While intrepidly exploring the bowels of USENET on Saturday, April 12,
2008, Wouter Valentijn rolled initiative and posted the following:
> Derek wrote:
>> While intrepidly exploring the bowels of USENET on Saturday, April 12,
>> 2008, Wickeddoll® rolled initiative and posted the following:
>>
>>> "Wouter Valentijn" ...
>>>> Kweeg wrote:
>>>>> "bc_gisele" wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yep but who's right and who's wrong? Actually, what's funnier is
>>>>>> that we are arguing about this at all; whether Kirk can drive a
>>>>>> car. How nerdy can we get?..........lol.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Indeed.
>>>>
>>>> This is a Usenet News group.
>>>> A group dedicated to Trek.
>>>> Being some kind of Nerd is a requirement.
>>>> It is what we do.
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Absolutely!
>>>
>>> I wear my geekdom with pride. My son is on the Best Buy Geek Squad,
>>> so it's hereditary!
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Natalie
>>
>> Are you sure you want to admit what your son does in public?
>>
>> When they were a local Twin Cities company, they had a great
>> reputation. But Best Buy is killing it. I've yet to encounter anyone
>> who speaks well of their experience with the "corporate version."
>>
>> To be clear, I'm criticizing what's happened to the Geek Squad, and
>> not your son's competence.
>
>
> That is a chain of computer stores?
Best Buy is a chain of computer and electronics stores. They bought
Geek Squad and tried to turn it from a reputable local tech-support
service into a national brand.
In general, those who need someone else to fix their computer will pay
the rates. Those of us who fix our own computers typically cringe at
the explanations of what was done to our acquaintances' computers and
what they paid for little service.
--
Derek
"In the spirit of diversity, anyone offering food for thought must
also provide a vegetarian version, as well as low-carb, low fat, and
Kosher versions." -- Glasbergen
