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Does Geek Squad charge to look at a computer and give an estimate to fix?

Posted by ty97 Jan 6 '09, 09:26

My mom's laptop screen is dead, or won't power up, or something. Cheap Dad wants to know how much they will charge to look at it.

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Look in your yellow pages. Some local boutique ought to be able to offer you a free estimate -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 09:47
Read about how the geeks spend so much time raiding your p0rn files they often forget to actually fix the problem you brought it in for - zeitgeist Jan 6, 09:32 3
- yay, blanket statements about large groups of people! - ty97 Jan 6, 09:34 1
  - strange response. "Often" may have been wrong word, but the fact remains that it happens too often. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 6, 09:37
- and then spread your personal pictures on the net, or even accidentally install them on other computers -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:34
Don't know about Geek Squad, but standard PC fixin' (TV, too) usually involves a fee to "look at it" which is deducted should you choose to repair it. -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 09:29
not under warranty? I hate that it's impossible to buy laptop video cards. -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:27
Hook it up to a monitor. If it works, it's the screen. If not, it's dead and he should get a new one -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 09:27 2
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  - Excellent. I heard that it may have been done at the Whitehouse but I haven't tried looking for a clip of it - oblique Jan 6, 09:30

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