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Getting Gouged by Geeks

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the broken-trowlfaz-inhibitor dept.

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."

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  1. Re:"Getting Gouged by Geeks" by squarefish · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sounds like a good porn movie title.

    Sure, if your name happens to be Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, or Mark Foley

    Gay republicans, is there any other kind?

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  2. YOU FAIL It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it was fun. If I'm your replies rather a BSD over oTher COMMON KNOWLEDGE

  3. Re:getting gouged by whom? by TooMuchToDo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please forgive me for going off-topic, but a lot of this is going to be taken care of when we move to electric drivetrain systems (a la Tesla Roadster). Why? There are much fewer points of failure. An engine is a complex piece of machinery, and people take advantage of that (such as unsavory mechanics). Making the system more simple (and cheaper to maintain) goes a long way towards fixing things.