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Geek Squad employee accused of stealing 'racy' pictures off user's iPhone
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article published on 22 July, 2012
Sophia Ellison of Fairfax, Virgina, went into her local Best Buy and left her old iPhone with the Geek Squad in an effort to have photos, music and contacts transferred from the old device to her new 4S.
The employee, George, promised to wipe the old content from the phone and then offered to buy the old phone for $60. He did not give her a receipt and paid right from his wallet.
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star299
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27. July 2012 @ 10:14 |
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LordRuss
I totley agree. Your right. Good post
Originally posted by LordRuss:
I think you are ALL missing the point...
An IDIOT brings in their broken technology for it to be fixed. They give some song & dance, probably cry about it, say they need it done NOW, probably showed their ass while in the store... all serious offenses & breaches of social protocol in THEIR behavior while in the store, but none of that is said HERE. We don't get this guys side. Just the female. Remember, it's HER near naked ass on the camera, not his.
Now, he decides to go the 'extra mile' for whatever reason. Maybe he's like every other tech goon, she's pretty, she coerced him, you know how we can be manipulated (don't lie to yourself or in here either, you'll get smacked - HARD). He makes a shit decision & takes the thing home to work on it.
The events turn out to be what they are & again - SHE shows her ass. SHE is now impotent. SHE is screaming legal lottery. Did this guy screw up? Sure. And that's why we can't have customer service like we used to.
I run this risk every time I work on somebody's computer. I have a page of legalese that stipulates that if you stuff on your device that you don't want known about YOU BETTER GET IT OFF OF THERE! Including the immediate reporting of child pornography, child/animal abuse, terrorist activity, hate crimes to the authorities.
Right man! Very good post
Granted, I don't go planting it on the web either... but some work can't be done without looking under the hood. So if they don't love it, they can shove it & take it some place else.
She can't take pictures of herself shaking her ass & then blame him for seeing them. That's like a female posing for Playboy & then suing them publishing the photos.
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3rdgen
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27. July 2012 @ 23:00 |
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Well its hard to blame the dude for looking but thats about as far as that goes. I love BB but this would have me outraged as well. What was this guy thinking....
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28. July 2012 @ 04:02 |
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i had a guy at cash converters take my xbox home in 2006 when it was on hock to them.he even fixed the ms dashboard that was currupt.
as far as i know without google searching it the pics hasnt been leaked.
i was looking at a video on youtube the otherday and a tv show in usa took a computer to several places to have it repaired and the other thing wrong with it was they had unplugged a hard drive cable.geek squad said they found a virus on it and that the harddrive was broken and it was about $500 to replace the harddrive and $70 to remove the virus.
sorry for going a bit offtopic.
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28. July 2012 @ 16:54 |
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Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
i had a guy at cash converters take my xbox home in 2006 when it was on hock to them.he even fixed the ms dashboard that was currupt.
as far as i know without google searching it the pics hasnt been leaked.
i was looking at a video on youtube the otherday and a tv show in usa took a computer to several places to have it repaired and the other thing wrong with it was they had unplugged a hard drive cable.geek squad said they found a virus on it and that the harddrive was broken and it was about $500 to replace the harddrive and $70 to remove the virus.
sorry for going a bit offtopic.
I would say, "I wish I'd get a $100 for each time I fixed a BB f*k up", but then wait! I have been paid between $40-100 each time for a BB f*k up, & saved customers multitudes of money.
Not because BB was at fault, but because a couple of idiots in BB (or a couple other local assholes) were unreputable. Like a bad auto mechanic, you should never go back, but to think you're going to make a scene & win the lottery? This idiotic skank is in for a surprise when she tries it again.
It's like suing the hammer because 'you' can't drive a nail straight.
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29. July 2012 @ 03:56 |
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if she sues BB they might give her an out of court settlement to shut her up.
if she sues the individual who lost his job she will probably get nothing.
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29. July 2012 @ 11:48 |
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Computer mechanics aren't as bad as car mechanics. It is common to take advantage of fools.
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29. July 2012 @ 14:11 |
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Originally posted by Mez:
Computer mechanics aren't as bad as car mechanics. It is common to take advantage of fools.
i dont know mez,being an automotive mechanic ive seen some bad things happen,but it can usually be attributed to bad workmanship.yes there are guys out there with absolutely no conscience ,but after hearing what some computer "techs"tell people i still feel pretty good about my profession.lol
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30. July 2012 @ 21:55 |
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Maybe you are more savvy with computers. Not that all car mechanics will rip you off every time. Also they are way more apt to be much more honest if they think you know what they are doing.
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30. July 2012 @ 22:05 |
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yeah,every computer i break,i learn a little more.lol.despite 2oldgeeks saying,i think every once in awhile you have to take a chance and piss on the electric fence.i miss him on this site.
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30. July 2012 @ 22:17 |
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I was a tech at GoodYear and we always only wrote up what really needed to be done. Its funny how some people would doubt us so I always offered to take the client to the problem and show them. Then I would give them my best guess as to how long a failing part might last with no guarantees of course. The guy that managed the place was a real douche though. He would toss customer splash guards in the trash just to save a minute and get done faster. So I seen both sides.
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30. July 2012 @ 23:49 |
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There is far more temptation in smaller shops where the money goes into the owners pocket, especially if you need the money. The bigger places might be more honest but are more costly.
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31. July 2012 @ 15:00 |
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Originally posted by Mez:
There is far more temptation in smaller shops where the money goes into the owners pocket, especially if you need the money. The bigger places might be more honest but are more costly.
I might disagree with you a bit there. I'm about as small shop as you can get & by far the cheapest in this red necked haven (especially when I'll charge a guy $125 to back up his data, reinstall Windows & then put the data back?), I've got a LOT of enemies including BB. Not to mention I do better work than they do.
I just tell people Trust is a four letter word that starts with "U" in the middle of it. The instant you break that trust all bets are off. That goes for ANY business venture. So any asshole that can't deliver, he/she had best not be writing a check their little ass can't cash.
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31. July 2012 @ 21:57 |
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The one thing I will say is $125 is a lot of money when you can get some good free programes to back up your pc mac or linux syste even android or iphone even and it is so easy to do ant takes next to no time to do it. But on the other hand the bug shops are pushing the little guys around and that is not right. The thing that this person women never understood is how would you know that all the phone has been trasfered transferred to the new phone like duh you would have to look at it to see if it is all done. Another thing if he followed the company police he would nto have bought the phone and if he would have done the work in the store he would have called her and said im sorry we cant do any transfer because of the things on your phone and not bought it from her with his own money. I dont get people these days.
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1. August 2012 @ 13:34 |
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Originally posted by chefdamo:
The one thing I will say is $125 is a lot of money when you can get some good free programes to back up your pc mac or linux syste even android or iphone even and it is so easy to do ant takes next to no time to do it. But on the other hand the bug shops are pushing the little guys around and that is not right. The thing that this person women never understood is how would you know that all the phone has been trasfered transferred to the new phone like duh you would have to look at it to see if it is all done. Another thing if he followed the company police he would nto have bought the phone and if he would have done the work in the store he would have called her and said im sorry we cant do any transfer because of the things on your phone and not bought it from her with his own money. I dont get people these days.
As for your analogy about $125 to free, well... you do it once for free & the next thing you know EVERYBODY will let you do it for free. Seems to me you haven't done 8-10 worth of work doing what I mentioned for basically $12-15 an hour.
Sure it sounds like a lot, until you realize you have to cover you r ass like like this poor bastard didn't. Then there is also the troubleshooting the ever present 'missing drivers' that are never included with these POS systems that these idiots want to 'run like new' or seem to think are going to run like the newest Alienware or liquid cooled ILM server farm nightmare.
Frankly, if it's so damned easy why isn't everybody doing it? And just cause it's free don't make it better either.
As for the rest of your analogy - it's a bit redundant. Best Buy is already known for returning devices back to their owners & NOT telling them a reason for why they couldn't get the information off of it. Or better still a really piss poor reason as to why they couldn't accomplish it. That's why these individuals come to people like ME & others who are willing to tackle the job.
Which leads to the myopic answer to your "not getting people these days"... Some people still want to help others, despite the damage they may incur to their own well being. Call it a for of wanting to be sainted or martyrdom if you will.
Not that you're this kind of individual, but someone who's wrapped up in their own little world of conceit & self worth wouldn't get it. People like this silly sack of exhibitionistic psychosis bitch is a prime example of the very person who will go to every public length to take all advantages & everyone to get all she "thinks" is owed/due her.
There's no cure for what this idiot has.
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6. August 2012 @ 18:43 |
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Hell, I have trouble keeping my phone from sending ever damn thing to my google account. If I lost my phone or it quit working and needed my "info" I have it in a half dozen other places.
I think my phone does back ups of back ups.... :D
I wouldn't put my phone into the hands of anyone!
My screen went bad and they swapped my phone for a different one and I was ticked that I didn't get to do the wipe myself.
How does someone own a phone today without having it backed up 15 ways to Sunday?
Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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28. August 2012 @ 01:37 |
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Originally posted by chefdamo:
The one thing I will say is $125 is a lot of money when you can get some good free programes to back up your pc mac or linux syste even android or iphone even and it is so easy to do ant takes next to no time to do it. But on the other hand the bug shops are pushing the little guys around and that is not right. The thing that this person women never understood is how would you know that all the phone has been trasfered transferred to the new phone like duh you would have to look at it to see if it is all done. Another thing if he followed the company police he would nto have bought the phone and if he would have done the work in the store he would have called her and said im sorry we cant do any transfer because of the things on your phone and not bought it from her with his own money. I dont get people these days.
I have to disagree. Like LordRuss, I also repair computers. $125 for backing up your date, reinstalling the OS, and restoring your data is quite a bargain. You seem to think that the cost is for the act of repair. It's actually not. When you pay a technician, you don't pay them for pushing the button. You pay them for knowing *which* button to push.
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28. August 2012 @ 13:07 |
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Originally posted by LordRuss:
Originally posted by chefdamo:
The one thing I will say is $125 is a lot of money when you can get some good free programes to back up your pc mac or linux syste even android or iphone even and it is so easy to do ant takes next to no time to do it. But on the other hand the bug shops are pushing the little guys around and that is not right. The thing that this person women never understood is how would you know that all the phone has been trasfered transferred to the new phone like duh you would have to look at it to see if it is all done. Another thing if he followed the company police he would nto have bought the phone and if he would have done the work in the store he would have called her and said im sorry we cant do any transfer because of the things on your phone and not bought it from her with his own money. I dont get people these days.
As for your analogy about $125 to free, well... you do it once for free & the next thing you know EVERYBODY will let you do it for free. Seems to me you haven't done 8-10 worth of work doing what I mentioned for basically $12-15 an hour.
Sure it sounds like a lot, until you realize you have to cover you r ass like like this poor bastard didn't. Then there is also the troubleshooting the ever present 'missing drivers' that are never included with these POS systems that these idiots want to 'run like new' or seem to think are going to run like the newest Alienware or liquid cooled ILM server farm nightmare.
Frankly, if it's so damned easy why isn't everybody doing it? And just cause it's free don't make it better either.
As for the rest of your analogy - it's a bit redundant. Best Buy is already known for returning devices back to their owners & NOT telling them a reason for why they couldn't get the information off of it. Or better still a really piss poor reason as to why they couldn't accomplish it. That's why these individuals come to people like ME & others who are willing to tackle the job.
Which leads to the myopic answer to your "not getting people these days"... Some people still want to help others, despite the damage they may incur to their own well being. Call it a for of wanting to be sainted or martyrdom if you will.
Not that you're this kind of individual, but someone who's wrapped up in their own little world of conceit & self worth wouldn't get it. People like this silly sack of exhibitionistic psychosis bitch is a prime example of the very person who will go to every public length to take all advantages & everyone to get all she "thinks" is owed/due her.
There's no cure for what this idiot has.
amen to that.russel,you have the knack for the vernacular.
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28. August 2012 @ 23:57 |
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Originally posted by aldan:
amen to that.russel,you have the knack for the vernacular.
It's a Scottish curse/blessing... the ability to tell stories. And those stories worth telling, are definitely worth stretching!
Or when all else fails, throw in a dick joke.
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