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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Relief knowing computer is protected
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I like knowing that Best Buy will check my computer anytime I feel some thing is not right.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I spent $350 for the 3 year insurance after purchasing a new laptop from Best Buy and I actually needed to use it 5 months later. Well their services consisted of visually inspecting the laptop and being unable to find an issue so they would have to mail it off to get fixed. They are unable to perform any actual maintenance or repairs.
I was then told I had to sign a waiver stating I knew and was okay with my laptop coming back with the memory wiped or because I already paid the $350 I could create a save point at the store for the LOW LOW price of $80.
The only other experience with Geek Squad I have had is when I needed to have windows reinstalled on a new hard drive and I did not want to wait 2 weeks for a recovery disc to be shipped to me. They took my computer in and I did not hear anything from them for a week because they messed my phone number up so when I called I was informed they were not able to install Windows from the windows website and they would need a recovery disc so I took my tower home. I was able to get a refund for data swap charges and installing the hard drive (I let them do that only because they were installing windows on the new hard drive). I received a message on facebook from a woman who had pictures taken off her hard drive and ended up with my pictures and was able to contact me because I had one picture of a pay stub that had my name shown.
I agreed to meet her at the store to bring her HER hard drive back which I had because it was suppose to be my old one. For some reason I happened to open the tower up and I noticed that the hard drive they did install for me did not have the cord from the drive connected to the computer which didn't upset me that much because I didn't end up paying for a hard drive to be installed (which was like 50 bucks and literally takes 5 minutes) but I feel like they have horrible, horrible service and poor policies in place for quality control. They ended up losing the screw that goes on the outside cover of my tower to keep the side on, they gave my old hard drive to someone else and gave me hers and she actually ran a business off her computer and needed that tower, and then the service I hired them for to install a new hard drive they did not actually do.
As a whole Best Buy is a great place to buy products because they price match with online competitor and their guys are knowledgeable about the products BUT Geek Squad is garbage and a complete money sink.