Best Buy's 'Geek Squad' Accused of Pirating Software
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I briefly worked at CompUSA fixing computers after college, and let me tell you they did some really shady stuff there. Bootlegging was just the tip of the iceberg...
Im not surprised... actually I am, that it took this long for something like this to come out.
*sits and waits for some good stories* hopefully.
*sits and waits for some good stories* hopefully.
Visibility. I know most of you techs are using diagnostic software for business purposes that has a free use license for home users, but requires a fee for corporate licensing. You just don't drive around fruity little cars and dress like mormons on TV.
its not like the business promoted it...employees do have wills of their own and often don't follow company policies.
My gf brought her PC in to get a new harddrive. The old one died and she had some service plan to get a new one for free.
So they put in a new unformatted 150gb drive.
When I brought it home to fire it up I found a geek squad diagnostic cd in the drive.
I still have it in my cd case.
So they put in a new unformatted 150gb drive.
When I brought it home to fire it up I found a geek squad diagnostic cd in the drive.
I still have it in my cd case.
Brainonska511
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makes sense... my bf wanted to be in the geek squad and probably would have done some shady work-arounds. haha!
[sarcasm]Best Buy unscrupulous?!? No way!![/sarcasm]
While Best Buy corporate might not have been aware of this, but I would bet good money that they set the stage for it to happen by either restricting budgets or encouraging "creative" methods to save money. I worked in CompUSA for a few months, and I saw enough back then to question any of these retailers' ethics.
Case in point: There was a shrinkwrapping machine in the back in the warehouse. When merchandise was returned that had been opened but was in good condition, it was wrapped up and put back on the shelf as a new item. CONSTANTLY. I started tearing packages so that they couldn't do that, little saboteur that I am.
While Best Buy corporate might not have been aware of this, but I would bet good money that they set the stage for it to happen by either restricting budgets or encouraging "creative" methods to save money. I worked in CompUSA for a few months, and I saw enough back then to question any of these retailers' ethics.
Case in point: There was a shrinkwrapping machine in the back in the warehouse. When merchandise was returned that had been opened but was in good condition, it was wrapped up and put back on the shelf as a new item. CONSTANTLY. I started tearing packages so that they couldn't do that, little saboteur that I am.
That's just weird, because you can do pretty much everything the Administrator's Pak can do with freeware stuff. NT Offline Password Editor, Memtest, UBCD4Win, PEBuilder...
Another instance of 'true, but doesn't work that way'-- as an employee of a corp. you represent that corp. Basically, anything you do while you are on the clock falls back on the company. This is why execs are so paranoid about employees behavior.
Right and you can do all that and more with Linux, but it takes some learning and exactness. It's alot easier for the "tech" to simply pop-in a CD and have everything right there in big block letters with arrows.
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