Talk:Geek Squad

message: The staff section needs to go.  It's an advertisement and nothing else.
Agreed, especially since it's presented as a list.69.181.197.214 (talk) 06:46, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Staff 

message: I would like to propose that entries in this page that refer to Geek Squad being located in FedEx Kinko's stores be amended to read in the past tense as it became official as of March 9, 2008 that the partnership test will end and be pahsed out. This test partnership 
As I cannot provide the proof at the moment as the document I have is an internal document, I can atest as a Center Technology Specialist for FedEx Kinko's and it will be evident. Metamorphousthe (talk) 23:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geek Squad Locations 

message: Undercover really isn't that bad. Keep it in mind next time you edit the page from our IP.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.192.10.50 (talk) 11:23, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covert Operators 

message: What is the official history on Geek Squad. When was it bought out by Best Buy.. was it ever publicly traded? I'm having problems finding any information on this company/subsidiary Binarypower 07:23, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geek Squad History 

message: Geek Squad's reaoning in the Fox News entry regarding the Geek Squad agent that was because it was placed in the first paragraph of the page.  This isn't a good place to put something like that.  In order to keep with the flow fo the page, we should determine a better position to locate that paragraph.  I'm NOT against putting it on the page, but I do think we should discuss where we should place it at on the page.  B2bomber81 21:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticisms, Lawsuits, and other negative content 

message: I'd like to know why THIS company can have an entry on this website but other companies cannot.  This is total bullshit.  Make a rule and stick with it.  If one company can have a commercial listing then all companies should be able to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.74.46 (talk) 
:It might help if you were more specific...but I'd say that you could find your answers somewhere in WP:CORP and WP:RS. --OnoremDil 02:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoever started this should see the Wikipedia guideline page Wikipedia:Notability; basically, something has to be notable/famous/well-known enough to have its own Wikipedia page.  To put this in perspective, Johnny Depp, an actor, has his own Wikipedia page.  Someone could be on their high school's drama club and act in local plays, and, therefore, be considered an actor, as least in some respect, but they shouldn't certainly, based solely on that, have their own Wikipedia article.  Or Romeo and Juliet, a play, has its own Wikipedia article.  Someone rights a play for a high school English class, but (you know).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.124.128.157 (talk) 19:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Nerds on Site is a company serving a wide swath of Canada. I see there's no article, so then I tried Geek Squad, expecting the same, but not surprised entirely to see an entry. They essentially are the same: mobile computer assistance, among other forms of tech support. GBC (talk) 20:18, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment from 71.141.74.46

message: Maybe this article should cite something about the MRI CDs that geek squad uses to fix computers? (Google it for more info) -- Patrick Flynn 06:41, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MRI CD 

message: Geek Squad makes these recovery discs for about 60 USD. However, some companies don't tell you that they put recovery disk creation software onto the machine itself good enough so that the average person would know to not buy the Geek Squad Service to create them a recovery disk. Such a company is Gateway. I don't know if this should be mentioned on the gateway article or here, but it's obviously a scam ployed out by best buy not to tell people that Gateway offers a recovery disk creator now that they don't offer recovery disks. 68.185.166.207 (talk) 13:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I could equally say that you should also give people a choice (IE: tell them that there are other operating systems, which can be obtained FOR FREE, IE: Linux) about what Operating System they can choose instead of forcing Windows on everyone. Sure, you should also tell them that you can't run everything on linux through its WINE Program, but you can find alternatives out there for Windows programs that you normally pay for. For example, you could say that they can get OpenOffice, which can open almost, if not all, any MS Office document (With the exception of MDB Files.) Please do not bait me into starting a war here. If you reply again with more information, I may as well report both myself and you for violating the NOTAFORUM rule and have this discussion removed. 68.185.166.207 (talk) 04:21, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

text: Do you know what the Unfair Sales Act is? We have it in Wisconsin. It causes some prices to be higher than other prices. Yes, it was 60 USD to do it for the machine I was going to buy (a Gateway Laptop.) I bought it, then found out I could have made the recovery disks myself, then I returned it (foolishly I might add.) Feel free to rank me as a jerk and whatnot all you like. But not all states, locations, etc. have the same prices as yours. 24.241.229.253 (talk) 13:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Companies That No Longer Provide Recovery Discs - A Big Issue 

message: I made a few tweaks to the porno seek controversy discussion.  The sole source for this accusation is a blog article, and so it made a very big deal out of the fact that the founder dared to criticize bloggers in responding to a question unrelated to his presentation.  Anyways, it's fine to keep the discussion there, just use more neutral language that I put in rather than the abashed amazement of the blogger article.  For the record, I neither work for Geek Squad nor use their service, was just annoyed by the tone of that section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.178.189 (talk) 04:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy Section - Porno Discussion

message: Not only was this entry future-dated, it is also linked to a site that only Geek Squad Agents have access to. I am removing it until further, more substantiated proof is available publicly online.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.153.210 (talk) 04:28, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing notation of closure of Geek Squad Stores 

message: I removed the part about the man trying to pass off a Geek Squad badge as a police badge as it didn't really seem relevant to the article in any way other than the false badge happened to be from this company.
75.111.91.143 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 05:51, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed from Controversy

message: I added to the section an occurrence where Geek Squad employees used pirated copies from Winternals. I agree with the previous comment. Trying to pass off a Geek Squad badge as a police badge isn't really a problem that is related to the company but more to the individual who tried to pass himself as a police.
leeaaro4 14:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Added to Controversy

message: Isn't the word "Geek" generally known to reference obsessive and anti-social people? I mean, doesn't this fall under perpetuating stereotypes? I do mean this seirously, by the way; I havent met anyone who feels this way about the word. But Best Buy seems to not just use the word, but actively dress their people to match the stereotype.
Is this sort of thing generally considerd "Okay"? Because Geeksquad is the only term that is used in such a manner without inciting flames, even though its just as derogitory. Chardansearavitriol (talk) 17:46, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: As someone who use to work for Geek Squad, both in the store and at corporate, I can tell you that the vast majority of Geek Squad employees embrace the term Geek and do not mind it being applied to them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReformedArsenal (talk • contribs) 12:19, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think any of the above comments on the issue matter.  I mean, are you suggesting that the name of the article and any mention of the "geek" in the aricle be changed? The fact is, "Geek Squad" is their official name, "right"/"politically correct"/"emotionally sensitive" or not.  I mean, Chardansearavitriol, I don't think you intentionally meant to, but bringing this up is really againgst Wikipedia:Not a forum, a rule of Wikipedia which basically says that the talk pages for articles exist to talk about ways to discuss how to improve the article and not to discuss the topic of the article in general or your opinions on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.124.128.157 (talk) 18:40, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derogitory? 

message: This user continuously edits this article in a way that marginalizes negative information about Geek Squad while simultaneously attempting to portray the organization in a positive light. Upon inspection, he is an admitted Geek Squad employee. This represents an inherent bias and he should be prohibited from editing this article further.2605:E000:1605:C0C0:A42A:B51D:3BE9:8B2B (talk) 15:10, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a ridiculous claim, none of my edits have shown a bias in any way. Feel free to bring forward your evidence if you wish, my edits in the past year have only ever been to remove unsourced or confidential information that has not been published publically. ReformedArsenal (talk) 18:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  ReformedArsenal Should be Banned From Editing this Page 

message: Reference 11, which links to V C Section 27605 Vehicle Resembling Law Enforcement Vehicle, is a dead link.  The current link is as follows:
 
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d12/c5/a5/27605
Can someone please update this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.168.158.50 (talk) 00:53, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please update dead link for reference 11: V C Section 27605 Vehicle Resembling Law Enforcement Vehicle  

message: The geek squad logo has changed, no SVG I can find of the new logo, but it should still be changed when possible.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:BDC0:5700:F032:DD27:3CE7:7807 (talk) 06:54, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo out of date 

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