$119 to set up a PC
I haven’t been paying attention to what was being charged to install a new PC. Then I saw this item at Barron’s, AT&T Offers Rival to Best Buy’s “Geek Squad”; $119 to Set Up Your New PC:
A simple PC set-up, where the tech takes the thing out the box, hooks it up to your network, downloads updates to Microsoft (MSFT) Windows, and hooks up your printer, will cost a flat-rate $119.
Apparently, Best Buy charges $129. And to think that I have been doing it for nothing. Or maybe a cup of coffee. Bigger jobs, I ask for a sandwich.
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A friend told me that his friend recently bought a new laptop from Best Buy and paid for them set it up for him and move over all his files from his old system to the new system they took both units and shipped them to an outside service to do this. I am told he is still waiting to get both systems back. I wonder what they are going to charge for this service?