geek squad charges too much to do what any family nerd can do. install components / software and run malware/virus scans.
my question is what the 'repair' centers do. i had to send a laptop out to have the power jack replaced. laptop came back with scratches and superglue and a 'new DVD drive that didnt work and was covered in glue (my previous drive worked). i then sent it out to have a fan replaced. i used geek squad again because they said thye would replace the DVD with one that works and wasnt covered in glue. computer came back with new drive, scratches and note that says 'unit overheats and shuts down after two minutes. needs fan.' (that took 2 weeks) i sent it back out to have the fan replaced (again). laptop came back after another two weeks with more scratches and missing rubber feet. fan works.
during this time i wrote a few letters. it only took 2.5 months to get back my working, yet cosmetically damaged, laptop back. the only good thing is that all 'repairs' were free, a stack of DVD-R's and a 200$ refund on my only big purchase at best buy.
apparantly geek squad is building their own repair center.
lastly the guy there stated that when it comes to notebooks, geek squad is a glorified shipping center. they also just write down the symptoms that the customer tells them. so the customer could be wrong
...this impacts floura/fauna how? last i checked a lot of stuff here needed the sun to live... start shortening the growing season by enough to cool the planet. sounds like a bad idea.
similar experience. a car dealer misrepresented a deal to sell my used car for me. she laughed in my face, on the showroom floor, after i demanded she refund my money. i called the BBB, next day she called me and asked me to pick up my car and the receipt showing my money refunded to my credit card. i recently learned that this dealer no longer employs that woman or offers to sell peoples used cars.
i also had poor service from bestbuy/geek squad. i sent in my laptop to be repaired, not under warranty. it came back unfixed. they sent it back out to be fixed, it came back fixed but cosmetically damaged. i spoke with the manager and wrote a couple letters during the whole ordeal. they did the repair for free. a couple hundred dollar loss for them.
raise a stink and most places fix things 'good enough.'
that is funny because it is true. i had aol for 13 months until cable was delivered to the area. never paid a red cent for dialup aol. unlimited hours one month trial disk and four "please reconsider" 3 months extensions...
yeah, i was fearing picking up some malware off that site mearly by visiting it. intersting article though. i recently read in the denver post how over the last 100 years or so there have been fears of warming followed most recently in the 70s by cooling followed by warming...
i can, perhaps, embellish. i installed the hedgehog on my hp notebook. i couldn't get wireless to work after a an hour of working on it under the AMD64 build. i know about ndiswrapper and all that. my clock won't work, my keyboard works like a cat, when it feels like it.
i read the review posted under vista yesterday. it appears easy if you know all the commands. (like on windows and finding icons) my eyes glazed over when i read a bunch of small text, sudo apt-get... it feels like i just have to *know* the name of an app when i want to upgrade something. at least with icons i can search around until i find what i need.
i am willing to give this new one a shot. can i just fire up the hedgehog and update? does broadcom wireless work under the new AMD64 build? if i could get wireless to work quickly i would start using this OS.
the manufacturer probably left something out. my wife has an intel based laptop from hp. intel requires a couple components for speedstep to work (they provide a diagnostic tool on their website). turns out everything (processor, BIOS, OS, voltage reg) on her laptop supports the feature except the chipset.
i have seen the paypal one a few times. i dont have paypal. as a result my rule is to never follow the link in any email. if i think there is something legitimate going on i will manually type in the web address for my credit card (or whoever sent the message) then see if there is some truth to it. seems reasonable to me.
i have always been fascinated by the fact that the founding fathers committed treason and then made it illegal in their new government...
why would our electred officials give up power by calling such a convention? and who is going to get this government back on track? the only way i see it is to bar and aspiring, current or former politician from taking part...
before suv's people drove minivans. before that, conversion vans. before that, station wagons. we all know that big vehicles are all about compensation and nothing to do with the room to take the average american family (2.4 kids) camping or any other road based vacation......lord knows i would have prefered being stuck in the back seat of the equivilant to a geo metro for the thousands upon thousands of miles i travelled around the states as a child.
you have to pay for the vehicle and the gas to get to the store. (at least many of us). actually this is a just a ploy. when it flops because fewer people pay full price for less of a product, WB will say: see, that doesnt work, they just want to pirate... i would pay a buck or two to download a movie and watch it. not full, media in my hand price though...
personally, i have received a number of free rentals through movielink. i will never pay for the service because the cost of a rental from them is the same as if i went to my local rental store. i will stick to waiting 2 months and going to the theater 1 mile from my house which only charges a 1.50$ to see a flick......and downloading the occasional free movie when the offer is there.
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good point. i like the idea of getting of gasoline, if nothing else for political reasons. that leaves: we still need oil for other products. can that be produced domestically? your point. how long will our coal last? is all of our coal domestic? how much will it cost to plug my car in vs. buying gasoline?
just make a username, say bobjfdkjk343 listen five times then change to bobjkfej938... use gmail for your email, lord knows you will have 50 invites by the time you need to recreate...
but I think anyone serious about 3D will give it a pass
as an architect, i use it all the time. i can spend 4 hours in sketchup creating a decent model with people and trees for a client to see the massing and a walkthrough of their house or office building. all kinds of other studies can be done quickly in sketchup.
or i can spend 16 hours in formz or some other rendering program. guess what the client usually wants early in the game......when marketing the slick image comes in. but then i can import the sketchup image and apply textures, lights, etc.
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and here in colorado, smoking is bad, unless of course you are gambling...
not to mention the emissions. you can smell the unburned fuel coming out of the exhaust.
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kids today...
nah, just turn off the gas, water and throw the main breaker before you leave. then you dont have to worry about a thing.
my question is what the 'repair' centers do. i had to send a laptop out to have the power jack replaced. laptop came back with scratches and superglue and a 'new DVD drive that didnt work and was covered in glue (my previous drive worked). i then sent it out to have a fan replaced. i used geek squad again because they said thye would replace the DVD with one that works and wasnt covered in glue. computer came back with new drive, scratches and note that says 'unit overheats and shuts down after two minutes. needs fan.' (that took 2 weeks) i sent it back out to have the fan replaced (again). laptop came back after another two weeks with more scratches and missing rubber feet. fan works.
during this time i wrote a few letters. it only took 2.5 months to get back my working, yet cosmetically damaged, laptop back. the only good thing is that all 'repairs' were free, a stack of DVD-R's and a 200$ refund on my only big purchase at best buy.
apparantly geek squad is building their own repair center.
lastly the guy there stated that when it comes to notebooks, geek squad is a glorified shipping center. they also just write down the symptoms that the customer tells them. so the customer could be wrong
...this impacts floura/fauna how? last i checked a lot of stuff here needed the sun to live... start shortening the growing season by enough to cool the planet. sounds like a bad idea.
i think these guys can explain the the sun. and 'out of doors' is what happens when places like home depot do not adequately track their sales of Disney Smooth 6 Panel 30 x 80 In. PH LH IS W/Tinkerbell 2 Theme doors.
i also had poor service from bestbuy/geek squad. i sent in my laptop to be repaired, not under warranty. it came back unfixed. they sent it back out to be fixed, it came back fixed but cosmetically damaged. i spoke with the manager and wrote a couple letters during the whole ordeal. they did the repair for free. a couple hundred dollar loss for them.
raise a stink and most places fix things 'good enough.'
that is funny because it is true. i had aol for 13 months until cable was delivered to the area. never paid a red cent for dialup aol. unlimited hours one month trial disk and four "please reconsider" 3 months extensions...
hmm,.. ..european bacon.... ahghhhhghhhghh
should read 'prOn for all in europe'
i just want to know their tolerances/error. 2mm? wtf?
yeah, i was fearing picking up some malware off that site mearly by visiting it. intersting article though. i recently read in the denver post how over the last 100 years or so there have been fears of warming followed most recently in the 70s by cooling followed by warming...
eh, some of us enjoy avoiding 200 lightning bolts... over an over in the case of a game save loss
i read the review posted under vista yesterday. it appears easy if you know all the commands. (like on windows and finding icons) my eyes glazed over when i read a bunch of small text, sudo apt-get... it feels like i just have to *know* the name of an app when i want to upgrade something. at least with icons i can search around until i find what i need.
i am willing to give this new one a shot. can i just fire up the hedgehog and update? does broadcom wireless work under the new AMD64 build? if i could get wireless to work quickly i would start using this OS.
the manufacturer probably left something out. my wife has an intel based laptop from hp. intel requires a couple components for speedstep to work (they provide a diagnostic tool on their website). turns out everything (processor, BIOS, OS, voltage reg) on her laptop supports the feature except the chipset.
yeah, thats yeah icq thinks i am 123 years old...
i have seen the paypal one a few times. i dont have paypal. as a result my rule is to never follow the link in any email. if i think there is something legitimate going on i will manually type in the web address for my credit card (or whoever sent the message) then see if there is some truth to it. seems reasonable to me.
why would our electred officials give up power by calling such a convention? and who is going to get this government back on track? the only way i see it is to bar and aspiring, current or former politician from taking part...
before suv's people drove minivans. before that, conversion vans. before that, station wagons. we all know that big vehicles are all about compensation and nothing to do with the room to take the average american family (2.4 kids) camping or any other road based vacation... ...lord knows i would have prefered being stuck in the back seat of the equivilant to a geo metro for the thousands upon thousands of miles i travelled around the states as a child.
personally, i have received a number of free rentals through movielink. i will never pay for the service because the cost of a rental from them is the same as if i went to my local rental store. i will stick to waiting 2 months and going to the theater 1 mile from my house which only charges a 1.50$ to see a flick... ...and downloading the occasional free movie when the offer is there.
usually?...
good point. i like the idea of getting of gasoline, if nothing else for political reasons. that leaves: we still need oil for other products. can that be produced domestically? your point. how long will our coal last? is all of our coal domestic? how much will it cost to plug my car in vs. buying gasoline?
just make a username, say bobjfdkjk343 listen five times then change to bobjkfej938... use gmail for your email, lord knows you will have 50 invites by the time you need to recreate...
as an architect, i use it all the time. i can spend 4 hours in sketchup creating a decent model with people and trees for a client to see the massing and a walkthrough of their house or office building. all kinds of other studies can be done quickly in sketchup.
or i can spend 16 hours in formz or some other rendering program. guess what the client usually wants early in the game... ...when marketing the slick image comes in. but then i can import the sketchup image and apply textures, lights, etc.