(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of themselves,
I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC friends - just in
case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates right out
of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that Best Buy sets the tone
for how Geek Squad operates (except for the influence that Microsoft's
$200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad operations are
set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take note as to how Best Buy
treats its customers before using the services of Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top), Best Buy has
been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs are not ready for the
February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to digital signals) televisions
without the stickers MANDATED by the FCC that warn buyers that the sets will
not work after February 17, 2009 without buying an additional digital
converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will work for
less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing on
people's PCs.

ji


They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a roof

jim wrote:
(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves, I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC
friends - just in case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates
right out of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that Best
Buy sets the tone for how Geek Squad operates (except for the
influence that Microsoft's $200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of
course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad operations
are set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take note as to how
Best Buy treats its customers before using the services of Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top), Best
Buy has been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs are not
ready for the February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to digital
signals) televisions without the stickers MANDATED by the FCC that
warn buyers that the sets will not work after February 17, 2009
without buying an additional digital converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will
work for less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing on
people's PCs.

ji

They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a roof
antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
broadcasting garbage.

On 05/22/2008 10:11 PM, Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:
jim wrote:
(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves, I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC
friends - just in case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates
right out of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that Best
Buy sets the tone for how Geek Squad operates (except for the
influence that Microsoft's $200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of
course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad operations
are set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take note as to how
Best Buy treats its customers before using the services of Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top), Best
Buy has been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs are not
ready for the February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to digital
signals) televisions without the stickers MANDATED by the FCC that
warn buyers that the sets will not work after February 17, 2009
without buying an additional digital converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will
work for less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing
on people's PCs.

ji

They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a roof
antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
broadcasting garbage.

If it's garbage, why is the FCC trying to impose a $3M fine on Best Buy?

Also, most of the digital converter boxes I've seen are in the $50-$70
price range. Deduct the $40 coupon and the box still costs $10-30 +
shipping. Not exactly free.

Douglas O'Neal wrote:
On 05/22/2008 10:11 PM, Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:
jim wrote:
(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves, I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC
friends - just in case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates
right out of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that Best
Buy sets the tone for how Geek Squad operates (except for the
influence that Microsoft's $200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of
course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad
operations are set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take note
as to how Best Buy treats its customers before using the services of
Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top), Best
Buy has been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs are
not ready for the February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to
digital signals) televisions without the stickers MANDATED by the
FCC that warn buyers that the sets will not work after February 17,
2009 without buying an additional digital converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will
work for less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing
on people's PCs.

ji

They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a roof
antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
broadcasting garbage.

If it's garbage, why is the FCC trying to impose a $3M fine on Best Buy?

Also, most of the digital converter boxes I've seen are in the $50-$70
price range. Deduct the $40 coupon and the box still costs $10-30 +
shipping. Not exactly free.

And so long as jims keep buying un-stickered analog TVs and marked up
digital converters, Best Buy will sell enough of them to net a profit
after the fine.

Why not try putting one's money where their mouth is and not going to
stores that have such odious marketing strategy and when buying from
their competition make a point to say why you chose them over the other
guys?

I'm sure EVERY retailer is overstocked with analog sets. Like I said,

Bob Peters wrote:
Douglas O'Neal wrote:
On 05/22/2008 10:11 PM, Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:
jim wrote:
(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves, I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC
friends - just in case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates
right out of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that
Best Buy sets the tone for how Geek Squad operates (except for the
influence that Microsoft's $200,000,000 cash infusion gives them,
of course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad
operations are set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take
note as to how Best Buy treats its customers before using the
services of Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top),
Best Buy has been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs
are not ready for the February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to
digital signals) televisions without the stickers MANDATED by the
FCC that warn buyers that the sets will not work after February 17,
2009 without buying an additional digital converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will
work for less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing
on people's PCs.

ji

They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a
roof antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
broadcasting garbage.

If it's garbage, why is the FCC trying to impose a $3M fine on Best Buy?

Also, most of the digital converter boxes I've seen are in the $50-$70
price range. Deduct the $40 coupon and the box still costs $10-30 +
shipping. Not exactly free.

And so long as jims keep buying un-stickered analog TVs and marked up
digital converters, Best Buy will sell enough of them to net a profit
after the fine.

Why not try putting one's money where their mouth is and not going to
stores that have such odious marketing strategy and when buying from
their competition make a point to say why you chose them over the
other guys?

I'm sure EVERY retailer is overstocked with analog sets. Like I said,
how many people are on roof top antennas?

Like I said, how many people are on roof top antennas?

Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:

Like I said, how many people are on roof top antennas?

Get out into the countryside, and /everyone/ has rooftop antennas!

Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:
Bob Peters wrote:
Douglas O'Neal wrote:
On 05/22/2008 10:11 PM, Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:
jim wrote:
(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves, I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC
friends - just in case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates
right out of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that
Best Buy sets the tone for how Geek Squad operates (except for the
influence that Microsoft's $200,000,000 cash infusion gives them,
of course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad
operations are set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take
note as to how Best Buy treats its customers before using the
services of Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top),
Best Buy has been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs
are not ready for the February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television
to digital signals) televisions without the stickers MANDATED by
the FCC that warn buyers that the sets will not work after
February 17, 2009 without buying an additional digital converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will
work for less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is
installing on people's PCs.

ji

They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a
roof antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
broadcasting garbage.

If it's garbage, why is the FCC trying to impose a $3M fine on Best
Buy?

Also, most of the digital converter boxes I've seen are in the $50-$70
price range. Deduct the $40 coupon and the box still costs $10-30 +
shipping. Not exactly free.

And so long as jims keep buying un-stickered analog TVs and marked up
digital converters, Best Buy will sell enough of them to net a profit
after the fine.

Why not try putting one's money where their mouth is and not going to
stores that have such odious marketing strategy and when buying from
their competition make a point to say why you chose them over the
other guys?

I'm sure EVERY retailer is overstocked with analog sets. Like I said,
how many people are on roof top antennas?


I haven't seen a rooftop antenna in decades, but once in a very long
while, I do see a set-top "rabbit ears" antenna in use, usually by
either someone who is really financially down and out or by some
non-conventional type who rarely watch TV because they think it's gone
to the birds and the amateurs on You Tube are more entertaining.

Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:

Like I said, how many people are on roof top antennas?

Get out into the countryside, and /everyone/ has rooftop antennas!

C.

Bestbuy wasn't the only one. WalMart and a couple of others were hit

Not just people without cable or satellite either. Just yesterday my
cable signal on my local ABC affiliate's channel turned to a static mess
and I had to dig out the old "rabbit ears" to watch my big event off the
free airwaves instead of the cable I paid for.

Don't expect Comcast to pay my complaint about that too much attention.

[schnipped]

They *really* look forward to the idiots that "sened this to all your
friends" the [Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Joke] html emails with embedded video.

Don't expect Comcast to pay my complaint about that too much attention.

Oh, they'll get to it in a couple of weeks.

jim wrote:
(While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves,
I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC friends - just in
case.)

As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates right
out
of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that Best Buy sets the
tone
for how Geek Squad operates (except for the influence that Microsoft's
$200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of course).

Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad operations
are
set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take note as to how Best Buy
treats its customers before using the services of Geek Squad.

As reported on CNET
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9947410-7.html?tag=nefd.top), Best Buy
has
been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs are not ready for
the
February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to digital signals)
televisions
without the stickers MANDATED by the FCC that warn buyers that the sets
will
not work after February 17, 2009 without buying an additional digital
converter.

That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will work
for
less than a year without the new digital signal converters.

Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing on
people's PCs.

ji


They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a roof
antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
broadcasting garbage.

--
Claude Hopper :)

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