not ever let the Geek Squad clowns touch your computer if you want to get it fixed. Take it to a local independent. Best bet: Buy a new one. You'll end up paying almost as much fixing the old one and still not end up with a fully functional computer if you take it to the clowns. There's a reason why there are so many complaints filed here about these clowns.

Jacko: "Your incorrect". By the way, it's "you're incorrect". Go back to elementary school and learn to spell before posting here. Or better yet, keep your pie hole shut.

Jack o' Lantern: Like I said (and for the 4th time), I installed the recovery disk and drivers myself. I never had a problem with a recovery disk as you so claim. The only reason this report was published was to highlight the incompetency of your Geek Squad clowns, and yes, I have no doubt that you are one of them.

By the way, your unnatural and unhealthy obsession with teenagers is quite disturbing and creepy. Perhaps you should get one of them to teach you how to read and comprehend.

Your first mistake was buying from Gateway.  Your second was assuming the techs can know what drivers were on your unreadable hard drive.

Your hard drive was damaged beyond the capacity to recover any data which means the data was unreadable which means as far as they know you could have it loaded with kiddie porn, which means you sir, are the clown.

That this report does not sound like a RipOff..at least with Best Buy

You bought a Service Plan/Extended Warranty(what ever they call it).  Your Hard Drive Crashed and they replaced it.  That is exactly what that was supposed to do.  They offered to restore the drive for you, but you opted to take it home and do it yourself.  You asked if it would be ready to go and they said yes.  So them saying it would be "working fine" was a Mistake or Mis-Communication, but no where near a RipOff. 

If there was any issue it would be between you and Gateway.  Companies create "Recovery" disks to be able to take the machine back to "factory specs".  That is once you do the Recovery Process(Notice I said Process as in more than one step) it is supposed to be identical to how it came out of the box.  If it did not do that then that is either a Gateway issue in that they for what ever reason did not include the drivers and/or other software.  Or they did include the drivers and software and it was your fault because you didn't know how to reload them from the disk. 

If it was the former, Best Buy really can not know what every computer company does for every model.  If it was the later, then if you had let Best Buy restore the drive they would have done all of the drivers for you. 

And no I am not or have ever been an employee of Best Buy or Geek Squad.

 I work for Best Buy's Geek Squad. We are hired based upon our resume and computer skills. Often I don't know what the problem with a machine brought to me is and I do my best to figure it out. Usually you need to get better stuff inside it so it works faster and might cost you money. Thats just how it is. The lighter a computer is the better it will run just like an human or ahnimal. We sell good products and when I graduate I hope to be a manager their.

The lighter a computer is the better it will run just like an human or ahnimal. We sell good products and when I graduate I hope to be a manager their

By all means stay in school.

 you think you know everything and get pissed when you realize they are smarter and was polite enough to think that when you tell them "oh, i can do a recovery no problem". I wish I knew you so I can put a face to all the stupid people I see day-to-day. Don't agree to do something you want to do and then Bi*** when you remember you don't know shit. I hate people like you, I really wish you didn't exist. When I went to UK everyone stereo-typed Americans because of people like you. I know education isn't free but you realllllly need to go and learn something about communication and maybe get some manners and respect. Mostly you need to be nice and stop Bi****** about your mistakes. To add, you should find a job or hobby (maybe computers) and leave the internet alone for awhile.

I am currently an employee of Best Buy's Geek Squad co,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mputer repair service.  I have worked in computer repair for over four years and have seen many customer issues similar to this.  When people purchase a computer they expect everything to be covered under the warranty (hardware, software, 'acts of god', etc.) but unfortunately that is not the case. 

The extended manufacturer warranty that we do offer with the computer covers only hardware related issues.  This includes hardware defects which this customer experienced unfortunately.  What we do under the extended warranty, as stated in the terms and conditions which are given to every customer who purchases a computer or other electronic device from us, is repair the damaged/defective hardware component and attempt to install software given the customer can provide us with the software.

In this customer's case it sounds like he/she only possessed an operating system disc which would only install the operating system that came with her computer.  almost all retail computer manufacturers give you the option of creating your recovery discs from the new computer itself or purchasing them directly from the manufacturer via telephone or website.  these options either include: (Operating System disc, Drivers and applications disc and third party software - Dell does this) or they have combined discs so all you do is feed the discs in one at a time until all of the information is on the hard drive and it installs it in a more stream-lined fashion (sony, toshiba, hp, and others offer this method) 

Since it it sounds like she only had the OS (Operating System) disc, she would have either had to order the appropriate discs from the manufacturer or in the almost three years of owning the computer would have had to create the 2-6 dvd's (varies by model and manufacturer) which would have contained all drivers and programs originally installed on the unit.  

I do apologizethat this customer had problems with the repair service but if she had let us complete the repair for her, we would have installed the operating system, installed drivers from the manufacturer's website, performed software updates and optimized the computer, which is done as a courtesy and not included in the warranty (normally this service is 129.99).