Best "Best Buy" story evar!

[Red Squirrel]

LMAO that is awesome! I like the ending "I left him a Craftsman #2 Philips screwdriver.". lmao.

I heard bad things about geeksquad, are they really THAT bad, like in general? We just got a new future shop here and I've been thinking of outsourcing pc support to them since people always come to me with their computers. Bad idea?

 

[JakwoW]

Originally posted by: Baked
Regardless whether a computer has screws or not, everybody should have a leatherman multi-tool on person at all times!

The shower is the only exception . . .

 

[Saulbadguy]

No idea why the guy doesn't use hosted services.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
No idea why the guy doesn't use hosted services.

That can be more expensive, you need a faster internet connection and VPN/Encryption. At least if it's hosted locally you don't need to depend on the internet.

Though for that type of business I would always keep a few spare servers just for cases like this.

 

[zebano]

It might also be an internal application in which case hosting externally can just be a pita when your internet services go down.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

shens. I haven't seen a PC in years that didn't have at least thumbscrews, but all modern Dells that I've seen have quick-release mechanisms.

 

[Kadarin]

Actually, this is the best Best Buy story ever.

🙂

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: JakwoW

Originally posted by: Baked
Regardless whether a computer has screws or not, everybody should have a leatherman multi-tool on person at all times!

The shower is the only exception . . .

I use it for shaving and trimming in the shower.

 

[mcmilljb]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Actually, this is the best Best Buy story ever.

🙂

I can't wear a blue polo in Best Buy any more because of that. 🙁

 

[zebano]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Actually, this is the best Best Buy story ever.

🙂

sweet, I didn't realize they had video of it.

 

[Corbett]

Originally posted by: zebano

Originally posted by: Corbett
***Shakes head at moron techs who part together servers for office environments***

Please explain why getting his customer up and working the next day was a bad idea. His customer clearly didn't have a backup server so this seems to be the only available option. Remember that he caters to small businesses who likely don't have the capitol to really support the hardware he should have.

Didnt he say he lent them his own server until theirs was up and running? Best Buy is NEVER an option. Nor is building a server from parts for an office whose lifeblood in on their server like this guy's client seemed to be.

 

[Corbett]

Originally posted by: waingrau

Originally posted by: Corbett
***Shakes head at moron techs who part together servers for office environments***

Why is that? Not every office server needs to be a $4K "server" with 16GB of RAM and 4 TBs of storage. Maybe the guy simply needed a small file server. In a case such as that, just about any desktop box could be made to suffice with the addition of a couple extra disks.

And you'd be right back fixing some other problem with it shortly there after. You can get a nice ~$999 Dell server within a few days. He could have just done that and let the client use his own server he lent them for a few days longer.