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The Geek Squad

My kids computer has gotten incredibly slow... imagine one computer with 3 teenagers and 1 adults worth of music downloaded on to it! So I order some new memory from Best Buy On Line. And being the idiot that I am I didn't realize that memory comes in different shapes and sizes. The one that I got wouldn't "fit" in our computer... and so the Saga begins.

I decided to make "short" work of it by returning the wrong memory directly to my local Best Buy. Well, the first stop they tell me (to exchange it) would be the Geek Squad. Tell them my computer model and they will look up on the internet and find which memory I DO need. So I give them my info and they look, and they can't find my computer. "How old is it?" they as me. 2 years old, I say. "Well, it's too old - we can't find it." Huh??? I know computers become dinosaurs really fast - but this is ridiculous! I even SAY to them ... "You mean you (your store) sold me a computer 2 years ago and today I can't buy memory for it???" He just shrugged at me. "I can't find it", he said.

I decided to just return the memory and talk to my "computer guy" later. But upon returning home, Krysti's new love, Ricky heard the story and he googled my computer. It's a HP Pavillion A656X in case you'd like to try. It popped right up and showed which memory I needed! We ordered it on line within 3 minutes! It will be here in two days. So much for the GEEKS! (Gimme a break...)

posted by Melli at 12:35 PM