Geek Squad Reviews

I have had a protection plan on my laptop for a few years. They told me to bring it in every 3-4 months for a tune up to keep it running at its best. Today I took it in and the guy said there is nothing he can do to it. I asked what they have done in the past and he said he didn't know and that was on them... even though he works for "them". Now trying to cancel this protection plan but that must be done over the phone. Tried to get through twice and both times after an hour and 1 min on hold, their system cut off my call. Will have to go through my credit card company fraud department to cancel my payments. Stay away from Geek Squad.

This is the second “no show” in three weeks. Waste of time, great idea, very poor management and/or supervision. I am going to use my American Express and dispute the charges if I am given a hard time. If anyone wants a good business... there are real customers out there.

Geek Squad is normally ok but they do bundle and often are in a hurry so for more money. Magnolia can come out and clean up the mess. And if the installation was 20 years ago and even if it was a fire hazard you have to pay more to clean it up. Count your blessings. Your house did not catch on fire with all the extension cords used to connect your tv and stereo.

NEVER let the Geek Squad send your computer out to get it repaired!!! They shipped mine off on July 24, 2020 and they still haven't fixed it and it is September 09, 2020. When you call the Geek Squad customer service they will tell you that they are waiting on a part. They won't try to contact the repair department and get the repair expedited. This is ridiculous!!! Look for a local computer repair company, never let the Geek Squad fix your computer. They have had mine for almost two months. Here is my order number ** to prove I am not making this up.

Geek Squad failed to appear at my home today for a scheduled refrigerator repair appointment. The first 800 Geek Squad rep I spoke with said she would check on my appointment and left me on hold for 35 minutes. I called back, and heard the wait time was 7 minutes. 24 minutes later, a rude, ill-trained young man full of piss and vinegar could not understand why I was unhappy. They take our money and then they do jack squat for us. After many tens of thousands of dollars in purchases from Best Buy, I am done.

I requested a phone replacement and I have received 4 defective devices. The last one is scraped and they don't have a complaint department, for every agent there is a new story no one is really committed to find a solution. I wouldn't recommend this insurance to anyone.

My problem not getting speed so I had Geek Squad to check my computer to see what’s wrong with it. And let me tell you as soon as they come in they want to get paid on the spot. Let me tell you they suck. He sat there no more than 5 minutes and told me it was my cable not my computer and left. Mind you I asked to check why I was not getting the speed. Never did. It it’s been over 1 month and I cannot for the life of me get my refund. Spent hours on hold. No one cannot get the right dept. Spent hours talking to different depts. Everyone pointing the finger. It’s not their department. They suck.

My boyfriend got me a new Chromebook for Christmas and after only a month or two, it started turning off every 5 minutes. It didn’t matter what I was working on. I would be in the middle of typing and it would turn off over and over. And not restart or go to sleep: TURN OFF. Took it to Geek Squad in the Best Buy where the computer was purchased and they looked at it and never fixed it. Found nothing wrong. They told me how to make sure it didn’t go to sleep - but that wasn’t the issue at all. So I have a hardly used useless computer now. It’ll be cheaper to buy a new one than to get it fixed. So disappointed.

My 65 inch TV stopped working after about 18 months. I had the Total Support from Geek Squad. It took a month to fix the issue. Soon after the repair people left, there was another issue. Instead of starting instantly, the TV took about three minutes to start. When I called Geek Squad, the person promised to get the repair people back very quickly. I waited over two weeks and nobody showed on the appointment day. I now have another appointment in two weeks. Supervisors never return calls. I was kept waiting on the phone for a half hour when I called to ask where the repair people were. I finally hung up.

Please, if you read this, never consider using Geek Squad services. It's just a huge waste of time. My laptop got broke when I tried to replace its screen with another one I've seen on a website named **. Eventually, I figured out that it wasn't even a compatible screen, anyways... I went to Best Buy, more precisely Geek Squad, in order to get it fixed. The screen, its hinges and the screen assembly were the only components that were supposed to be fixed, it's written in paper in front of me.

Do not join Geek Squad tech support services. They will renew your membership without your authorization! They take money out of your bank account without authorization and when you try to call them they put you on hold for hours and no one knows what they are doing when you speak to them. Plus everyone you speak with sounds like they are from overseas. You are not getting help from the United states. They will lie to you and say they sent e-mails to confirm a renewal and when you check there are no e-mails from them. Very fraudulent company. No customer service with no concern for the customer. Honestly feels like spammers. Best Buy should be ashamed Never again!

Beyond frustrated and disappointed with Best Buy Geek Squad Customer Service, Customer Resolution Center and Local White Marsh Best Store. I reported a repair on my my Samsung Hub 2.0 refrigerator to GS over a month ago because I purchased additional warranty for the peace of mind on this expensive purchase. This refrigerator is only 3 years old and I noticed an issue with my ice maker producing less ice and my freezer having frost sheet in the bottom freezer.

My cellphone was stolen, I file a claim and everything was a very good service until I received my new phone. The Security seal on the box was cut off, and the phone is the same but duty and used, the screen is cracked, I couldn’t help looking at everything twice, and also found out the the number on the box is not the same on the cell. I’m very disappointed! Of the company!

I have used Geek Squad for years. The service gets worse each year so this will be the last year I had them do a tune up on the pc and told them I could not turn of the monitor. It says the power button is locked so over 11 hours later they work on the pc but do not call or leave a message as how to fix the power button being locked and god forbid that you can talk to someone and if you call the store of course they can not help as they are not who helped you it being with I am legally blind and do not drive and all I get is take it to the store.

I have a laptop which I bought an antivirus from Geek Squad a year ago. What happened, I had files on the notes of my laptop (stopped working) which I failed to save them early. I went there and asked them if They can help me out to recover my files by any way whatsoever. They weren’t able to recover my files, which I was cool with. Then I was asked to pay 52 dollars for the service that they claim “we updated your laptop”. My laptop is HP and it can be updated automatically whenever you shut it down after it stopped working by pressing the on/off button for over 15 seconds. Then I felt like they were trying to rip me off.

I bought a Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 at Best Buy in Feb 2019 (it's now July 2020). It was NOT a cheap computer. I paid for the 1 year Geek Squad support. 17 months later, my computer was unable to charge (I had tried a new power cord). It seemed to be a battery issue. I made an appointment w/ Geek Squad. I was aware my warranty and service period was up. I was more than willing to pay whatever required, as I rely heavily on this laptop. They would not even LOOK at it. I was told they don't FIX the battery in this make/model of computer. Since when does Best Buy sell computers that even they cannot service?

On May 28 2019 I paid $200 for a Geek Squad Membership at Best Buy in Trumbull CT. The membership is for 12 months. Due to Covid19 All local Best Buys and Geek Squad services were closed in CT for 2.5 months. On May 28 2020 I noticed on my credit card statement that Best Buy charged me another $200. I do not understand why I would be charged for a full year when the state was closed for 2.5 months. I paid for 12 months and only received 9.5 months of service. I have recently spent 3 days making phone calls to Best Buy because 1. I did not authorize another 12 months of service, 2. I never received 12 full months of service.

It’s been 5 days since this started. I realized an important file was missing from my laptop which contained many docs I could not afford to lose. My laptop’s touchpad is extremely sensitive (I purchased said laptop from Best Buy) and I have to be very careful, or it will accidentally move files, etc. After doing an exhaustive search myself, I contacted Geek Squad through the app on my laptop. Initially, I was told I had a wait time of 127 minutes. 3 HOUR LATER, a rep finally connected to help me. It took a while for him to understand my problem, he just wanted to restore all the pictures in my recycle file I had purposely deleted without really paying attention to what I was saying or listening to my detailed explanation of the searches I had done, much less what I wanted.

I purchased a desktop computer at Best Buy and got the Geek Squad 24/7 support. It takes at a minimum 30 minutes to get someone to answer. I have called 7 times in week trying to get some issues solved. Either the agent disconnected me or didn't know how to fix my issue. I am going to return the desktop and go back to Dell. Geek Squad is a joke.

Frustrating!! Kept saying laptop was fixed and it was not. Spent nearly 100 hours on phone with geek squad I pay monthly for this service but they do not provide a service??!! One worker was finally able to fix it all in 2 hours after 3 weeks of inept repairs.

Pretty much useless, if you don't need antivirus and cloud service. Especially with BestBuy they find a way out of their offered services and try to get you to buy a new product to a small discount. It's fraud!

I purchased Total Support and made an appointment for several TVs to be installed on May 26, 2020. They overcharged me by $200.00. I was told on May 27th I would get a refund. I continue to call and continue to be told will be refunded but as of June 20, 2020 I have not received a refund.

Geek Squad Cell Phone Insurance is a scam. Here's proof: Purchased Geek Squad insurance for my cell phone at purchase. This insurance costed me a monthly fee of 15.81. I had the insurance since May of 2018 and made a total of 27 payments equaling $426.87. I had to use the insurance because my phone broke so I made a claim. The claim process involved making a deposit for the "new" refurbished device that they shipped out to me and charged me the full device price of $1232. Right now you can purchase a brand new s9 plus at Best Buy (their own store) for $849.95 so not sure where that device price came from as the deposit.

The worst customer service ever. I purchased a set of 6 appliances on 05/14. Was told they would be delivered and installed on 06/02. The week before I spent 6 hours on the phone with customer care maybe 5 different calls. Each time I was assured that my appliances would be delivered that I had nothing to worry about. One day before I received a phone call, a text message, and an email saying, "Get ready for your delivery tomorrow." Tomorrow came and they no called and no showed. After I called the Geek Squad they told me they had no idea why my appliance appointment was canceled. I put in a complaint and was contacted by a geek squad case manager which then told me that all of my appliances were not even at the store. The only thing that she could do was to reschedule my appointment.

I bought a Toshiba Fire TV in July of 2019 from BestBuy via Amazon. It worked great at first. I did not use very much but I loved the apps. I barely watch TV in my bedroom but one day (In October 2019) I wanted to listen to music. The TV would not connect to the Amazon cloud service. I tried everything and nothing worked. I called the support line and they tried a few things to have me to reset the remote. They did not work. I was then told to contact Best Buy’s Geek Squad. I was given a service appointment 2 weeks later. So to save time I will summarize my service experience below from October 2019 thru June 2020.

I've had Best Buy's Total Tech Support - now - for 3 years. I use them more of an insurance policy, if I have an issue, they will help solve. I've used them a few times over the 3 years. Depending on the store or the person you get on the 800#, the service can be great - or just OK. However, whatever you do, don't ask for a receipt when the membership renews! Both times, when it renews it just shows up on my credit card statement. Both times I tried to call for a receipt and you will get a run- around. This year I was determined! So I chatted on line. I made an appointment and visited the store. Both said to call the 800#. So I called the 800# 4 times. The 800# said, is not their job - but they will relay the message to the billing department. Each time I was promised a receipt - by email in 2 days. Never received the email. They blame spam. Or I deleted etc. Always my fault!

I had bought fridge with Geek Squad extended warranty in 2014. Now it's not working properly so I called them on 23rd May. They created my case and promised me to send technician in 3-4 days. But no one showed up. So I called them again again on June 04 so Heidi escalate my case and gave me few number of local technician if I can find them earlier anyhow. I tried all number what she gave me and but no one available. I called them today again June 05 and asked for the update on my escalation process. The representative who was assisting me (his name Andrew and employee id: **) told me: "as per escalation result: we will try to get technician for you sooner in the coming days." Why I asked him when. He became paused and said no idea.

So, I was mislead by the Sales Rep about what was covered when I purchased my Macbook Pro (and I DID ask)... Apparently accidental damage is NOT covered...at all. The coverage specs are emailed to you (no hard copy), and you have 30 days to back out and after 30 days there are no refunds (even on multi-year coverage). I was also told that a replacement computer is provided when repairs take a certain length of time.. apparently that ALSO depends. The coverage that is "so much better than Apple Care" is not AT ALL.

I paid for installation, even though it is simple because I'm old and handicapped by a texting drunk driver. The first time they came, they didn't have the hoses for the washer or dryer. They didn't take out the pieces installed to keep the drums immobile in transit, despite many calls that suggested stupid things from matchbooks to new flooring, the machines and mounts tore themselves up and nearly shook the house down. Finally the guy who came with the proper hoses figured out the problem, they brought me new machines and mounts and they hooked up the wrong dryer hose, which promptly fell off. Finally I got the right dryer hose but they didn't clamp it to the machine, even though they did clamp it in 2 other places, so the house falls off.

If I could give the Geek Squad less than 1 star it would be about -5 stars. Starting with bad customer service from Ebony B who disconnected the chat, Jason B who kept putting me on hold so that my wait time would reset, Julian who also disconnected the chat because he didn't want to help me figure out why Jason was putting me on hold. Secondly the actual technicians, first this morning when the tech who was trying to fix my Microsoft Office instead, and installed an unlicensed version. Also he never put any notes on the account. Then after 5 hours I got King Arthur who after 5 hours of trying to fix the Microsoft office situation also disconnects and places these notes on the account.

Beware if you are buying a phone or some form of electronic from Best Buy and they ask you if you want the Geek Squad protection plan. I have been paying for the protection plan for my cell phone for the past almost 3 years. I finally needed a new phone because my current phone is basically kaput, I call them up and they tell me that my plan just expired 3 days ago! Yet they had no problem taking my money. So got hot at the person and asked to speak with a manager, the person put me on hold and after 5 mins came back to tell me that she can help me and honour the extended warranty. 3 days later I receive an iPhone same model as mine, it was a refurbished iPhone with scratches on it. After using it for a couple of hours I had found that the screen was loose at the button of the phone and was making a clicking sound when I pushed on that area.

My phone broke and was told it needs a complete replacement. Tried calling them (during COVID19) about their curbside assistance, they refused to help me, claiming that service is only for pick up products. When I insisted that this is pretty much a pick up order since they won't be fixing my phone, their response was "You would still have to finish up paperwork there and we don't do that." An electronics store with a department branded as the "GEEK SQUAD" couldn't process it online.... Once I realized I'm talking to a parrot that is repeating some BS she was told, I just hung up. Not wasting my time or energy.

Technical Support. Only three weeks after I bought a Dell computer, I started having problems. During the COVID-19 crisis, I was not able to connect with them because of the long wait. I finally had Dell support to fix my computer issues. A big waste of money to buy a contract for them to work on your computer when they can't be available.

I bought my Lenovo Ideapad from one of the Best Buy store in Montreal. When I bought this they activated full coverage protection. $29 per month. System worked tremendous speed. One year after I deactivated that plan. After that I noticed one thing, system started buffering. Till my protection plan, system was worked in superb speed. Now also I am suffering lot.

I've used this Geek Squad location numerous times in the past. While they have always done a passable job, I have always felt the service to be very overpriced for what I get. The job is mostly done, but there are always loose ends that did not get tied up. This means that I am routinely in the store dropping off or picking up my computer. This is the worst part, days without a working machine.

Bought a Surface Pro and accident plan. The surface Won’t charge. Tried to call Geek Squad. Said they can’t touch it because it might have Coronavirus now. Can’t replace it, return it, open a ticket or let anyone else look at it to void their warranty. They will fix it when they feel it is safe again. No offer to refund money, extend warranty plan to make up for time, no offer to refund warranty. My business was running off that Surface Pro and I am in an essential company. I was told by geek squad to buy a new surface and wait to repair that one later. I asked what to do with the surface I bought when he repaired the original. His response was, "Maybe you need 2?" When I said I couldn't believe they wouldn’t stand by their own replacement plan he said “maybe you shouldn’t shop at Best Buy anymore.” Well said Geek Squad Senior Store Supervisor in Sioux Falls South Dakota. I won’t be.

It had all started when i purchased a Macbook Air, the Best Buy worker asked me if i wanted to sign up for Geek Squad membership and I had said no thank you. He did not take no for an answer and went to get his MANAGER to influence my decision. They had kept asking me why I did not want to sign up pushed it on me till I felt super uncomfortable. The only reason I ended up signing up is because they gave me a discount on my macbook and they did not take no for an answer. Before signing the contract I have been clearly told that everything from physical to internal damages get 100% covered for me and that my monthly fee covers it all. I double checked and confirmed this with another best buy location too and they had told me it is true.

After spending an extra $350 for a Harmony Elite remote to handle our new HD TV and other equipment/services we have had nothing but trouble. The Harmony does not function through a wooden cabinet door despite having an RF capability and assurances from Geek Squad that it would. Integrated A/V and TV or DVD often boots up with no audio. Have replaced one Harmony remote with no improvement. Stick with using as many individual remotes as necessary to handle your system. Geek Squad disconnected home alarm system during installation resulting in service call. Squad leader jokingly advised not using Harmony with expectation of function for components within a cabinet after he advised buying the more expensive Harmony. Junking the entire setup and returning to use of individual system components.

Purchased a warranty with the Geek Squad. Before purchasing the warranty I was fully informed that I would be covered 100%! Called them cause my screen cracked. Geek squad Staff told me that they can send me a box to put my phone in so I can ship it to them. Geek squad staff also told me that I would have to pay a $200 nonrefundable fee. So I’ve been paying them $30 a month for nothing? I’ve given them in total of $400 in total and still want me to pay $200 service fee? This is ridiculous!!! Please people do yourself a favour and NOT PURCHASE THE WARRANTY!! It’s a scam basically..

I took out the Geek Squad insurance on computers and electronics. My husband made an appointment and took our computer and printer in because we couldn't get them to work together (by usb). They fixed it supposedly. Since I am handicapped and ill I didn't try it right away. Today I needed to print and sign and send back an important medical document. The printer wouldn't print out the PDF file (which was one of the problems we particularly mentioned.) It wouldn't work.

TV has a very light spot through 1/2 the screen and Best Buy cannot fix not will they replace my Tv. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON GEEK SQUAD OR ANY OTHER EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH BEST BUY. Had to call to get a refund on the rest of my remaining balance of geek squad. Got off work early and all to have them come to my house and “can’t fix”. Such a waste.

They charge you for phones you haven't even had since 2014. They cancel plans. Make it your problem. You update your account they dont add your cards. If they try and suck you into Geek Squad run the other way. All they do is hang up and blame you. I have recordings from it. Well Geek Squad get ready for court.. IM DONE FIGHTING WITH YOU GUYS. IT'S BEEN 2 WEEKS FIGHTING. Please look and check your Bills. Make sure you're up to date.

First I was told it had insurance in Mexico as I was moving. They said yes twice as I renewed the plan. It wasn't true. I paid to ship my phone to two friends. As they couldn't fix it. I paid for replacement and kept paying my monthly plan. In the store they said it had to be done on the phone. And in the phone in the store. They took more than eight months and I never got my replacement. They scammed me. Don't trust them. They just steal your money. Even the last person of Geek Squad that attended me told me to sue them. Also calls last at least a Hour. Don't trash your money.

Geek Squad was fine at first. Until my BitDefender service which is provided by geek squad stopped working which caused my computer to crash. Multiple calls were made to geek squad and they were unable to fix the issue every time.

I needed my phone screen fixed and have never had a repair on my phone in the last 9 months I had it. I got a call 20 minutes after I dropped my phone off saying the screws were stripped and they could not repair the screen due to that issue but take into consideration that the screws were NEVER touched. The tech should not have kept trying due to obviously not having the correct tool therefore they absolutely ruined the phone on their part. I would rather spend the extra money and drive 2 hours to an actual Apple store instead of getting my belongings ruined by the “professionals”.

I received an email saying my contract was up. Payments came out for 3 more months. I called to cancel and asked to be refunded the 3 months (less than $45). I was then given 3 different sets of information (the contract auto renews yearly, which is what the email said - no, it just said it was canceled. The contract is actually four years and I get an email yearly to tell me that - also false. The contract is 3 years, but the email I got showed the renewal that happens at two years -also false. Why would I get a renewal email at 2 years if the contract is 3?). After 20 minutes of arguing on the phone, I finally hung up. Keep your $45 Best Buy, multi-billion dollar company.

I purchased two TVs, two sound bars, calibration for both sets and wall mounting plus installation. The Best Buy rep said that I could save money if I bought a Geek Squad membership. He said I could cancel if I didn't like it. But beware! This is not true. It'll cost me $246.00 if I cancel the plan one month in. Doesn't matter if the service wasn't there, nor the inks - I'm on the hook. I wanted to cancel because when I called to get my wireless printer connected the fellow couldn't see my screen on his screen. He said he was going to find out why, and would call me back. He didn't call me back.

So I had Geek Squad come over to my house this morning to change my lock into a digital one. They weren't able to do it since the new digital lock has a smaller compartment. They suggested me to hire a professional locksmith to do the job. They then reinstalled the original lock back in which they probably messed up because I cannot lock or unlock my door from the outside.... I am now stuck in my own home.

I have multiple Best Buy purchases with the extended Geek Squad warranty, but I’m not leaving a review about appliances. The insane wait time to talk to a human when you actually need help is atrocious and they hang up on you after they ask you to please hold… I was texted from a number I tried to call it, and it’s a SPAM number trying to get me to sign up for a free vacation. Today I was given an 8 hour window for a technician that pulled a no call-no show. I will no longer be shopping at Best Buy, I can go to Home Depot or where ever else. (Most likely cheaper) The aggravation just isn’t worth the cost of admission. Plenty of appliance repair people in my area that I found while waiting...

I just had to take a few minutes to acknowledge the excellent service I received from Geek Squad. Two of your service reps bent over backwards to accommodate me. Their names are Pete (the tech.) and a young lady named Jordan.

To begin with I am a 70 year old man with limited computer experience. I was told that for $175 the Geek Squad would visit my home [$50 extra] and set up my computer, fix my router problem and even correct my Netflix account. When a Geek showed up [10 days after making appointment.] I was told that to set up my computer system [which I purchased at Best Buy] it was $50 to set up CPU, another $50 to set up printer, and finally another $50 to transfer data to my new computer. When I protested and said I was told ANY AND ALL services would be completed in the SAME visit, I was told EACH item was a service in itself- and an extra $50 each-setting up my computer was $50 for visit plus $150. Plus, even if I was willing to pay that, the Geek only allotted my visit a certain amount of time, so forget the router problem, etc.

I have been doing business with Best Buy and Geek Squad for a few years, but after this last experience, I have ended my contract with them. A week ago, I had trouble with my printer not printing correctly. I called Geek Squad, only to be told that all of the reps were busy, so I requested a call back. I was told it would be a 45 minute wait. I called again after 45 minutes, and talked to somebody by the name of Wensher. He remotely access my computer and tried to fix my printer, only to make matters worse by making it to where I can’t print at all from my computer! He was going to connect me to another agent, which took about 35 minutes extra!

Geek Squad will automatically bill your credit card for the next year's service even if you didn’t authorize it! Geek squad will also tell you your computer or laptop has a motherboard issue! Be careful, take it home and charge the device. You may find it works just fine and it appears to be a ploy to get you to buy a new item!

If I had known over the course of three years I would be paying Geek Squad just over $600 I would NOT have agreed to become a member. Over priced, unclear information given to me. Seller was not interested in getting to know me as a person therefore didn’t get curious about my needs/wants or even my income. I was 20 year old college student who worked very little hours. I say Geek Squad sucks, get AppleCare 100%. OH AND at least Apple is CLEAR, and straight to the point about being able to get refunded. Yey!

They have ghosted us on 2 separate appointments, no call, no show. Our tv has been broke for 1 month now and nobody is helpful when you call their customer service. Half the time they hang up on you or "lose connection." This is the worst experience I've ever had with a repair service.

I am extremely disappointed in their lack of customer service both in stores and ESPECIALLY over the phone. I will tell all of my friends, family and colleagues not to spend their hard-earned money at your stores. On 12/29/19 - I wanted a TV mounted in my son's nursery so I signed up for the Geek Squad service "premium mounting" for $199.99. Which according to their website means paying to mount a TV on a wall that is not sheet rock. They showed up 7+hrs late on 12/30/19 and said we needed a different mounting and then the initial one we bought. Since they left the ticket "open" we could not get an appointment because they were going to pick up a mount for us.

I like to as of now explain a possible situation. I belong and I believe I think that Best Buy’s Geek Squad had something to do with it. So I’m going to tell you a story. A while back I was getting out of nowhere these blue screens. I don’t know where they came from but they were random. I heard a windows upload went wrong at some point and many Window users were getting them. So I brought my PC in to the GEEK SQUAD. And they said they had to well give me a new windows 10 from scratch. I was not happy about this but I said can you back everything up so I could re assemble it when it was a fresh install. They said yes.

I bought a two tvs, sound bar, and a router from Best Buy and purchased a 5 year extended warranty to cover them. The installation was good and the technicians who did the install were great. The problem is when you do have an issue is getting someone to answer the phone and get service. Two of the the technicians gave me their cell phone numbers and said to call them anytime. I did call them five times and they never returned a call. I called the Geek Squad number and was on hold twice. One time was for 28 minutes. I hung up and called back and was on hold for another 18 minutes before I gave up. They will be glad to take your money, but getting someone to come out or answer the phone is not a safe bet.

Geek Squad is a Scam. I have had the accident protection plan since June 2018 yet they have been unhelpful no matter where I go. I say this because I had it for my Samsung S9 but I realized that online a handful of stores nationwide repair Samsung phones. This means that your local best buy store might not be able to help you, rather you'll have to go in-person to the one accredited store in your region (not state). For example, the only location in Ohio is in Columbus, and there are no East Coast locations. This means that one would have to make day trips to drop off Samsung phones in person and pick it up. How would you sell a service that people in other locations can't use? That's predatory.

Online service for support is not good. On hold for every then cuts you off without help or any answers to your questions. Was a waste of money and a rip off getting this plan. If you ask them a question, they disconnect.

As of now Geek Squad is in the process of refunding my money. As it takes 12-14 days I will consider it resolved for now but IF I’m not credited I will repost.

I would give zero if I could. My phone's screen was damaged, so I asked for a replacement. The replacement phone was even worse than my original one. The battery kept dying on me at 30% of charge. So, I called and told them about the situation. The manager told me that they will send a replacement, but ha can not guarantee that the new replacement won't have any issue. So far I paid a monthly fee of 15$ for 14 months and a deduction fee of 220$ for the replacement. If you are reading this and are considering to buy the protection plan, you should definitely stop. Just go with Apple care, it is both cheaper and better quality of service.

They are the most useless installers. I wouldn’t recommend them. Cheaper and better to get your handyman to do your installation. I had them come to my house 3 times now. Every time telling me different stories. I believe they don’t know what they are doing. It is just a coverup. They throw larger fees every time.

To keep it short, I have been hung up on twice, chat agent dropped connection with me after requesting to speak with a manager, a call was accidentally dropped and received no call back, I never received the service I paid for. ($100 for about 10 minutes or so of beginning to back up info on my hard drive, which later resulted in an error) I'm just done with it.

I tried two days in a row to book in-home service call with absolutely no luck. On hold forever no matter time I called. Online support could not solve the problem and suggested to book appointment. I have protection plan and will not renew if this is an ongoing problem. Very disappointed in Best Buy.

On Dec 30th I carried my non-working PS4 and it was 13 months old. I waited patiently 3 weeks while they "repaired it." I went to the store to pick it up. Now mind you the service order status site says If they cannot get me my "NEW ITEM" they will replace it. I took it home after being assured it was fixed and the same one. YEAH RIGHT I am so stupid I didn't take a picture of the serial number and have the original box with it. NO IT WASN'T the same one. Not only that but it worked SOMEWHAT for 7 hours and then seemed to overheat, quit working and lost the PS4 software. I take it back today and they smile and say, "All we can do is return it and you will get it back in 21 more days. If that doesn't suit you call the corporate office and see what they can do," as they were chuckling. I thought something's not right here. Well you guess it.

I got an LG fridge and the ice maker quit on me. They sent out a technician without the parts the first time so I rescheduled. They sent the same technician with everything BUT the part needed. Then it went to adjudication because they said the part was discontinued and that they would have to replace the entire refrigerator but in adjudication, they said that an icemaker is a luxury item and that they wouldn't replace it. THEN they said they could get the part and rescheduled and sent another technician and guess what? They didn't have the part... They have rescheduled again and say they do now, in fact, have the part. I have missed 3 days of work so far with no apology or compensation.

I lost my phone and I call the agency to claim my phone and they did everything, I paid the fees and they said it will be done in 2-5 days. I Waited for a week, still didn't get anything. And then I called them and ask for the status of it and they said they cannot see my thing and it will take another 2-5 business days just to get the info. No phones for 2 weeks still hear from them.. insurance money wasted.

My computer was running very slow. I called the central Geek Squad number (I couldn't find a number for my local Geek Squad) for repairs. Chris (from Kentucky!) told me that for $39.99 I could drop off my computer for a “tune up”. She said they would defragment it, remove any viruses, and do other things to bring it back to its original speed. I asked her a number of times if this was the only charge. She said it was. She wrote it up and gave me the reference number of **. She also signed me up for an appointment at 10:20 am the next day at my local Geek Squad store (Crossgates Mall, Albany, NY).

I called countless times to report my dryer and after 40 minutes to an hour on the line they made an appointment for me within a week and the day came they didn't come because they had taken the address and phone number wrong (this happened twice). In conclusion the worst customer service I have seen.

I normally pass on extended warranties or protection plans, but when I purchased my laptop the salesperson talked me into the Geek Squad Protection Plan by telling me that I only needed to pay for 6 months of it and then they were very unclear and I understood after that that I would still have protection for the next couple of years and it would already be paid for in the first 6 months. I realize that this misunderstanding was also my fault because I did not read the fine print.

I bought TV a year ago and paid for warranty about $700. One year later with a few hours of watching this TV colors changed and become distorted. On December 4th, I requested the service and was scheduled for December 9th. After waiting for 5 hours I called Geek Squad that my order was never passed to the third party repair people. Now, 3 and a half weeks later my TV is still not working, Geek Squad representatives passing my request from one third party repair companies to another, it is NOT possible to get any explanations why my orders are cancelled by someone over and over. It is NOT possible to get them to communicate between each other since “right hand doesn’t know what left hand is doing”.

In April 2018 I made the mistake of buying a Laptop at Best Buy. I paid extra for set-up, Microsoft office and Geek Squad. Set up was faulty, I couldn't use Office and when I showed up for Geek appointment at 4:00, one person was the so called "squad" and he told me to come back that night at 8:30. I am handicapped and had to bring my laptop in a cart. I DID NOT return to that store. I was over-charged and under-served by several hundred dollars. I write now because I'm still upset especially seeing HSN and QVC offers. I have to start all over and buy another laptop etc. A complete waste of time at Best Buy AND 900$. This HP360 has never worked properly, I never used the faulty Office software and this Geek Squad does not exist. A rip-off in every way.

I received excellent customer service from Geek Squad. I was having trouble getting my iPhone to connect to my PC for picture download. They gave me several tips and then offered for me to bring my equipment in, so that they could troubleshoot the problems I was having. I appreciate the Geek Squad in Garland Texas so much. Everyone was kind and wonderful and it was an extremely busy day.

I called the Geek Squad customer service number because I am a platinum member and they told me that my membership had expired but it was supposed to be until 2020. I called the 800 number to see if I can add my card And continue my service being that I was still a member. The person I spoke to on the phone told me that they were not capable of doing anything to my account because it had expired so she wasn't allowed to do anything else. I explain to her that when I call it still says that I’m active so I did not know that I wasn’t. "Is there anything that anyone could do." She told me no again. I asked her to speak to a supervisor. She again told me it was nothing they could do. I told her. "It’s nothing you can do but I would like to speak to a supervisor. It’s your job. You’re supposed to get me a supervisor."

I bought my computer 2 yrs ago this coming boxing day and had Gk Sq added. Long story short, a yr later needing help I called & was told my subscript EXPIRED. Long story short in the same experience where I called for info which the person serving me was SO unskilled. I heard someone sitting next to her cuing her every word. It was long, drawn out silliness. I almost fell asleep while on the phone with her. She was actually reading every word for word while talking AT me.

I bought a lifetime warranty for $799.00. Terrible mistake. Every time you call they give you excuses. Tell you that they will call you back. They never do. When you give a call back they give you another excuse. For the last 30 hours they tell you their server is down. They are never a help. And won’t refund your money so that you can go to a company that will get the job done. Save your time and money and go elsewhere.

Brought my computer to Geek Squad in St. John's, NL and not only did they tell me my hard drive had to be replaced they told me they couldn't recover my data. I paid $270 to them and ended up with a smaller hard drive than what I had originally and was told my data was gone. However, another company took my hard drive and not only found all my data they told me my hard drive was fine. They even turned my old drive into an external so I can use it for backup. I called them today and demanded a refund... The girl said she would have to talk to a manager ... called me back, offered $20 .. I told them they better talk to the manager again. They have a bunch of people working there that are not qualified to do what they advertise.

Purchased an iPhone 7 a couple of years ago and decided to get the warranty as the sales associate was very convincing. Brought the phone to BB as I cracked the screen and they told me to call their warranty office as they do not handle warranties at the store (not what I was told when I purchased the phone). I called and they told me there will be a $226 processing fee and that my phone replacement credit could be less if there was anything else wrong with the phone. Considering you can purchase the same phone for the same price, the warranty is absolutely garbage. If I knew this I would not have purchased the warranty. Sales associates on commission, I should have known better.

We have a retail store and are totally dependent on our Lenovo Point Of Sale computer. In order to not have problems we have had a contract for service with Geek Squad for several years. Our computer started running slow so we had Geek Squad log in and run diagnostics. It took over an hour and when they were done our Intuit Point of Sale didn't work at all. We ended up losing 4 hours of business while Intuit replaced/repaired what Geek Squad "FIXED". Afterwards we couldn't get a live person on the phone locally or through their website. We lost hundreds of dollars in sales! Very poor service!!

My family have had numerous Samsung phones, with 4 claims over 8 years where I had once to pay $75 since I had broke the screen. Got our daughter an IPHone 7, it is 2 years old now and the phone slipped out of her pocket as she stood up and it cracked the glass. I am told for this phone it is $200 to fix the screen after paying 2 yrs of protection. I can have the glass replaced for that much so how does the protection help me with a now ~$300 dollar phone that I have paid almost 400 for the protection to charge me the full cost of repair. I was surprised and appalled by this. So after the first year, carrying forward protection for Iphones with them may very well be more expensive than dealing with it yourself. Buyer beware.

When I bought my phone (Samsung Galaxy S7) I purchased a protection for it under GeekSquad. I started paying $15.8 every month. 20 months later my phone's display cracked and I got in touch with the Geek Squad. They did not find my account, even though my credit card was showing I have paid them every 24th day of the month. They asked me for another phone number I might have used, which was just not possible. I've had this number for 5 years.

My computer crashed. Data was not available. Talked into sending it to Best Buy's Geek Squad despite a previous experience that was not positive. BIG MISTAKE. This was a business computer, that we use every day. They charged me $150. To rush the work. They had my computer for 3 weeks... That is not a rush to me. Were hard to reach to find out anything, unresponsive to contacts with them. I WILL NEVER USE THE GEEK SQUAD AGAIN. I am sure I could have had a local computer person recover my data in very short order and they would have kept me informed as to progress. Awful experience again.

We purchased Geek Squad Insurance for three new cell phones thru Best Buy. We decided to get the Insurance which we pay $13.49 per phone per month. Nearly 2 years later we tried to make a claim on one phone. First call to Geek Squad we were told we had to go back to Best Buy to make the claim, then at Best Buy we were told a claim had to be made on line thru Geek Squad, which at that time were given a claim number and were told they would get back to us. Finally after waiting a few weeks I called their 1800 number. Telling them what the problem was with the phone Patrick (the Rep) said they would be mailing us a new phone. Well that was easy.... until he mentioned he was going to Bill our credit card $650.00. I asked him why and his response was, "Well we are sending you a new phone."

I have bought an Apple devices and now a dishwasher through Best Buy and have the extended plan guarantee and I am right now having problems and to get hold of Geek Squad is difficult. I hold twice for more than 20 minutes and to told me that I had to call the manufacturer of the dishwasher and I had to hold another 20 minutes to get hold of them which then they have a geek squad to call you and make an appointment the next day and finally have someone coming. I am not planning in getting anything with an extended guarantee in Best Buy or have a geek squad.

I replaced my HP laptop with a HP Pavilion 360 at Best Buy October 23, 2019. I purchased a Geek Squad service agreement for $199.99. The monitor I had been using on my old laptop would not work on my new one. I contacted Geek Squad support twice to troubleshoot without success. I thought I would try and troubleshoot the problem myself. In the process my screen went blank. I called Geek Squad again for assistance without success. The agent asked if I would like to have a technician come to my house. I said yes. She said he would be there on December 26th. I thought she was kidding, she wasn't. I said I could not wait for two months. In frustration I decided to take my laptop back to Best Buy. When I unplugged my monitor my screen came back to life. My point is, buying the 24/7 support agreement was a serious waste of money.

I have been using Geek Squad for over 5 yrs and now they are using techs from foreign countries with any phone help that I cannot half the time understand. When I ask for a tech that lives in the USA they keep sending me to a foreign person who lives in another country and it starts all over again. Even when typing with them I cannot understand what they are telling me most of the time.

I recently took my 5 month old I phone to the Geek Squad for what I thought was a battery replacement issue. Because it was only 5 months old, it should be covered under the 1 year Mfg warranty. After an hour, a representative comes out and tells me the battery is cracked and it is not covered under the original warranty because this appears to be drop damage. I ask the representative to show me the external damage that would have to happen to drop the phone with such force that the protected battery would crack. He told me there wouldn't necessarily be external damage. Then he tried to sell me a new phone and told me he couldn't give me back my old one because it was hazardous. After a not so pleasant exchange, I was able to get my NEVER BEEN DROPPED iPhone back from him.

In 2017 I bought a phone under my ex's carrier. I purchased the mobile insurance under what I thought to be my info with my credit card. This past August 2019, I had fraud on my card and had to change my card information. I try to keep on top of my subscriptions and check my statements monthly. Most of subscriptions pull directly from my checking so it usually isn't a problem. In September, my 6 month old son died. Well I've since begun to make sure my all my finances are in order and noticed that I didn't see the insurance for the last few months.

Late August of this year my son took his 2 year old Dell Inspiron laptop to the Geek Squad at 2200 S. University Drive in Davie, FL because it wouldn’t start. He was charged $212 to diagnose and repair the problem. When he went back a week later to pick it up, he was told the operating system was corrupt and both solid state drive and motherboard had failed. Seriously, what’s the likelihood of those three things all happening at the same time??? Furthermore, they said the laptop couldn’t be repaired and simply returned it broken. Smelling something fishy, I shipped the laptop to Dell and within a week got a repair estimate for $59 ($9 parts/$50 labor). My son now has his laptop back in working order and we will never again use Geek Squad. I would rate them zero stars if I could.

I recently purchased a new LG refrigerator from Best Buy in Cambridge Ontario. After only 18 months the sealed unit inside the fridge stopped working and the fridge stopped cooling. I called Geek Squad because I had purchased extended warranty through them (which was a mistake). They send out a 3rd party technician to have a look at the fridge and he told me that the sealed unit was no good. He had to wait until the next day to get authorization to order the part, I had to call the 3rd party place myself in the afternoon for them to tell me that they had not been authorized to order the replacement part.

My husband bought a gaming laptop and asked for the Geek Squad insurance. That is $22/month. I bought my laptop and said no to geek squad. I didn’t need it as my husband already had it. Recently found out that I have been billed for geek squad on both of my bank accounts, my account and the joint account with my husband, so $22/month on each account. This would have started after my laptop purchase but since I have work and kids I didn’t notice the extra missing from my account. When I actually checked it had been taken out each month for well over a year. I have been given the run around and still have no answers.

I I went to Geek Squad to get security cameras installed. They asked me to pay the full amount before installing cameras as well as survey fee. On the date of survey visit, I was told that we can not install the cameras to this house because of some limitations imposed by geek squad. Very struggling to get my money back.

First no one every told as a customer that I could only go to 2 locations in my state to fix my phone with Geek Squad protection. Cool. I make an appt for one and the things days will be fixed SAME day if parts available and have to leave work early. Ok get there for my appt. Parts are all in and boom they tell me they cant fix it same day because the tech has the number allowed repairs for the day. So I wasted time off work, almost an hour sitting there and I have to now take more time off work to go back. Very sad that a company advertises one thing and says another.

I have had Geek Squad try to fix my computer. 5 Times they tried and 5 Times I still have an issue but worse. Figuring that I had to wait a total of 10 hours plus before a got help it's lost time without a solution. They fixed my Google so it opens when I start my computer and opening the last page I was on. Not a repair - just a way to fix my solution without fixing my problem. Very Disappointed and wasted money.

Computer service. Took system in to have internet fixed. System has been there for 45 days and still not fixed. Last time I went in they didn't have my power cable and all files were missing from the system. They suck.

We had purchased a high-performing ASUS laptop for roughly $1700. It worked well for a few months, and then the mother board died. Since it was covered under a 1 year manufacturer warranty, we decided to make a claim to have it repaired. Unfortunately, due to the fact that it was a Best Buy exclusive model, the only way to make the claim was to submit it to the Geek Squad service. I should emphasize that we were reluctant to trust our device with Geek Squad, considering the awful stories we've heard from friends, but it was either this, or eat the price of new laptop and buy another. At the time, it made the most sense to claim the warranty and trust Geek Squad. In retrospect, this was a stupid idea, and we would have been far better off eating the cost of the laptop.

I purchased an HP a computer and I asked if I can install my brother printer on there as I Need to download drivers. In the the and sales person said yes it would be no problem and proceeded to sell me the Geek Squad just in case to get help with that. I told him I need to go home and install printer and print out for work ASAP. He assured me they would help me even thought my printer was r purchased at Best Buy!! I go him I try to install my computer and it comes up as safe mode so I proceeded to call geek squad and I got hung up on twice with arrogant customer service. Told me I can’t install my printer. I said why. She said "It’s in s mode and we can’t help you with that".

Purchased a TV from Best Buy online for my elderly father online. Tried to get the delivery and installation done on the same day. Impossible! Spent hours doing trying. Calls seem to be handled by call center agents who have no idea what they are doing. Put on hold multiple times for long periods of time. Even accidentally hung up on multiple times. One agent refused to let me speak to his manager. That same agent wanted a receipt number for the TV which was different from online confirmation number, and which I did not have, in order to book the delivery. Ended up waiting for delivery and then called Geek Squad (apparently a totally different company from Best Buy). This time the agent told me I needed two separate appointments, one for taking my dad's old TV off the mount on the wall and disposing of it and the other for installing the TV. WTF?

My experience was terrible. My computer was having what should have been a relatively minor repair and I ended up paying for a backup of my files and programs to ensure I didn't lose anything. After my fourth trip to get the same repair completed in under a month, they called to ask if it was ok to wipe the memory of the computer after they backed up the files. Considering that is what I paid for more than a month earlier it came as a surprise that this still hadn't been done.

I purchased a Total Tech Support from Best Buy, less than a year ago. I have attempted to get them to come and service my washer, dryer and oven. Within this year of my plan several times in the store and several times over the phone with Geek Squad they had told me they do not have anyone who travels to my area at this time. It's a scam. I have asked to be reimbursed my $200. Best says they can not reimburse, yet they sold me a service in which technicians have never been available to service my appliances. Take them to small claims court if necessary. This is exactly how you lose people's business. No integrity at all.

I was part of the original PPE warranty from Best Buy. It was amazing ya could prove ya had something wrong with your cell phone and they would do a straight exchange on the spot. In 2017 they notified me they were phasing it out & if I needed to make a claim I needed to do it now. I did. I went from my iPhone 5s to my iPhone 7. At that time they were just rolling out the GSPT. I was told if anything happened to my phone It would keep the value of the phone at the time of purchase (at that time it was $899.99) and I’d get a gift card for it instead of an exchange & I’d be responsible for obtaining my new phone.

I brought a working tower into the Total Tech Support to be cleaned. Picked it up and they told me it no longer works! I brought it working. Very mad! Then I asked to cancel my total tech, I wanted a refund. They said no refunds. I said, “Why would I ever dare bring anything else after you broke my tower.” I want money back. I can’t use this service, I don't want other stuff broke! So now useless for a year. They gave me no money for my tower either! Just wanted it clean, and now I need to buy a new one!

I was basically conned into buying Geek Squad protection for my mobile device. I say conned bc the Best Buy rep lied to me saying I could go in store & have the phone changed, but when I needed to change my phone bc it was no longer working, I made a special trip (1hr drive) to my closest bestbuy just to be told I couldn't do it instore & had to call in & deal with the call centre & have it all done by mail... I also had to put a 700$ deposit on my card every time I changed the phone. Which was about 7x bc they send refurbished phones AND NOT ONE PHONE WORKED. They were all sent back bc of one issue or another. If it wasn't the battery it was the speakers sounding messed up, or the phone would constantly overheat, or sometimes it would act like it had a ghost & open apps on its own.

First thing they never explained protection plan at BEST BUY in Edmonton, Alberta. After 2 YEARS when I already paid around $300 for cellphone protection plan plus $$$ for Screen protector now I have minor crack on my Samsung Galaxy 8+ cell phone and it gets hang some times. I called their customer care @ 1-800-433-5778. Long story short they told me to bring my phone to any BEST BUY location. So I went to the same location I bought my phone from.

Worst service I have ever had from a company. This place is brutal. I have been on the phone with them 4 times now, every single person wasted 20+ mins of my time and assured me the problem was solved (just trying to get a return shipping label sent to me) and I still don't have my shipping label. I have encountered 3 separate errors on the website which the people at the call center have no answers for. Avoid this entire company at all costs.

Hi, One of the worst experienced with Geek Squad Total tech support and best buy shop. Bought a TV at best buy location (7001 Fayetteville Rd Ste 113, Durham, NC 27713) and later once ceiling speaker were finalized then bought it at another location in (237 Crossroads Blvd, Cary, NC 27518) with total tech support to install Speaker and TV mount on the wall.

I have an LG refrigerator that broke after 2 years. I bought the Geek Squad warranty so I thought I was good. They came to the house and said they couldn't fix, to talk with LG. LG can't fix it either. It's been about 6 weeks since my family has been without a refrigerator. Now we're going to have to buy another one even though we bought it from Best Buy and got the Geek Squad 5 year extended warranty. How does that happen? It's a $3,000 item and the Geek Squad warranty was another $299 I think. Useless warranty since we're forced to buy a new one. It's tough not having a refrigerator for this long.

When attempting to replace the lithium battery in my iPhone 5s, the employee with whom I met misinformed me that the battery was no longer available--if it was, it would take at least two weeks to obtain--and that I really had no intelligent choice but to upgrade to a newer iPhone. Shortly thereafter, online I discovered that this was untrue. Seeking an alternative, I found that a competing company CPR was able to replace the battery (which was on-hand) IMMEDIATELY within one hour for a nominal charge; thus demonstrating that GEEK SQUAD is dishonest and its employees MUST be receiving some type of kickback for encouraging clients to abandon their perfectly good phones to buy much more expensive newer iPhones. Thank goodness we walked out of Best Buy and made our way to the CPR store, where we learned the truth, and had our problem remedied quickly and inexpensively (with friendliness and no attitude).

The salespeople in the Hartsdale NY location are only concerned about commission. Here’s an example: I purchased a new laptop running Windows 10. It was running in something called S mode which was never explained or told to me. They added on software including antivirus. Unfortunately I can’t install it because this version of Windows restricts what you can install only from Microsoft! What a scam! THIS WAS NEVER EXPLAINED to me! Will never trust or buy from Geek Squad or Best Buy ever again.

I was told at Best Buy that this service would provide me with an in home technician within 24-48 hours of my service request. I live in Los Angeles within 2 miles of Best Buy. The first request I made took 30 minutes on the phone to schedule and after waiting for 30 more minutes on hold I was told the earliest appointment was in 10 days. The second time it was a 4 day wait and I ended up calling Hello Tech who sent someone out the same day. This is a total rip-off service and they refused to credit me for my 9 remaining months because “I should have cancelled the service within 30 days” to qualify for a refund. Do yourself a huge favor. Don’t sign up for this crap service.

Our LG refrigerator/freezer has been out for (2) months, has had (3) technicians, and a number 4 coming this week. Bought in 2016 with extended warranty. However they will NOT honor that we have a lemon. Geek Squad has been absolutely worthless in helping, but they are great at giving the run around. I am disabled, plus diabetic. Have to keep my insulin at my neighbors house. Not sure where to turn to, other than contacting the news. Or contacting an attorney, to join a class action lawsuit. Never again will we purchase anything at Best Buy, or Pacific Sales. Worst customer service I have ever seen.

These people are a major disaster. We purchased The same day a 65” TV, soundbar, surround sound and the installation. When they arrived for the appointment they said whoever entered it forgot the surround sound. So we go to the store to fix the problem and they said we had to pay for it not to mention we were at the store 3 hours. We had taken a picture for our appointment date, time, And even the installers name. The day comes and we notice 3 hours have passed and nobody has called. We call the geek squad and they say they can’t do anything you have to call the store because you don’t show an appointment. So after 2 hours we speak to a manager and they are going to refund us the money and give us the appointment we need.

Purchased an extended warranty from Best Buy Geek Squad. Agent left out crucial information such as every home visit is $49.99 regardless of item being serviced. Was not including doing the warranty purchase information.

For the past year we have been having to deal with a ice maker in our Samsung fridge that was purchased from Best Buy, that has been repaired, replaced, resealed, & even the replacement of the thru the ice maker door. It leaks, ice builds up in it & we can’t even take the ice maker out because of it. The last 3 times A&E repair service (thru Sears) came out & each time the tech says there’s nothing they can do to repair it. Spoke with a Geek Squad supervisor named Josie today & she tells me sorry, but the tech reports that it was working when they left & until they say it’s not working, they will have to continue to come out. Apparently it doesn’t work, you’ve been coming to my home for the pass year trying to fix it. I suggest you not buy any Samsung kitchen appliance & get your service warranty through someone other than Geek Squad.

I took my laptop into the store because the wifi had stopped working and it was relatively new. Paid for the technical support and they determined it needed to be shipped to their service center. The technicians determined it needed new motherboard. Changed it but didn't put Windows product key on it or provide it in paperwork. Picked up computer and windows not activated. Took back to store and after 5 days I got the "run-a-round" that they had "escalated it" but had not heard back from the technician. Computer/technical "gurus" have a system where you must communicate through email ONLY? REALLY? Called Windows myself and was told they could fix it if I had the computer. Retrieved my computer and fixed in 20 minutes....AT NO COST! Store employees were great, heck, technician may be great, but that system is SERIOUSLY broken.

I have had Geek Squad protection on my last two PCs bought there with little to no problems, till now. I'm guessing their profits are slipping and there is pressure on the Geek Squad team to sell Total Protection services. My services were renewed annually via an email notification until this year. The tech in the store told me and other customers in my presence that people were complaining that they didn't get renewal emails this year. I didn't get mine. My theory is that since they discontinued the plan I had and now only offer a $200 a yr auto renewal plan that doesn't include hardware issues they didn't want people to know their plans expired. I witnessed a woman falling for it in my presence as I declined in store. The tech tells a manager who was passing by "got another one". To which the manager celebrates that they sold another Total Protection scam plan.

I received a replacement phone on my Geek Squad Protection Plan. Two months later the phone had some hardware or system problems that will not allow me to open my camera. Since receiving my phone, the 2 year protection plan ended and Geek Squad says they can't do anything to fix or replace my broken phone. So, the protection I got was an $8 bill for 2 years and $150 deductible for a phone that lasted 2 months. I have 5 kids that will each be having cell phones soon (2 already do). Best Buy will not get any more business from me and I will let others know this is a very poor choice to make so they don't encounter a similar situation.

I have recently purchased a home security system. After a lot of research, I bought the system from Best Buy, paid the $100 to have Geek Squad come to my house and evaluate how and where they were going to install it. The appointment was supposed to be 2 pm-7 pm. They came 12:30 pm. Lucky we were home. At the end of the visit I was asked what I thought the installation fee would be. I told them that Best Buy told me $350-$400, leaving room for extra parts and wires added on to the fee. I was told I had the wrong information. The installation fee is $900...!!! He said the other price is for Geek Squad members, not me. What the...

I bought all of my appliances from Best Buy because the warranty was the best value at the time. I have had several issues with my washer over the past three years and dealing with Geek Squad has been a nightmare. Every time I call I am on hold for a minimum of 45 minutes. Then it takes about a week to get a Technician out to my house, at which time they look at the machine and order parts. Which takes several more days to get. So basically it takes forever to fix any issue, and if the washer can’t be used this is not good, especially in my household where I do laundry everyday. I will never buy anything from Best Buy.

Trying to get Geek Squad Techs Andrew and Jason back to my house because sound bar is NOT fixed (see previous review) - on hold on 1-800-433-5778 and advised wait time 50 minutes to speak to a rep???? Really? Tried chatting online but told they couldn't help me and I needed to call 1-800-433-5778 .... I am sooo frustrated I could scream.

Laptop yearly service was automatically charged to my Citibank account causing an unpaid balance and a 80 point drop in my credit score. Trying to get Best Buy to correct this issue with Citibank and the credit bureau has been unsuccessful. I will no longer use Geek Squad or purchase any products from Best Buy and I will encourage others not to as well.

My refrigerator caught on fire due to the board blowing up. I called Geek Squad and after a series of questions including, "Can you plug it back in and see what it does," they agreed to send a tech out 3 days later! He arrived and said board was bad and it would take a week to get it. Called Best Buy nothing they can do but wait. A week goes by a different tech comes out. First guy ordered wrong part, please wait another week. Called Best Buy again, "Nothing we can do." Wait another week third tech comes out. Replaces board still doesn’t work. Need to order more parts. See you in another week. Call Best Buy still can’t do anything for you... Oh and we aren’t covering your food spoilage claim... Thanks a lot dummies. A month later still no refrigerator!

We purchased a top of the line Sony 4K TV which came with a soundbar approx 2 years ago. The soundbar worked for approx 6 months, and then stopped working and we recently contacted Geek Squad (who initially installed it) in an attempt to rectify the situation. We started by calling 1-800-433-5778 which was a joke - passed from person to person and after 10 minutes on hold, line went dead. We tried to call the (Burlington, Ontario) store but we couldn't get anyone to pick up in 3 separate attempts. Finally, we drove to store and Geek Squad Rep was easy to deal with and booked us a next day appointment for a home visit.

Was overseeing an install of a senior's security camera system that was needed to capture drunken abusive couple who harassed, attacked and stole property from the elder buyer. First appt: GS sent out inexperienced hardwire techs; had to schedule another appt. Multiple appts later and the system is still not working properly. At the last appt. to address the non-working night vision camera the GS was a no show. One excuse after another as to why they are not finished or correctly working. From day one cameras had snow flurry on the screen on the night vision, can't see much of anything at night due to this. Then one camera has no night vision at all.

I took my computer that was knock out due to a lightning strike and to see if it could be fixed but it was fried. What the Geek Squad did do for me is load all my old stuff from my fried computer into a new one I bought there for a good deal I might add. And only charged me $80.00. So with the headache I was looking at without all my info and they got it done in only 2 day. Very impressed. Thank you Geek Squad in Farragut TN for a job well done.

I bought a 5 year extended warranty with my LG refrigerator in 2017. I had a problem with it and a Geek Squad tech came out to the house. We were told the problem was in a sealed system that they can’t replace and we were advised to call LG. I’m not sure why I paid $299.99 for a 5 year warranty. I looked at the paperwork and it appears that issues involving regular wear should be covered. This was a worthless expense and I’m really disappointed.

I have been paying for them 4 years then with the first issue with my device they want to charge me. They are using the original device warranty then will let you pay again after that. Don't waste your money. If I saved what I paid for then I would buy a new device now.

First of all I did not go through with the service. I have been trying to boot my new PC Build's operating system however I was having trouble doing so using the Bootcamp Assistant on my Mac. I asked him to do that for me and he said I had to have a key. I already bought the key and then he told me because I had a key that the service wouldn't be free. I said of course I know I was expecting it to be $20 at the max to do the simple and FREE (Free if you had another Windows system) task at hand. He told no it would be more over around $100+ dollars. I said thanks for the no help and later went to a cousin's house and did the process COMPLETELY FREE. He also booted my PC and stared at it after I told him it does not have an operating system. Like what did you expect. The experience from this guy was untrustworthy and would not look for any assistance from these people and their completely asinine rates.

We have had Geek Squad out 5 times. The last two times, they sent A&E Factory Service. The guy who came took one look at my washer and said it cannot be repaired but would not give me a written notice. He was very ugly to me. Would not look me in the eye. Then he wrote down I had overloaded the washer and it was my fault. He never touched the washer. Then Geek Squad says they have to send another repairman out for a second opinion. They had already told me if it was the same problem again, my washer would qualify as a lemon. But the repairman chose to be disrespectful and lie for some reason, and refused to give me something in writing that it could not be fixed. I am done with Best Buy!! Elite member 7 years now. No more!

I purchased a Ring doorbell and cameras. Install for the doorbell was to be today 12-4pm. I started calling at 3pm to confirm they were coming. I held for 12 minutes and was hung up on when someone finally answered. Called back and was transferred 3 times, each time the person telling me the next person could help me which none of them could and I was told I was in the wrong department, even though the install was through Geek Squad and I was on the phone with Geek Squad. They told me I had to go through Home Theater. Why? I have no idea.

I have ASUS Zenbook and I gave it to Geek Squad as one of the hinges is wobbling. I got my laptop back in the wrong condition. They bent my laptop on the right side. When I try to close the laptop, I could see a gap between screen and keypad. Next, to one of the hinge, the covering of the laptop is popping out. Such a poor service from geek squad, I am totally dissatisfied with the service.

After I spent many, many hours on the phone with multiple technicians, my problem (new driver software for a just-purchased printer/all-in-one), I made an appointment for an in-home service call, priced at $49.99. Be careful!! I thought that I could have the in-home technician, when he/she came, look at both my driver software and another issue with my Mac. Gotcha! That triggers TWO service fees of $49.99. So the definition of service is NOT per service call. It is, in my view, inaccurate for Best Buy to call this service unlimited.

I have been a long time customer of Best Buy / Geek Squad. I had purchased a new laptop in 2015, got all the bells and whistles with it, including 3 years of geek squad service and 1 year webroot. A year later I received emails to renew the geek squad and Webroot, so naturally I paid them (forgetting I purchased 3 yrs for the geek squad). Well at the end of 3 years, they had emailed me to pay 199.99 for the geek squad and I had called them stating I had never paid that much before, why now?

I have been a longtime Geek Squad member who has seen its dismal decline into the pits of customer service over the past two years. They used to be fun and tech driven. Now they are uninformed and down right rude to paying customers. Latest blunder was a Tech who shut down my Webroot Antivirus unbeknownst to me. Two hours after care my computer started showing signs of infection. I called and was block by a front line tech one from talking with a Level two so I had to endure the cue again to get away from the Svengali. Sure enough my Antivirus was off when I finally got through. Since then I have had 10 calls involving hangups on their part when they do not know how to deal with something they caused. They are filled with "I am sorry's for the inconveniences" but they are not. They are very concerned about their evals anything under an 8 is failing they tell me.

I had bought a Samsung NU8500 65" Curve TV from Best Buy and I went ahead and bought the extended 5 yr. warranty with it for like 300.00 more and after 7 months of having the TV there popped up a red vertical line on the left side of the TV. So I called Geek Squad and they came over to my home and diagnosed it as a bad display and ordered me a new one so I had to wait another week and a half for it to come in.

Have you ever wondered what happened to the Keystone Cops? They are now the Geek Squad. They claim to have insurance which is a total fraud... One TV fell off the wall. We were told to call their insurance company. They do not return calls and hang up if you get them. Service contract is not worth the paper it is printed on. Customer Service is a joke. You just get passed from person to person and hope you give up and go away. My advice do not deal with Best Buy or the Geek Squad.

I used Geek Squad years ago and was happy so I recommended my mom use them as well with setting up her new computer. Big mistake! Horrible communication and here was my experience: computer and tech support ($200 for one year!) were purchased 1pm on a Wednesday but I had to drive the 30 minutes back to the store the following evening because I couldn't drop off the computer when I actually purchased it but had to make an appointment to take 10 minutes to drop off the computer the following night. It was dropped off at 5pm on Thursday where it sat on the shelf and no one touched it until Saturday which is odd since I was told it would be ready Saturday morning.

The Geek Protection plan used to be prorated when used. That is no longer the case. I've purchased multiple fitness devices over the last 5 yrs. None have lasted longer than 1 yr, due to various issues. Up until about 1 yr ago I never had to pay for a new plan. At that time I was told that they no longer do a prorate. It had been less than a year with the new Garmin. 9 months later, same thing happened...new Garmin, new plan. Now 6 weeks - yes, 6 WEEKS after receiving a new Garmin and paying for another plan I am told I have to buy ANOTHER new plan! Keep in mind - the plan is approx. 40% of the new Garmin price. And, these devices...Best Buy sends them back to the manufacturer & gets $$ back anyway. Best Buy is really just taking advantage of customers. When they complain about Amazon taking away their business; they need to look internally.

We called the Geek Squad to repair our 65” Vizio TV. We told them on the phone that the infrared sensor was out. We had already done troubleshooting with Vizio. We were told the technician would troubleshoot the problem, give us an estimate to repair and order the parts if we agreed. The technician came and said something was out in the TV and said there was nothing he could do. He said if we were a Geek Member ($200-) the repair would $200- more plus parts. He offered us nothing. He did not even open the TV or tell us what parts we needed. He was here 10 minutes. I was and am furious. Why would I pay $108.24 if they could not order parts. The agent lied. Don’t use the Geek Squad!

Geek Squad refuses to acknowledge that Pixel 2 XL has a design issue, which causes recordings to have a static noise in the background. I got 4 replacement phones from them, and all of them had the same problem. Yet, they refuse me to reimburse me. Do yourself a favour and do not spend your hard-earned money on a Geek Squad plan.

After hundreds of $'s in monthly fees, I needed a fix. Two keys came off the keyboard, I have them, just couldn't snap them back in place. Took the computer to Geek Squad because they said on the phone you can't make appointments. Told at the store in Metrotown, Burnaby, it would be two weeks to fix. It's a 7-minute job that takes them two weeks?!? I had to wait, with my two children, 15 minutes for them to even attend me. After telling me this I said I'll manage with my brand new laptop missing two keys and they gave not a flip, turned heal, and went back to doing nothing. USELESS WASTE OF MONEY, TIME, RESOURCES, PATIENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS!!!!

My computer would not allow my Safari to load and I didn't have a back-up loaded. I called Geek Squad on Sunday, June 30th, for assistance. After being transferred to over 5 people, I finally was walked thru many screens for well over an hour to finally being told someone would need to come out Monday, July 1st. Needless to say, my computer wasn't any better off. I called Apple and they identified it as a malware problem and had it repaired in 30 minutes!! And, being a Mac owner, it didn't cost me a thing! The Geek Squad was going to charge me $199 for fixing it over the phone and another approximately $30 when the tech came to the house.

My Order # is **. Here is my tale of shoddy service for my LG washer, after many phone hours and complaints, without even an appointment for service after more than a week: My wife and I bought a high end LG washer and dryer from Best Buy, San Rafael CA in February 2019 and also purchased an extended warranty. On June 23, 2019, the Washer began leaking a lot of water from the bottom so that we couldn’t use it.

Surface Pro would not charge.. It was under warranty so Geek Squad said they would send it out to see what the problem is. It’s been 2 weeks and it is still sitting in some repair center. I will never purchase anything from Best Buy again.

I'm completely disappointed with Geek Squad (and Best Buy as well). Best Buy, through its sales representative, sold me a warranty that had a completely different approach compared to the story that was told me when I purchased it. Geek Squad sent a replacement refurbished device that wasn't working - TWICE, and in a ROW. I called to open the third inquiry and the person on the other side said I can not assume the quality assurance control does not work properly. If there was one - or even if they cared about my satisfaction - the odds of receiving a non-working refurbished device, twice in a row, would be smaller than winning a lottery. All they offered me was the third attempt. It is so, so frustrating. I would never recommend any warranty from Best Buy for my friends. All I wanted was a chance to get a new phone, same model, and return all the three non-working devices I have with me now.

My TV which was purchase 12/30/17 which is under warranty and was repaired last week is now crapping out on me again and guess what? No longer under warranty according to Geek Squad. Avoid them like the plague. They now said the warranty I paid for is no longer good because THEY put parts into the repair over the value of the TV. Guess what? You had the option to just replace the tv. I told you I would be the thorn in your side and now everyone everywhere will now know to avoid you and your "warranty". You won't stand by your word but I will stand by mine. B.B.B, Consumer Affairs and FTC will know about your complete failure to hold up to your warranty. If I pay for 2 years of warranty I expect 2 years of warranty. Not a year and a half a broken tv and to be hung up by your "customer service after being on hold for a hour. Worst buy and the Cheap Squad decided they were no longer going to honor a warranty so no more Mr. Nice Guy.

I was told when I purchased my phone that their protection plan "is better than Verizon's insurance because your phone can be repaired locally and you have your same phone back in just a few hours." Now I've gotten so many versions of "what they meant" by that, I can't keep up. One of the excuses they actually gave me was that they meant I could take it to a third party repair shop and get it repaired and returned the same day. That makes zero sense. Why the hell would I pay for monthly Geek Squad insurance if I could just take it to a third party repair shop and pay the exact same price I would pay without the insurance?

Talked to 2 people in support about my tracking of my phone. Was supposed to go to my house, but said it was stopped at UPS for a new address. When I called Geek Squad, the first lady said she was calling UPS and put me on hold for 10 min. Came back and said she talked to them but said I should call UPS to ask them. What was the point of her calling???? I asked for someone higher up and she hung up on me. Called again and the next lady tells me she talked to the first lady and it is coming to my home address. I asked for the 1st lady's name. She didn't know it? She just talked to her she told me! She guaranteed it was going to my house after checking. Surprise... it's not, it's going to a UPS store. Terrible service. They do not know what they are doing. No support whatsoever!

Initially I took the TV in for a Netflix problem. Instructions were to reset TV to original settings and update all apps. This was done. Netflix appeared to be working. I took it home, plugged it in and screen said check external input or another input using the INPUT button. I could not choose the TV input, only the HDMI inputs. I was told both times I called back to use the chat on Geek Squad. Geek Squad chat was not helpful. By now I have spent several hours and a lot of tension on this issue. I am ready to walk into the store and make a big stink.

We purchase the protection plan for our fridge an LG. I called on Monday May 27th. They schedule for May 29th. The tech submitted the order of two parts for the fridge and set up an app. for Monday June 3rd. The tech stopped home and had to reschedule because the Geek Squad have not approve the parts. I have small children whom eat a lot of dairy products. This is a really big trouble for us. We been buying food daily to avoid spoil and all our frozen food got rotten. We are wasting not only time but a lot of money on food. They have a form to fill out for food spoilage to a limit of $200.00, the food that was rotten was already close to $400.00, plus all the daily food we have to buy. The $200.00 is a joke. I been on the phone with them for 48min and still no one knows what is going on. Such a Horror, we live on a budget and this is such a horrible situation.

I was charged $150 for them to help with the installation of the new TV from Best Buy. They were unable to hook up the TV via an Ethernet connection and told me it was a software problem which needed to be updated and would take a few hours to perform so they left. 20 minutes later the update was completed but the Ethernet still could not be connected. When I tried to call them I had to wait 45 minutes on hold for someone to answer the call. They said they could come out in 6 days to look at the TV. I told them I was probably just going to return the TV due to the expensive and poor service. Great TV but horrible service.

I use to buy everything that I could at Best Buy because of the warranty of the Geek Squad support. I use to be an elite member until they started giving crappy service and support. Now I won’t purchase anything from them because of how bad their service has gotten!!!! They have lost me as a customer and it looks like a lot more people!!!!

We bought a front load LG Washing Machine from Best Buy 2.5 years ago and have the Geek Squad protection plan. Our washing machine has been inoperable 2 times (so far). It took the Geek Squad 2 appts the first time to get it fixed. Now that our washer quit working for second time, the Geek Squad gave us a 4 hour window 7 days later to fix it. Yet, once the long awaited appointment day came, we did not have our technician show up. When we called Best Buy/Geek Squad, we were told it was because our parts didn't ship correctly and they'd have to ship them again. When my husband asked if the parts had been expedited -- Best Buy/Geek Squad said they were not and, in fact, days after realizing our parts needed to be re-shipped, they have not yet sent them out. Furthermore, because of the holiday, we were told it will "likely" be another 3 days before they are actually mailed.

I'm having an error on my computer's start up. After two hours of watching a tech try to remove the temporary file causing the issue via remote access. And with no success after multiple restarts (error persisting on every restart). Then the tech goes into services under msconfig and disables ALL non-Microsoft services (over 30 of them... with the exception of the GeekSquad "LogmeIn Rescue" service which allows the tech to chat with me). The tech then restarts the PC one last time and tells me he's done with all 30+ services still disabled, what a farce...

I would not recommend paying for a warranty through Geek Squad for a washing machine. I called Geek Squad on 5/7/19 to have a technician come out because my 1 year old Samsung Washing Machine stopped operating and won't drain water. Geek Squad advised their first available appointment is 5/9 and they have availability on 5/10. I set up an appointment for 5/10 from 12-4 PM, mind you they only offer a 4 hour window for the technician to come out. I then get a call on the next day 5/8 from one of their vendors, AIG. AIG states they have no availability until 5/15 (over a week from when I originally called). They stated that Geek Squad did not check with them first to confirm their availability.

I was given an appointment to calibrate our new TV, of May 1 with a window of 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. I called around noon as I hadn't heard from anyone. Agent said she would email the technician. At 1:30 I called back, still not having heard anything. Now I am being told the appointment was cancelled by a Geek Squad person an hour ago and NO ONE CALLED ME!!! Now I wait for someone to call me to give me my options. I have paid for this service, waited in basically all day and no one had the courtesy to tell me the appointment was cancelled and why. Very dissatisfied.

Caleb at the Geek Squad chat kept me waiting 50 minutes after initiating contact, to check on whether my Dell laptop battery was covered by Geek Squad or my Best Buy warranty (which it ought to be) and after receiving all my info, like phone number, type of laptop, date of purchase, date of Geek Squad renewal, finally said go to Best Buy and stopped the chat. The whole point of using the online service is so one doesn't have to cross the entire island of Oahu pointlessly. This was a wasted 50 minutes and I couldn't get the simplest info from Caleb.

I bought HP Laptop on 21st March Best Buy, took Protection Plan as the Sales agent told me I would be covered for any type of damages. He never informed me that if I want to cancel this plan, I would be charged for "Cancellation fees" which is a MISINFORMATION. Now I am in the process of taking Home Insurance from IA which covers all my belongings against any damage... Why should I pay extra protection when I am already protected of all things in my Home as well as Car... which I explained to Geek Squad Customer Support executive and their supervisor Frank: Employee ID : **. He just told me, that I need to go back all the way to Best Buy in order to cancel that plan if I don't want the cancellation fees to be applied.

Anti Apple Brand! Just would give everyone heads up about their service for Apple products! I bought Apple iPhone 6 from Best Buy with this company's Warranty. They fixed my broken screen phone after a year (It took 15 days to repair and costs around 100-150 CAD). When I went to Apple store to check my phone's battery, They avoid to fix my phone because of FAKE screen and body that Geek Guys put on my phone! I couldn't sell the phone and even exchange with Apple as they did not consider my phone as an Apple product anymore. Can you understand the feeling of a young guy who is under the plan of phone but can't use it anymore! If you look at the back of your phone after repair, You are not going to see any code anymore. I called them and asked for help but they said it's Apple's problem not them. But who's lost?? Innocent customer who fooled by GOD of Advertisements. My phone was freezing every 5 minutes so I throw it away.

Summary: Geek Squad service is the worst! Not just slow, arrogant, spend lost of time talking shop and personal life to each other, all while they are uninterested in customer service. Worst of all, they make it incredible difficult to get service from them, and even more difficult to cancel the protection plans. This is extremely abusive to customers and in my view the single worst contract service I've ever paid for. I will never get another plan from Best Buy.

I have been having a problem with my TV since 2016! Geek Squad is the absolute worst. They never call back when they say they will. I've gotten to the point where I've had to call the insurance company and bypass Geek Squad all together. Still waiting as Assurant is not that much better so far. But we'll see in the coming days what they are finally going to do about it. 3rd tech this month. Let's see if this one has a brain.

I bought a 3 year Geek Squad plan on the new computer I bought almost 3 years ago. Well I just tried to change my email address on my Geek Squad online account and was unsuccessful. So I called the Geek Squad 3 different times to get tech help and 3 different times I got tech support outside of the country. I asked every one of them to transfer me to the U.S. but none of them would. When I first started the extended warranty program I would call up for help and get a nice friendly American voice that I could actually understand. Now every time you call for tech help that you paid for you get a foreign country. Don't know about you but I don't give my personal information to 3rd world countries.

Not worth your money. I paid about $250 in fees, and when I did need the service, it was another $200. The screen replacement would have cost $200. When I called to get the phone repaired, the customer service was horrible and the individual was quite rude. Never again.

I started having problems with the quality of my pictures. Wondered if there was something wrong with the computer. I have a contract with Geek Squad for the computer. One day I stopped in Best Buy for another item and thought I would go over to the Geek Squad counter and ask them about this. I noticed that there was no one at the Geek Squad counter so I wandered over.

Where do I begin? I purchased an All in One computer in July of 2018. The representative from the Geek Squad spoke with me when I had to bring it in for service within a week of purchase. He suggested I purchase the Total Tech package and it covers all of my computers; the Geek Squad could come right to my business and service all of my All in One computers. I bit and bought it. Fast forward to last week. My computer crashed. I called the Geek Squad first thing Monday morning and set an appointment for Tuesday morning, the first available appointment. About an hour prior to the appointment, the tech calls and says he cannot come to my house; that they are not allowed to service All in One computers in your home and I would have to bring it to the store!

Back in 2016 I purchased a Samsung WF42H5000A Front Load Washer at Best Buy in the Warwick RI store. After 2 years, each time I washed towels they would take an average of 3 hours to wash. I tried changing detergents and numerous front load washer cleaners. When that didn't work I decided to call Geek Squad and have a tech come out, that was November 2018. It's been nothing but aggravation.

The Geek Squad Protection Plans cover appliances for a certain number of years. In my case, the previous owner of my home purchased an expensive refrigerator and a 3 year Geek Squad Protection Plan. These plans are supposed to be transferable, however, even though the refrigerator was purchased and delivered to my home, I can not use the plan without the original purchaser.

Don't bother buying the Geek Squad warranty, it's useless and a complete rip-off. First, I went to the store to get my phone fixed. They said they couldn't fix it in-store because it was a Sony and told me to call Geek Squad for a replacement phone. I called them and filed a claim for a replacement phone which they said would be shipped to me. On top of that, I would be charged and extra $100 for a service fee. (Note: Because I had made the claim before my warranty expired, Geek Squad assured me they would fulfill the request even after my warranty would expire.)

Sent a laptop in for service. The guy at the Geek Squad desk in my local Best Buy said it was going to be 85 to ship and around roughly 60 for the parts and repair. Finally got ahold of someone about a week later to find out what was going on with it and was told it was going to be 287. I declined service. Was told it was going to be sent back to store the next day March 25. Tracking on the website said it was in transit and was going to be at the store on April 1. Checked on said date and it now says returned to sender. Can't get a straight answer as to why but found out it never left the repair center on the 26th like I was told it was going to be. Talking to multiple people. They all say even though it's their fault for the delay they can't send directly to my address. So far I have been lied to around 4 times for this one service. I would not recommend using Geek Squad service/repair for anything.

You pay a lot for the protection plan for 2 years, you think it covers for 2 years with a replacement for the damaged item, you end up with getting a store credit and canceling the protection plan when something happened to the item! And then you have to go buy it yourself again and then getting NEW protection plan for another 2 years when the 1st plan didn't even finish one year!

The contract essentially forces you to re-purchase your phone at full price while you wait for them to swap your phone for a new one. Except if your phone is out-of-stock, which I can only assume is all the time - in that case they tell you you will receive a "Coin Star" (probably a Best Buy Company) email credit for use in their store. So now they have your phone and you've paid for the original, the replacement and sent in your damaged phone - all without getting a working phone. The whole thing is a disguised working capital grab by this deceitful organisation forced on you by commissioned sales reps that don't tell you any of the correct details at the POS. It's a complete scam - avoid!

I worked online with Geek Squad to get an appointment as I needed my computer fixed quickly. A few hours later I took it into Best Buy to the squad. I was told that Microsoft had downloaded a bunch of Windows 10 stuff over the Christmas holidays into January and that my reader was bad on my computer. Since I had not been on the computer over the holidays or first part of January, I figured he must know what he was talking about. I told him that I needed everything saved before they started any work so they sold me a SanDisk and said it would be ready in 2 or 3 days.

I purchased a phone. Its access port broke. The CSRs did not believe me when I said I could not access the special number that they needed. I called Best Buy to get a number that Best Buy could not provide, then called Geek Squad again. I will pay 100$ plus tax for a phone that doesn't charge to be repaired and lose all my data, after phoning four times. The tech support and customer service are not in contact with each other. And claim numbers are different than case numbers and they mean nothing to the customer when all the customer wants is to have a phone replaced or repaired. The process is arduous and stressful. I would recommend another place to buy a phone. Best Buy was not helpful as they told me to call Geek Squad instead of helping me resolve my issues in the store.

On March 19, 2019, I visited Best Buy to purchase a computer. After selecting the equipment, the Best Buy salesman convinced me to buy several options to protect and service my machine. Because I understood Best Buy was a reliable company I agreed and paid a little over $1,500.00 for a computer that was on sale for under $900.00. After purchasing the computer, the salesman stated that the computer would have to be given to their Geek Squad to complete service on the computer and that the service could take a day or two. I agreed, and after the salesman handed the computer over to an individual in Best Buy, I left.

I purchased a 40" or so 4K Samsung TV and when checking out was upsold on the Geek Squad protection. I was informed that the protection covers accidental drops, which was great for my case as I was getting the TV for gaming and move my TV sometimes. During one of my trips, the Screen cracked but I was assured as I had my Geek Squad coverage for this. When I went in to start the process for Geek Squad protection, I felt like an idiot as the employees and managers kept telling me I was informed incorrectly and that this is not covered. No solutions or anything. Just stuck with my cracked TV.

I have been a customer of Best Buy for years. In that time I have purchased 3 computers, tablets, phones, televisions, etc. The person I used for computer work left the store, (Abe) and I was left with what was geek squad members that were available in the store. (Longmont) I called and spoke to Jennifer, who told me to call back and talk to Russ. Russ refused to return my calls. When I confronted him in person, he very rudely told me that "he did not do phone support." He would not answer my questions, and could obviously care less.

After answering a lengthy list of automated questions, you are disconnected. The Live agent on their website is a joke too. A few questions are answered and the agent disappears and does respond to any questions or a request to call (even though you have to give her your cell # to begin the live chat). What a racket!

Geek Squad is my best technical help on the internet that I can possibly receive for my money's worth. Be sure and call for Geek Squad service rather than going to online chat line. Best Buy Geek Squad even rebuilt a computer for me and described the parts needed and where to get them. I cannot give thanks enough to a great group of techs. They are friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. Every time they work on my computer, I learn something from that experience. If I could give better than 5 stars, I would. They are awesome and recommend them to work on any computer.

I brought my laptop computer to the Geek Squad at the Orillia, Ontario location for repair, as it would not charge. I was told it was the motherboard, and would cost approx $1000, I took it to Northern Protocol for a second opinion, and they advised it was a little switch that was broken and fixed it for $60! I will never go to Geek Squad again.

I purchased a 55 inch Toshiba television (55lf621u19) from Best Buy in Sept. 2017; the TV's manufacture date was May 2017. Well, about a week ago I was watching TV when the picture died - still had sound, just no picture. I contacted Toshiba customer service and they said that due to the age of the TV it was still under warranty. They scheduled an appointment for a repair person to come out and take a look and the TV would be repaired or replaced. Appointment day arrives and I get a call from the repair person to confirm information over the phone. They call again about an hour before they are set to arrive, and indicate based on the information provided that there is nothing they can do. The TV isn't under warranty. So, lesson is: if you get barely more than a year out of your brand new TV - I guess you're supposed to consider yourself lucky. Neither Toshiba nor Best Buy are willing to address this situation satisfactorily.

Total waste of money...getting the run around now over cell phone warranty. Went to the store, they sent me away...said to do it online for replacement. Tried to process online, unable to process. Called the number. After being on the phone for over 20 minutes and hardly understanding the agent, I was told we had to go to the store to process. I told him we already did, he said that that's what the store will tell you...to first go online, then you may be referred back to the store!! WHAT!! That's ridiculous! Save your money. I would never buy the Geek Squad warranty again.

I paid a few hundred dollars for full Geek Squad services on all my electronic devices. And so far they told me my printer was not fixable and neither was my laptop of 2 years of age which was barely used. I recycled the printer and bought the same one online since I had just spent $60 on new ink when I recycled the cheap home printer. Had the same problem with the 2nd printer. Turns out the print head is depositing ink inside the printer and various things can be done manually to clean different parts of the printer to make sure excessive ink isn't released and to make sure it's plugged into a live outlet and not a power strip and to rarely do cleanings through the printer program. None which was done at Best Buy.

Based on my own experience, it just come up with a few words. SAVE THE INSURANCE MONEY TO BUY A BETTER MODEL. Don't ever think to buy extended insurance. It won't help if your TV or appliance broken down. They are not able to fix it since the technicians are not well trained. When you put on a service order, they just show up and say something that is not able to repair or it is not covered by insurance. Or you may have to wait a long long time and say it cannot be fixed. But they are not going to give you a replacement. DON'T BUY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS THE BEST BET WHEN YOU BUY A NEW TV. It may be better to bring your TV to recycle when it broken down.

Feb 15 12:15 pm They've had my laptop since Feb 7 am. I needed all my stored data moved from iCloud to OneDrive. Rec'd an email on 2/13 am to call them on 203-985-0079 to provide some add'l information but phone system does not have an option to be transferred to a tech. It keeps telling you to check repair status online but status hasn't been updated since Feb 13 8:30 am. Impossible to deal with a company that does not want to speak to its customers. I will never use or recommend Geek Squad EVER.

They are a nightmare to deal with... They will not answer their phones and give you the run around when you try and find out what is going on with the computer you gave them for repair... NO one to talk to that cares anything about you... They just try and sell you more PROTECTION that is absolutely worthless!!!

What a waste!! Their telephone number(s) do not work, goes directly to a busy signal each time I try and call... Buyers beware, they are probably going out of business! I tried to on-line chat, that didn't work either... He was too busy, but I did ask that he call me since none of the phone lines are working. He finally called, and - BUT - didn't speak english!!! Beyond frustrated and angry. Said he would call back in ten minutes with someone else - never happened. Done with Geek Squad, time to report you.

I will never ever buy Geek Squad plan anymore. They will not fix anything. They will waste your time and make Things worse. Just cancelled my phone and my wife’s phone and tv because they never helped every time I call.

Home theater install more like home theater damage. Do *not* let these people near your house. Trying to install speaker wire behind a wall they drilled right through an exterior wall not once but twice. Gave me an insurance claim number from Sedgwick their provider but after one attempted call from their claim specialist, she emailed asking for photos of damage and an estimate for repairs from contractor of my choosing. Did that and now I can't get the specialist to call me back or answer my voicemail/emails.

Geek Squad hung up the phone on me 5 times. 1/27/2019 they were to come out and fix our tv. They did not have a order. They have came out to fix our tv six times. Netflix won’t work after 1 am. They have been out to fix the problem once before still doing the same thing. They will not give us a new tv. They keep trying to fix it and we have to keep calling. I would not waste my money buying their plan. They are so rude and they want us to buy a new plan. They are so nasty. I don’t think I will ever buy anything from Best Buy again and I have a credit card with them. They are a sorry company Best Buy and Geek Squad.

I bought a Samsung Smart TV from Best Buy and took an additional 4 year Geek Squad protection. After 9 months my TV stopped working and Samsung was unable to repair it. I tried hard to take Geek Squad appointment but they are not ready to even check the problem. A lot of hold time is being faced on the calls. In spite of holding for so long they are not providing any solution. I request all the customers of Best Buy and any other companies not to buy Geek Squad Protection Plan as it is totally fake. Waste of money and time. I think it's a all fake.

I bought my 65 inch Sony tv from Best Buy in West Monroe, Louisiana and added 5 year Geek Squad protection plan. One year and 2 months later my TV went out. Called Geek Squad number today 1/19/2019 and waited on assistant several different times for brief holds. He said earliest they could work on my tv was Feb 5th. He was sending an email with SMA order number and certificate in an email to me. Nothing was ever sent. I am now going to contact Best Buy and inform them of just how pitiful Geek Squad protection plan is and demand my reimbursement for paying it.

Paid for a virus one time fix. 3.5 hours later, my files deleted for work software, my virus protect gone, personal files gone. Called customer service. They said they never worked on my computer even though I had bill for 166.00 and screenshots of work while they were on my computer. I got hacked and robbed!

I have a laptop I love, the battery stopped reading my charger after a year and a half so I sent it in, they returned with new charger and new connector port. Still --still not charging after one use even with new cord and port, sent back they sent it back with another a new cord...but fixed nothing writing that it needed a new cord. That was not the detailed issue on the slip sent with it so I will use it till it dies again and take it back for a third time. I had even left the barcodes on the computer so they could look up the old ticket.

Words can not describe how aggravated I am with the Geek Squad protection plan. To start it off first our Two year old Samsung washer breaks on November 26, 2018. I was little upset about it but I paid for the protection plan so I wasn’t worried. So I called Best Buy and they said they were going to send someone out. So the man comes out and he doesn’t even know how to fix the washer so at this point I’m back at square one so I call Best Buy. Kindly told them the issue I had with the repair guy and they said they would schedule someone else to come out but little did I know they scheduled the same man to come and he canceled because what was the point but what put the icing on the cake is no one ever contacted me to tell me he had canceled.

Purchased a Macbook from Best Buy. Salesman pitched the AppleCare+ to take care of any accidents. My son spilled some water on the key board and I could no longer log in to the computer. Made an appt. with Geek Squad and they sent the computer out for repair. Received a call that I needed to pay $299 (on top of the $250 I paid for the AppleCare) for them to “continue with the servicing of the computer”. Received a call a few weeks later asking for...Get this, $1499 to complete the repairs. So in all for the $799 Macbook I purchased, these thieves took $500 more and wanted another $1499 to fix it. GFY Best Buy. And anyone who purchases the Geek Squad coverage, sorry you had to waste your money.

I purchased a new computer from Best Buy and then purchased the Geek Squad yearly package to take care of my computer and other technology. I paid to have them come out and set up my new computer and transfer my data from my old computer to my new computer. When they completed their work and left I started working and noticed that my contacts were missing. Then I have several email accounts and all but one of the accounts disappeared. They came back out and the technician said that there must be a corrupt file and needs to go to their store for repair. Off it goes and after several days I called to see the status of the repair. I would be on hold through Best Buy waiting for someone from Geek Squad to answer the phone.

I got an quote for home theater work to be done in my house. The quote included "double charges" on work to be done. They could not give me an intelligent, articulate explanation. Instead the guy who came out was shifty, shady, deceptive and downright dishonest regarding an explanation. In other words, Geek Squad are scammers! Please be careful! Thank God I did not fall for this kind of deceptive, dishonest quote for work. I found another home-theater installer able to do the job 39% cheaper! A savings of hundreds of dollars for me. Please be careful. Do NOT use Geek Squad! Go with someone honest.

First not sure how quality Lenovos are for the money you spend. My husband gave me the Yoga i7 just last year for Christmas. Just three weeks ago it started overheating and would not always wake up when the computer would open or keys were touched. So I would have to manually power down. He purchased the 5 yr extended warranty being told, if "their" Geek Squad could not fix the problem then Best Buy would replace it.

Had issue with tablet purchased few months before. Geek Squad would not send it to their repair facility. Said I have to send it to the manufacturer at my own expense. Geek Squad was not able to do a thing to resolve my issue! Also you have to make an appointment just to talk to them! Geek Squad does not take "walk-ins!" Do not waste your time with them!