Re: Let's start over

that why I, a completely freelance computer technician, have zero problem sp=
litting what best buy charges just cause I'm happy to help someone in need w=
ho doesn't want to be taken advantage of :)

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On Feb 1, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Jay Scalf <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeap - we have become a Dixie cup society - use it, wade it up, toss it - a=
nd why not if you can, I hear, buy a new machine for $90 and it cost $140 to=
 fix in labor alone. Still, something seems wrong with this picture.
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> On 2/1/2011 11:33 AM, Eric wrote:
>> No it is not unbelieable. If anything it should be more. If you
>> (meaning people) want your data and you don't know how to do it, well
>> we (meaning geek squad) can do it. Yes, it is extremely easy to us,
>> but not to you, and our time is not worth nothing. So. yes we will
>> charge you up to $140 to do a data transfer. Our time is more valuable
>> to you at the moment because you failed to backup your own data like
>> you are supposed to.
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>> This comes up countless time and I am tired of hearing and seeing it.
>> If you break a valve and need it fixed you hire a plumber and you
>> (meaning people) will pay what the plumber tells you to pay. But for
>> some reason when it comes to computer you (again, people) think it
>> should be done for free.
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>> This message goes out to everyone. Yes we know how to do these things,
>> we are nice people, and we want to help people, but Best Buy is a
>> business. How long will your business stay up if you kept working for
>> free?
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>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Jay Scalf<[email protected]>  wrote:=

>>> charged $100 extra to move his data from the old to new machine.
>>> (Unbelievable, eh?)
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