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Getting Gouged by Geeks
dottyslashdottydot writes "CBC Marketplace recently ran a sting operation and discovered that most home computer repair technicians failed miserably at diagnosing a simple RAM failure. Many techs tried to sell unneccessary software or upgrades. (or even a new computer!) However, the worst offender was one guy who claimed that the hard drive had failed, and that the only remedy was to pay $2,000 to have a special facility with a clean room recover the data."
Sounds like a good porn movie title.
Everyone knows that Microsoft operating systems require this for stable operation.
I will create a sig when innovation restarts in the U.S.
Many techs tried to sell unneccessary software or upgrades.
Look, maintaining a proper level of Hard Disk fluid is extremely important in order to keep the tachyon flux of the read/write heads within normal operating parameters.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
However, they probably know the difference between "there" and "they're".
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
I read the title as "Getting Cougars by Geeks." I thought it was a book review written by Geeks...
bah.. I was seriously impressed at first
That sounded like you could spin it into a lawyer joke.
Q: What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
A: One is a scum-sucking bottom-feeder, and the other is a fish.
lol! ..the replacement costs 500 dollars"
Customer: "er... sir, I wonder if you can help me, I have some problems starting up the computer..."
BestBuyGuy: "Uh, oh, yeah, that is typically because the flux-capacitor is getting to the end of its lifetime. Bring your computer so we can fix it, unfortunately it will be quite pricey, you know, there aren't many flux-capacitors available.
Customer: "flux-capacitor? what is that?"
BestBuyGuy: "It diverts the time/space continuum fabric in the harddrive delorian sector, you know. It usually goes in the back of the machine."
Customer(trying to be funny): "damn!, that sounds like quantum 'continuum' physics, huh?, heh, heh...
BestBuyGuy: "..."
Customer (scratching his head embarrased): "...*ahem*, as you can see i am completely clueless... so how much was it?"
BestBuyGuy: "700 dollars."
... and just to rub it into American folk ... that's with $1 CAD ~= $1 USD.
That's right, we have "real" money now. You can finally put those caribou and beaver coins you've accumulated to good use.
Oh, come on!
At least link to their site. It's even got wobbly menus, for god's sake! What more could a geek want?
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
I was shopping with a female friend and she commented on how cheap much cheaper guy's clothes are. I told her it's because we're too cheap to pay more, women aren't. Women also pay more for haircuts, car repairs and probably any number of other things.
this is fucking non-sense. here's a hard dose of reality.
if you're good. i mean really good at home/desktop windows troubleshooting.
you will in no short order have 3 months of "free" as in not being paid, work queued up.
-you'll have to take time off from work, to actually start catching up
-whenever your phone rings, they take 2 seconds to say "hi how are you", then "my xp won't boot"
-they offer a meal, a 6 pack, a chesty hug. sure. how about helping stock my fridge, pay my rent, cover my dogs shots, help my brother with tuition, my dad had a bypass and doesn't have insurance.
-you'll have to cancel paying side jobs, because the abundance of chesty hug paying gigs.
it's all bullshit my friend.
if this isn't happening to you
YOU'RE NOT THAT GOOD.
(therefore you'd be the one 'caught' screwing up a bad dimm problem in a sting)
Podcast, n. A downloadable file tarted up to sound like new-media.
TWW
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