Customer Ratings & Reviews

Protect your gadgets please. If you’re purchasing laptops, televisions, washers, and dryers it’s best to make sure your investments are protected. Geek Squad is awesome at what they do!

Best Buy determined my laptop met the criteria for replacement, since it completely failed after about 4.5 months of use. However, these warranties are STORE CREDIT or REPLACEMENT ONLY. The terms — which aren’t well presented and are buried in 500+ Q&A entries or an obscure online PDF — show that they do not do cash reimbursement. This is disingenuous. When you’re buying the warranty, the product page proudly lists all the benefits, but never mentions that they don’t do cash or check reimbursement. Why hide that fact unless you don't want people to see it? And it gets worse. The warranty (depot) people tell you to talk to the store for anything even remotely related to replacement or reimbursement. When you talk to the store, they tell you that if you want any change in your warranty reimbursement or resolution, you need to talk to the depot. It’s absurd, anti-consumer, and dubious. At best. And here’s another one: if you call your local store number— you get the main call center. You have to press the right buttons in the automated menu to talk to the right person in the right department, who will then transfer you to the store. Yes, you are, in fact, meant to get the runaround. They just want you in THE STORE. I will tell everyone: do not buy anything that requires a warranty from Best Buy. Valuable products need warranties, and once you buy one from them, you’re trapped in their ecosystem and forced to keep doing business with them in the future. If you want a warranty for the replacement?? You’ll be right back on this page again.

I don't always purchase extended warranty programs or plans, but decided to purchase one with my Surface Pro 4. Over time the pro got a dead pixel so I returned it to get fixed or returned or whatever they saw fit. Turns out they were going to send it to Microsoft and Microsoft would send them a refurbished one and then they would call me and let me know to come pick it up. I explain to them that I work with this computer and I could not or would not be without a computer for some undetermined amount of time. They decided that fulfillment of the extended warranty plan would be a complete reimbursement of all monies paid to the Surface Pro 4 initially. Then I could choose to buy something else. I have to say that this Best Buy on University Drive in Huntsville Alabama truly excelled in customer service. They did not have what I wanted and I couldn't be without the computer so they refunded me the original purchase price minus the extended warranty of course and sent me on my way. You had best believe I spent my money at that store that day and while they did not have the Surface Pro 4 that I wanted nor one big enough for me, I upgraded to a Surface Book 2 15 inch.

My tech specialist transferred all data from my old desktop computer to my new laptop that I wanted to retain. He also helped me load a new program I had purchased to prepare the new years tax return for 2024. Then he spent time showing me how to use features on the laptop! He was very kind and knowledgeable. This hands on training was very helpful as I had never owned a laptop or touchscreen computer. The transition has been smooth with such great help.

The extended protection is well worth its weight. I highly recommend buying this extra insurance.

Bought a 3 year to make sure my laptop was covered for the long term! Any time ive used this warranty ive had a posotive experience!

I had an excellent experience at Best Buy! The staff was knowledgeable, friendly, and went above and beyond to help me find what I needed. Great selection and smooth checkout process. Highly recommend!

Like any insurance, you really only feel like it was worth it if you actually damage your device and need to use it. I have purchased this before for my kids laptop and sure enough one day he dropped it and damaged the charging port in the corner. With the policy, it was completely fixed for free. Without it, I probably would have been out at least a couple hundred bucks. Had he not dropped it, the insurance would have been wasted money. In the long run, it is probably worth it if the device is for a younger person who is more likely to damage it.

It's worth getting just in case if anything happens within a year. I just wish the prices weren't as high. I would've gotten more years.

I felt comfortable knowing that if anything happened, I would be covered.

Great customer care, Geek squad continue to inform and keep me updated about my service.

GeekSquad gives peace of mind. It’s been worth it so far.

Awesome work helping with the setup of my laptop and showing me the ins and outs

The laptop was good quality but the young owner wasn’t very gentle but they replaced it within a very timely period.

Not sure it was fully explained to me. After using it once I was told you can only use it 2x during 3-year period. I thought it was for unrestricted use if there was issues. Make sure you read small print.

The agent happily helped detect the damage to my laptop and sent it in for maintenance. Was very helpful and knowledgeable on my protection plan.

The in-store reps were amazing and very helpful, but my overall Geek Squad service experience was frustrating. My laptop repair took much longer than expected, and I ended up having to contact corporate to get clear answers and updates. I appreciate the kindness and professionalism of the store team, but the process itself definitely needs improvement.

Geek squad is always a great service for anything you buy with Best Buy. If you get it on a device for $200 or less you basically can just exchange the faulty/damaged item and get a new one or credit. A little too high of a price in my opinion though for computers or other higher priced devices. $260 for 3 years is a little steep.

it was worth it for sure, I would probably keep the protection on it

I can use a computer, but fixing it is a whole different story. My laptop stopped work. I was very concerned because I homeschool and need to be able to access a lot of information and records. I took it to Geek Squad and they gave me a fairly long "possible" time. It actually took less than 1/2 the time quoted, and it turned out my battery was just completely dead, so it was replaced at no cost! I usually don't buy warranties but I'm super glad I did and that it worked out so well.