Geek Squad tech busted videotaping naked woman

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zinfamous

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what does this have to do with best buy again? I.E., why are they implicated other than the fact they are big company with $$$?

oh wait...nvm
 

yowolabi

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Originally posted by: Whisper
Originally posted by: imacbad
I'm suprised nobody has mentioned how ridiculous it is to sue Best Buy. Geek Squad, yes, but not Best Buy. If I recommend my dentist to a female, and the dentist yanks the wrong tooth, am I somehow responsible? Actually, that's a bad example, because that screwup has something to do with his job as a dentist. This is more like if the dentist grabs her butt after he's through fixing her teeth.

If your gonna file a lawsuit, you go after the person with the deepest pockets. In this case, that happens to be Best Buy. The bad publicity alone might be enough to get them to settle.

Also, I would love to see this kids face when he got caught. Especially once he found out the "dumb" girls he was trying to tape were smart enough to take out his memory card and keep it. Heads up play.

Well, my guess is, as mentioned, the lawyer's suing Best Buy in the hopes of obtaining a settlement. That being said, with Geek Squad being housed in the actual Best Buy stores, and with the employee (of BB) having apparently provided a brochure for the in-house Geek Squad services, I'd say Best Buy is somewhat responsible for ensuring that these people are decent enough not to tape their customers taking a shower.

Okay, if there was a history of Geek Squad members videotaping the customers in the shower, and BB knowingly still recommended them, I can see how Best Buy would have some responsibility. But barring that, I don't see how we can require them to be psychic. If Geek Squad hadn't done anything like this before the recommendation, and the guy wasn't a BB employee when he went to the house, I don't see how any percentage of the blame can fall on them. I would hope that BB would not settle, as that just encourages people to sue them more in the future.
 
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Well, BB will settle out of court to shut it up, and the guy will probably get off on a loop hole since the sisters stole his property. 2 wrongs don't make a right.
 

habib89

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i wouldn't leave a repair guy alone in the house, but since someone else was there, it's no big deal... that guy shoulda painted over his video recording red dot... sigh.. amatuer
 
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Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Well, BB will settle out of court to shut it up, and the guy will probably get off on a loop hole since the sisters stole his property. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

:confused:

He would have lost a lot more than his "property" if this girl had a brother instead of a sister. :p

- M4H
 
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Well, BB will settle out of court to shut it up, and the guy will probably get off on a loop hole since the sisters stole his property. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

:confused:

He would have lost a lot more than his "property" if this girl had a brother instead of a sister. :p

- M4H

I'm not saying what he did was right, but what they did was not either.
 
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Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
I'm not saying what he did was right, but what they did was not either.

So they should have just given him back the only evidence they had?

I suppose impounding a car used in a hit-and-run is wrong too. Even though there's blood and hair all over the bumper, hood, and windshield, and the guy has a ticket to a car wash in his hand ... I mean, you can't take his property, man. That would be just WRONG.

- M4H
 

Saulbadguy

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The girls seem like they are lying. Unless they can get the Verizon employee to testify that he did give them a phone to look at the chip, i'm not sure i'm buying it.

 

MarkW

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Who wants to bet that the geek squad employee set their phone down somewhere in the house. She saw the phone and took it while she was going to take a shower. She set the cell phone up then got in the shower, to take a shower. And this whole thing is a hoax?

Either that, or the memory card isnt even his... Wouldn't he be able to set up a defense saying that they couldn't prove its his memory card?

WHO IS WITH ME???
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Well, BB will settle out of court to shut it up, and the guy will probably get off on a loop hole since the sisters stole his property. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

:confused:

He would have lost a lot more than his "property" if this girl had a brother instead of a sister. :p

- M4H

I'm not saying what he did was right, but what they did was not either.

did they keep it or give it to police?

he is not going to get off. odds are he will plead down though.
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: MarkW
Who wants to bet that the geek squad employee set their phone down somewhere in the house. She saw the phone and took it while she was going to take a shower. She set the cell phone up then got in the shower, to take a shower. And this whole thing is a hoax?

WHO IS WITH ME???

Naw, that's way too elaborate. But you should email him this suggestion so that he has a defence.

Too bad the video isn't on youtube.
 
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Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
The girls seem like they are lying. Unless they can get the Verizon employee to testify that he did give them a phone to look at the chip, i'm not sure i'm buying it.

Or if they have any proof of this:

Chi later tried to get the chip back, offering a discount for his services if they returned it to them, the lawsuit stated.

- M4H
 

Saulbadguy

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
The girls seem like they are lying. Unless they can get the Verizon employee to testify that he did give them a phone to look at the chip, i'm not sure i'm buying it.

Or if they have any proof of this:

Chi later tried to get the chip back, offering a discount for his services if they returned it to them, the lawsuit stated.

- M4H

LOL - that's hilarious. Discounts for his services to get the chip back? Please.

Also, how long do phones record for now? My phone, although its a couple years old, can only record for 20 seconds.
 

MarkW

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Yeah, that is true. It normally takes a person at least a few minutes to get ready to take a shower once they get in the bathroom.
 

yowolabi

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
I'm not saying what he did was right, but what they did was not either.

So they should have just given him back the only evidence they had?

I suppose impounding a car used in a hit-and-run is wrong too. Even though there's blood and hair all over the bumper, hood, and windshield, and the guy has a ticket to a car wash in his hand ... I mean, you can't take his property, man. That would be just WRONG.

- M4H

If you go over there with your pickup truck then hook up cables and tow it yourself to a dna lab, then you're wrong. The police is another matter entirely. The same principle applies here.
 
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Originally posted by: yowolabi
If you go over there with your pickup truck then hook up cables and tow it yourself to a dna lab, then you're wrong. The police is another matter entirely. The same principle applies here.

I think this is more along the lines of putting a set of parking boots on the truck to make sure it doesn't take off, and then getting the police.

- M4H
 

yowolabi

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: yowolabi
If you go over there with your pickup truck then hook up cables and tow it yourself to a dna lab, then you're wrong. The police is another matter entirely. The same principle applies here.

I think this is more along the lines of putting a set of parking boots on the truck to make sure it doesn't take off, and then getting the police.

- M4H

That makes sense. The equivalent for that would be if the girls had simply taken the chip out and called the police.

I don't understand why they felt it was necessary to hold onto it and then later take it to the verizon store. If they were sure that she had been recorded (like with the blood in your example), then why wait to call police? If you're unsure if you've been recorded, that gives you even less right to steal the chip. Plus, now that there's no real chain of custody, the Geek Squad employee can claim that he never recorded anything. "They stole his chip and then recorded the girl themselves so they could sue for a lot of money."
 

Turin39789

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So the way I'm hearing it.

Geek shows up, goes into bathroom and sets up phone. Girl takes shower. Geek is working on computer. Girl takes and finishes shower, notices cell phone, sister comes into bathroom and takes memory card. Geek is working on computer. Girls go to Verizon Store, watch video and call? mother. Mother is apparantly at the house and stalls the Geek while the police show up.

That guy was there for a long time, when did he figure out that his hidden camera was missing the memory chip? The part that sounds hinkey to me is that he stays at the house while the girls leave and the mother has either been there the entire time or shows up, and he stays long enough for the cops to show up. He knew that they had him or he never could have tried to discount his services, but he stayed and worked on the computer/chit chatted?

I give her the benefit of the doubt, but when the video got to the part about the mother delaying him, something seemed off to me. Probably just need a better news source.
 

wetcat007

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Originally posted by: yowolabi
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: yowolabi
If you go over there with your pickup truck then hook up cables and tow it yourself to a dna lab, then you're wrong. The police is another matter entirely. The same principle applies here.

I think this is more along the lines of putting a set of parking boots on the truck to make sure it doesn't take off, and then getting the police.

- M4H

That makes sense. The equivalent for that would be if the girls had simply taken the chip out and called the police.

I don't understand why they felt it was necessary to hold onto it and then later take it to the verizon store. If they were sure that she had been recorded (like with the blood in your example), then why wait to call police? If you're unsure if you've been recorded, that gives you even less right to steal the chip. Plus, now that there's no real chain of custody, the Geek Squad employee can claim that he never recorded anything. "They stole his chip and then recorded the girl themselves so they could sue for a lot of money."

The story doesn't sound real plausible, it could have happened, but I think we got someone looking for some money. Apparently, she was unable to notice the phone sitting there in just the right position to video her during the shower before she got in?

Besides the fact that a camera phone video sucks, and you could find something better with google in 20 seconds.... It'd make no sense to bother doing this.
 

DeadByDawn

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Heifetz
How did the sister get the cell phone from the guy?

Watch the video people!!!!

The guy was supposed to be there fixing the computer. I'm assuming that the girl who was video taped said something along the lines of "I'm going to take a shower, you can work on the computers while I'm taking care of business"

Geek Squad boy gets a bright idea to videotape the hottie. He probably says "Can I use your bathroom before you spend an hour getting ready?"

The report says that he placed the phone in the bathroom to get a good shot of her nekkidness.

Hottie comes out of the shower and see phone with red dot recording. She calls her sister to come in and take out the memory card inside. Then they take card to the verizon store.


So did you get fired, or just written up?