Ahh Thief Squad strikes again!

@Gonebeef

15 күн бұрын

The

@inomanafzal

15 күн бұрын

​@@GonebeefGreatest

@Raulz

15 күн бұрын

@@inomanafzal Technician

@shadi3993

15 күн бұрын

@@Raulz that's

@michelebalogh2829

15 күн бұрын

​@@shadi3993 ever lived

"As an adult, I don't really play League Of Legends." A++ no notes.

@QuackZack

15 күн бұрын

True though, in HS, my friend group was all thrilled and game addicted to it but once they graduated no one even touches it anymore. It's just a horribly toxic and draining game to play. I tried both and Dota feels like I have control over winning VS LoL someone throws a fit and now you won't win.

@phantom6810

15 күн бұрын

@@QuackZack im stuck in that loop of playing league chronically every 3 weeks and not play again im quitting it tho

@fikrihaikal4333

15 күн бұрын

but plays Dota 2 hahaha

@q1337

15 күн бұрын

@@phantom6810 aram only is where it's at.

@someguy3186

15 күн бұрын

I was already an adult when the game came out (senior in college). Played the hell out of it in beta and season 1. But yeah, I haven't touched the game in about 10 years. Completely lost interest in most competitive games in general. Only competitive games I still play are fighting games, since the sessions are short and I don't have to communicate with 12 year-old teammates.

Geek Squad Manager: "Do you have any experience building computers with properly-sourced components?" Interviewee: "I factory reset a Macbook once." Manager: "YOU'RE FUCKING HIRED!"

@uss-dh7909

9 күн бұрын

In this economy, at my local best buy, with almost ten years of hobbyist experience? Thought I would have been a shoe in but that never happened. :c

@lilithhawkins6454

9 күн бұрын

@@uss-dh7909 Don't feel bad. I was a mechanic in the military, and went to trade school to be one too. Never could get hired at a parts place. I imagine it's the same way with best buy. If you know what you're doing, its a no go.

I know that PC doesn't NEED the extra CPU power cables, but if the builder didn't plug them in you would 100% complain about it.

Dawid walks through the door of the best buy to pick up the computer *Best Buy employee* "oh fuck, that's the guy that does tech stuff"

@tomaszzalewski4541

15 күн бұрын

😂

@fred_derf

15 күн бұрын

*Best Buy Employee:* "Quick, add the second stick of RAM!"

@nani.df.

15 күн бұрын

​@@fred_derf😂😂😂 quick hurry hurry

@Phoenixx101

15 күн бұрын

wearing his air cooler shirt

@Diggler569

15 күн бұрын

Why is he fondling graphics cards? SECURITY, HE IS DOING IT AGAIN!

That spider just wants to be your new web developer

@Xenoray1

15 күн бұрын

he needs to have good bugspray for those annoying bugs then

@iitzfizz

15 күн бұрын

I'm wating for the next video where david is nowhere to be seen and the spider is doing the show

@RoiDeCoeurs

15 күн бұрын

underrated

@Tyrian3k

15 күн бұрын

The spider turned it into a webcam.

@thefiestaguy8831

15 күн бұрын

Wouldn't surprised me if it transpired he downloaded the spider from the world wide web.

26 years later still waiting for my mail in rebate for the Vooodoo Banshee I bought at Best Buy.

@joeykeilholz925

15 күн бұрын

They owe you $1000 now

My favorite part about working for best buy at the time was during my interview I was talking about my prior experience in PC repair and the assistant manager said something to the effect of "we aren't really concerned with how much you know, we can teach you that, we need to know if you can sell" and then during "class" they proceeded to "teach" me a bunch of incorrect information. Over a few years there I usually was #1 for sales in the store, despite not being nearly as pushy about extended warranties, credit cards, and services. As it turns out when you know stuff about the products it can be very easy to demonstrate to people why an upgrade is worth it, or what they might have issues with, where they can save on the machine without impacting the user experience and allocate more budget to more useful (and profitable) accessories. Yet all management cared about is how many times you beat them over the head to get a credit card application or geek squad protection.

@dece870717

15 күн бұрын

Managers and other higher ups at most corporations are so ignorant of the human side of things. People respond better and are more likely to buy products when they have an employee who is helpful in what they really want, rather than pushy sales tactics. It's easier to sell stuff when people are comfortable than pressured and anxious.

@fox13617

15 күн бұрын

I had a very similar experience working in the computers section of best buy. I never upsold, but would casually mention services and if people wanted them we would go through it and add what they wanted. My attach rates were at or higher than standard, and my customer service ratings were the top regionally. In the end if you are kind, charming, and knowledgeable you will ultimately make solid numbers. Meanwhile, some of my compatriots were mentioning flux capacitors and over focusing on the add-ons which generally just alienate the customer. What best buy has become makes me rather sad, the stores feel soulless and in my opinion ugly. Computer sections are now dead... geek squad, a joke (though it always was). When the Best Buy vs Circuit City rivalry was raging, we were called a no commission, knowledgeable, and helpful solution. And now?

@The_10th_Man

15 күн бұрын

The credit cards and warranty crap were no doubt directly tied to their bonus.

@RandarTheBarbarian

14 күн бұрын

@@fox13617 I upsold a ton, though to be fair, our store wasn't exactly in the wealthiest town to a lot of people came in looking for the cheapest laptop of the week, so my upsell would be the cheapest i5 with an SSD and 8gb of RAM pre 8th gen, or i3 with an ssd and 8gb of RAM post 8th gen. Because not having a hard drive and having turbo boost is a big difference that most people appreciated. I had an absurdly low return rate, because my upsell is please let me demonstrate why spending $50-100 more will get you an infinitely better experience.

$240 CAD for windows is insane

@volvo09

15 күн бұрын

You can just get it right from Microsoft for half that can't you 😂 (Edit, and that's still expensive!)

@Sundablakr

15 күн бұрын

@@volvo09 Yeah and you can get it online from a key selling site for like 10% of that or less.

@Moonstone-Redux

15 күн бұрын

@@volvo09 Especially when they ram adds up your face all the time these days. Hate it honestly. If you are going to charge people that much for the operating system at least have the decency to not advertise on the program that they PAID FOR.

@nani.df.

15 күн бұрын

​@@volvo09shii u can get a key for 5😂

@vailpcs4040

15 күн бұрын

Um, I buy OWM keys form like $15 all the time... so my guess is that the Best Buy OEM volume license (since they are building and warrantying the system) is probably like $8, for a markup of 30x... seems legit. The fact that they won't warranty a system without a membership means that the membership is part of the build price. I'm absolutely not shocked they didn't just point you to a CyberPowerPC and be done with it.

Years ago, my sister and I went to Best Buy to buy a TV. At the time, it was just short of $2000 which, to be fair, was a good price relative to the competition at the time. But then the inevitable pitch to pay $300 to make sure the colour is accurate was made. My sister said, "So you're telling me you're selling a $2000 television that does not have proper colour?" They ended all upselling attempts instantly.

@kevinthecleric

15 күн бұрын

$300 to adjust the color settings!?? WTF Best Buy!!?

@volvo09

15 күн бұрын

I use that to shut up any attempts to upsell warranties and whatnot.... Always gets them to shut up. Car dealers still try one or two more times, but they still shut up a lot quicker 😂

@ranjitmandal1612

15 күн бұрын

😶‍🌫️

@Underskore

15 күн бұрын

@@kevinthecleric proper calibration isn't cheap tbh, nor do tvs come super accurate out of the box and every panel is different.

@probablyanadult7354

15 күн бұрын

I don't think they do color calibration anymore. Just protection plans and mountings

Being "no longer eligible for rehire" was strangely more comforting than it should be. So much just didn't sit right and if I was cutting corners I was doing it for the customers behalf not the brand. Screen issues with repeat hot fixes that never fixed the root. Data backups for those already using cloud services (some still might but feeling tricked never being explained) or just small fixes that can be done at the counter where you get to educate the client on a small bit of tech instead of claiming for few days just to say "fixed here ya go" I should note my times were horrible and I regret nothing.

@phantomgunz1167

15 күн бұрын

Same, pushing memberships to people who needed a 3 minute fix made me feel like a really shitty person, one of the reasons why I left. I'd refuse to do it, or just told the client how to do it to avoid charging them an insane amount of money for 3 minutes of work.

@plsno8125

9 күн бұрын

you made a positive impact on all those peoples lives :)

A build fee on top of the membership? They really fleece you in Canada. In the US, the membership covers the build, setup, and support for a year for $179.

@heyitsdazy

Күн бұрын

Look up people who try to cancel their membership and can't. It auto renews and it is a huge pain to cancel apparently. So maybe it isn't so bad at first but after the 1rst year the cost adds up.

Story time: About 15 years ago, I was at Best Buy to grab a KVM switch. I had one in my hands and a geek squad kid walked up and asked me if I needed help. I said " yes, I have 2 computers and only 1 monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Is there any way I can get something like a switch that will let me just switch between machines instead of unhooking everything each time?" The guy thought and thought and thought and then asked a blue shirt who said "nah, that sounds like a specialty part. You would need to go to a place like Microcenter for that. " So I said "okay" and I put the KVM switch that I was holding back on the shelf and went to Microcenter. That was the best advice that I ever got from Best Buy.

@volvo09

15 күн бұрын

Hahaha!

@hkfrog2896

15 күн бұрын

LOL 😂

@DavidJonSpem

15 күн бұрын

They just don't want you there

@The_10th_Man

15 күн бұрын

You have to think like Ron Swanson at the hardware store.

@DawidDoesTechStuff

15 күн бұрын

Hahaha!!!

damn, in my local biggest computer shop, they will build your pc for free if you buy most of the part from them, even when you bring some of your own part, and it only took like 30 minute or an hour of waiting

@H8Magnet

15 күн бұрын

Tell everyone, ppl like that deserve to thrive in business!!

@MrSamadolfo

15 күн бұрын

🙂 thats cool because even Microcenter charges for them to put it together

@Lordskeep

14 күн бұрын

So you pay for overpriced hardware, or you pay for a build or both.

@ducdashot1239

10 күн бұрын

ye local stores are always better, my local pc repair guy will put your pc together or repair it for free if it takes him less than 30 minutes simply because he doesnt think its fair to charge people for easy jobs. buying local with pc stuff is always better

I love how Dawid is now an investigative reporter! Next up a collab with Steve from Gamer's Nexus and he will call all his videos "pieces" now!

@philtkaswahl2124

15 күн бұрын

Dawid's -Nexus- Node. Mostly because I could see him have fun pronouncing "node."

@tyrannicpuppy

15 күн бұрын

@@philtkaswahl2124 I miss the Linode sponsor spots. What happened to them? Did the company do something naughty that I missed?

@philtkaswahl2124

15 күн бұрын

@@tyrannicpuppy I know as little about that as you, I'm afraid.

They definitely need to change their franchise's name to Best Buy (somewhere else).

@christianklasen640

15 күн бұрын

Just change the letter "B" to "P"

@UN4YA_Content

14 күн бұрын

@@christianklasen640 Pest Puy

You know who prevents noobs from being scammed? Dawid

@Soddus.

15 күн бұрын

You know who comments on nearly every tech youtubers videos? ;)

@MarcoGPUtuber

15 күн бұрын

@@Soddus. ME! Though it's not entirely true. Mostly on people I either really respect or actually know.

@Kyleplier

15 күн бұрын

I would prevent noobs from even going anywhere near a Best Buy.

@vadnegru

15 күн бұрын

By getting scammed on camera!

@MrJugNut

13 күн бұрын

Hmm let me try again this will be the 4th post i've tried the other 3 posts just vanished without a trace. Try this for yourself.. post about anything and try & find your post a few days later. If your unlucky & youtube bots have you in there sights you'd be lucky to find even one post. But some people have very few problems. I'm guessing the only reason that there isn't a massive outcry is because most people don't return to the video after they posted and so have no clue if there post have been deleted or not. The only reason I posted here is this the last place I lost 3 messages. Anyone else seeing this? It's infuriating. And who exactly could I even complain too if I wanted too? One of the bots? Even youtube veterans with big youtube channels can't contact an actual person at youtube to fix problems so good luck if your just a random peasant poster like I am & most likely you are..

$400 Build fee is crazy...

@volvo09

15 күн бұрын

200 an hour, including the windows install 😂

@HandleIsNewAndBad

15 күн бұрын

Pretty sure every component is installed by one Geek Squad member each, so they have to share the profit amongst themselves.

@infernus6278

15 күн бұрын

Scamforge and other companies have even higher margins to be fair

@jono6379

15 күн бұрын

They are basically selling a 1 year extended warranty. Just not calling it that. Awful tactics

@sannyassi73

15 күн бұрын

The mandatory subscription is the worst part of all this to me.

Future Shop's (Which eventually got bought out by best buy and then replaced by their branding) tech support taking a whole month to diagnose a dead hard drive on my first PC when I was 12 was why I learned how to work on computers on my own (Windows Mistake Edition also had a helping hand). I see things never got any better.

"Hey, I've got $30, what can I get at your restaurant for that?" - "Oh, I would definitely recommend the Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy, and a fried egg on top. That'll be $180, thank you. Oh, and would you like to leave a gratuity? For your information, we don't accept values under 25% I'm afraid."

@Lurch-Bot

14 күн бұрын

Expecting a bunch of kids who are still living in their parents' basement to understand what the word 'budget' means is asking too much.

@executor32

13 күн бұрын

Oi, you forgot the SPAM!

DDR4 RAM doesn't work with a DDR5 motherboard... *_Turning on Braincells_*

@veraxis9961

15 күн бұрын

Yeah, I was unimpressed by that. Not checking what RAM a motherboard takes, while a common mistake, is still a rookie mistake for anyone who has spent any time making custom PCs.

@tyrannicpuppy

15 күн бұрын

@@veraxis9961 Rookie mistake for us hobbyist builders. It's a sign of incompetance from someone doing it for a living.

@GroetenUitNederland

14 күн бұрын

Guess the PC was not the only thing not booting up at that Best Buy

@ericlewis4716

9 күн бұрын

The RAM always has to be compatible with the motherboard

@fearthedje

7 күн бұрын

It could have been an updated model of a different board. The Z690 boards came in both flavors, DDR4 and DDR5.

Why is it that when Best Buy does it they get away with it but if I do it I can go to jail? It makes no sense. These big companies need to held accountable

@grievous1868

15 күн бұрын

U should not want to do it

@beam2779

15 күн бұрын

@@grievous1868 I don’t. It just pisses me off. These big companies eff the consumer all the time. Video games come out unfinished and yet they charge $70+ for them and then say we’ll fix it with the next patch. It just unacceptable

@cutizuki

15 күн бұрын

@@beam2779 true, big companies should face the same consequences as we would. (w for playing beamng btw)

@gogetablue7905

15 күн бұрын

I thought this was a joke lol

@cerescop

15 күн бұрын

Corporations don't go to jail, they get fined. Then the raise the prices to pay it off. Then they do it again.

"Doom Maternal" I love auto generated subtitles! Also, when I got married and we set everything up joint, my wife had a monthly subscription to Geek Squad for a laptop she no longer owned. ...And so did both her mother and father 👍 It's no wonder they try to rope people in with subscriptions, it's got to be a massive source of passive income with near zero cost.

This needs more views... they threw everything in the book at you guys. I don't even shop at Best Buy anymore, their deals are rarely ever even good. Whoever built the system did alright - ultimately it's the sales people and Best Buy policy that's the issue.

@googlewolly

9 күн бұрын

all right*

@unfound175

9 күн бұрын

@@googlewolly Although both forms are technically correct, the topic is still debated among writers. If you'd like to take the safe route, the older “all right” version is the most widely accepted, particularly in formal writing. “Alright” is growing in popularity and is frequently used for informal purposes.

@googlewolly

9 күн бұрын

@@unfound175 Only "all right" is correct.

The fact that some guy behind me had to remind me (and the Best Buy employee) that I’d need a cpu cooler was mad. The whole experience was wild and took really long. But we made it. They just milked me hard.

@volvo09

15 күн бұрын

That's real confidence inspiring 😂

@NoobSniper

15 күн бұрын

I used to work for a similar retail store that offered PC repairs/services and yeah, you got milked hard lol. If they had on-site technicians, they absolutely had a dedicated SKU to simply assemble your PC and install Windows but unfortunately, the entire sales model is aimed at maximizing upsell. The GeekSquad monthly (note: annual) subscription was an absolute upsell and not needed whatsoever, I can assure you of that. Sorry about your poor experience, Anna!!

@ranjitmandal1612

15 күн бұрын

😶

@benjionetwo

15 күн бұрын

Best buy rinsed you good

@EhEhEhEINSTEIN

15 күн бұрын

The part I don't understand is that they quoted you an 11th gen processor and a 30 series gpu. Someone forgot to update the list of parts they have in stock for the last... 3 years?

Dawid admitting strange personal info to random people in the parking lot. Ah good times.

They should have swapped the ram for the same price seeing how it was their mistake.

Ex-Best Buy employee here and completely unsurprised. I just wanted to see how that thermal paste application was. Or if it was preapplied to the CPU cooler back when GTAV came out.

@tyrannicpuppy

15 күн бұрын

Seems to fit the experience LTT had with their Mum and Pop vs Best Buy repair video a few weeks back. Just here they failed to identify why the CPU was overheating, so just turned down it's capability in the BIOS instead of building the computer to handle the parts they wanted to install. If they are going to upsell me to better hardware they better make sure the rest of the parts can handle that upsell. But, given they forgot the PC even needed a cooler, it doesn't surprise me.

" They won't believe that i won't know what I'm looking for.", says the guy with the CPU cooler graphic tee. You may be right, Dawid.

@raven4k998

15 күн бұрын

you see you see you need your own Anna to mess with BestBuy🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@tyrannicpuppy

15 күн бұрын

At least then Best Buy might not have needed another customer to remind them that they needed a CPU cooler for the build.

I'm going to give props to the guy who changed the BIOS settings. I don't expect most GeekSquad people to really touch that let alone anyone from BestBuy willing to touch that. Regardless of protocol - I appreciate them looking out. Even if it may not be setting you might care for, it's a nice "Hey, I appreciate you thinking about that."

@misterthegeoff9767

15 күн бұрын

yeah it's clear the sales team (or at least their bosses forcing them to do this) are crooks but the people building hem actually care about doing right by the customer. Makes sense. When I worked in retail they quickly realised I needed to be shuffled out back into the warehouse as often as possible because I had a distressing habit of telling customers the truth.

@MrPruske

15 күн бұрын

As someone that was advanced repair for geek squad in store for more than 5 years, it hurts me to watch all of these videos because I was the one that dealt with all the custom machines and things/people that others didn't want to deal with.

@TheCatherineCC

15 күн бұрын

Don't praise them too hard, I can't help but wonder if the cpu cooler is missing thermal paste... That cooler can't be that shitty, can it?

@joe--cool

14 күн бұрын

@@TheCatherineCC On an Intel furnace? I'd think that cooler can't handle full load even with thermal paste and Intel safe settings.

@electrified0

11 күн бұрын

​@@TheCatherineCC Intel 14th gen is just 12th gen silicon with more juice pumped into it to give the illusion of generational improvement, and requires a behemoth of a cooler to adequately tame. Anything short of a 140mm radiator won't work if you try the i9 1400K.

Not just Best Buy - pretty much 80-85% of the hardware pre-build industry. Now and then you stumble upon some genuine decent morale corps, but sadly they tend to get outshined by the trash ones due to advertisement marketing.

I use to work for the Best Buy distribution center. It was known at the warehouse that peoople at the store will lie to you about not having products to get you to buy something more expensive. The thing my supervisor told me to do was to look up to see if have it at the warhouse, print it out, and when they tried lying to you about it, pull out the paper and say "the system says you have this product" and if they kept lying to you about it, walk away.

Membership should allow you a free build

@name_redunded

13 күн бұрын

When I worked there, it did. Not sure if that changed or they are just double charging

@matthewleslie.9149

12 күн бұрын

Either they scammed them or just didn't realise that you get the build for free. Either way, they should go cancel the membership if it's within 30 days or get the 150 back

@kendrickmichel386

9 күн бұрын

I'm a currently employee at Geek Squad and it's still free if you have the Total Tech membership.

@Syyncrow

9 күн бұрын

@@kendrickmichel386 I believe that’s the American Membership though, the Canadian one includes free component installs and they should not be charging him on top of the membership to build the PC.

They upselled on the motherboard, cpu and ram, something that was not needed. *Correction: They did not upsell on the cpu but that board and ram where entirely not needed for that CPU.

0:12 - me, 22, sweating knowing that I still have not felt the touch of woman and rapidly approaching 25.

@ram89572

15 күн бұрын

meh, don't sweat that. I've made it to 35 without needing that and don't see myself needing it any time soon. You'll be fine. There are far more interesting things in the world than a damn woman who'll just try to bleed you dry then leave to go do it to someone else afterwards.

@TheTheninjagummybear

14 күн бұрын

Your worth as a person is not tied to that in the slightest. Careful not to end up like the replier before me also. Misogyny isn't the answer to any problem.

@ram89572

14 күн бұрын

@@TheTheninjagummybear It's not misogyny to notice reality

@Ikram232

13 күн бұрын

@@ram89572 I don't know man. I've been feeling lonely for years so I don't know if I'll be fine.

@Nasa-cosmonaut

Күн бұрын

​@@ram89572grouping "all" women together is absolutely mysoginstic. There are plenty of decent ones out there, hell I married one incredibly out of my league. I've dated plenty, and less than 1% of the time I'd say I was bled dry. Personal experience isn't reality, it's just that. It's like saying "I've never been robbed, so there must be no crimes being committed".

Many a PC enthusiast considers it at affront to everything that's holy to not build your own PC, and especially pre-built PCs are an abomination, but the middle-ground of having a shop build a PC out of custom-chosen parts for you, even if it's for a fee, is not something to scoff at. When you purchase the components and build the PC yourself, you always run the risk of something going wrong: Maybe you run into an incompatibility problem, requiring you to swap some part. Maybe you fumble something and end up damaging one of the components (eg. bending a CPU pin beyond repair). Something can go wrong which can cost you not just time but in fact extra money. And even if the computer seems to work correctly at first but something goes wrong a month or two along the line, you are on your own. Having a shop build the PC for you has many advantages over that: They will procure the parts, and they will build the PC and test that it works. If it doesn't work, it's on them to fix it, not you. If one of the components is broken or incorrect, or if they break it while building it, it's on them to swap or fix it, not you. You are going to get a PC that's guaranteed to be running. And, on top of that, most if not all shops will give you a warranty on the final product, meaning that if it for some reason stops working after a month or two, it will be them who will have to find out why, and if it wasn't your fault, it will cost you nothing extra. Does it cost a bit extra to have a shop build the PC for you? Sure. But it comes with some good perks.

@googlewolly

9 күн бұрын

Very well said. While pre-builts are not a good idea, there's nothing wrong with having a shop put together your personally-chosen parts.

Once in a similar store (different region so no Best Buy) the seller attempted to sell me calibration for a 800€ tv. I refused several times and them after he brought the tv from the backroom he said: It appears you are lucky, we only have calibrated tvs remaining so you will be getting one without the calibration fee (it was like 150€ or something). He 100% knew there were only "calibrated" units left in the store and tried to get me to pay more lol

the question now is,how the guys at geek squad would handle someone like dawid

@outtheredude

15 күн бұрын

Run away!

a minute and half in, "has 1400 to spend", "ok you're gonna want a 30 series gpu and an i5 11" LMFAO done

I watch your channel because i like everything about, the fact that you just stay normal and dont even realize how funny you are combined with the real cool and original but sometimes ridiculously funny content makes me a real fan of this channel.

Dawid that outtake is solid gold mate hahaha

6:45 ok this is the saddest part.

The problem is that as Best Buy’s sales advisors we are often told to only sell what we have available in our system. You can always price match to online so long as it falls within the range that they can discount. In the states the membership is $180 and often times is better than building it stand alone. As for the windows they have to use the official license key hence the $100 dollar charge in the US. I’m very curious as the differences between the US version and the Canadian versions of Best Buy.

@The_10th_Man

15 күн бұрын

Yeah I’m sure they’re not getting the $16 keys like everyone else.

LOL the @AnnaDoes giggles throughout the intro were great 😆I def wouldn't have been able to keep a strait face while listening.

Damn Dawid... I didn't know you hired arachnids to handle your filming gear

@bofast

15 күн бұрын

They may cost an arm and a leg, but the net gains are totally worth it

Don’t lie, you first felt the touch of a woman at 35, and the first touch of a graphics card at 18 months

@thefiestaguy8831

15 күн бұрын

Popped out of the womb clutching a GT 710....

People need to stop shopping at best buy. They've been scamming for decades

@burnpitcav1519

Күн бұрын

Yes, but my goodness they have great deals on open box stuff. I bought a 43 inch Amazon TCL TV for $110. No complaints but you’re right they do bend you over and go in dry

I don’t know if it’s a Canadian bestbuy thing but at my bestbuy I’ve asked, and they’ve said it costs 40$ per piece to assemble OR get the membership that’s gives a protection plan on everything and makes in store service “free” while costing 180 a year, and then you can cancel the membership immediately if you want to

I hope this blows up and BestBuy becomes aware of it lol. It's gonna be a shaming for them for awhile.

@KSPRAYDAD

15 күн бұрын

What is the venn diagram of people that watch tech news/builds and the people that shop at Best Buy?

@howlers8

13 күн бұрын

You're assuming they care. Bold assumption

I was wondering why there was so much giggling in the beginning 😂

If you live near a MicroCenter - I highly recommend thier system build service. Costs much less, much larger selection of parts and can get it the same day if you order early enough.

This was full of the best bits of Anna/Dawid videos. The soft off-screen chuckling at Dawid before he's even dropped the joke. The ever-popular analogies. The fun sass at both the company trying to fleece Dawid (or in this case Anna) and the great commentary on the games themselves. Videos like this are the stuff that hooked me to this channel for life. You two are just so much fun and yet still informative when it matters too. A great combination.

I know it's a good video when Anna is in it.

3:55 that kind of scam also exist in my country. that is really sucks

I was working at Best Buy Canada when they were starting to stock more parts - in fact I think I was technically in the same district as the store you went to and had shot a message to the district manager suggesting a few things that seemingly eventually got implemented. Mainly leveraging existing relationships to build out their parts catalogue with brands like ASUS. The big issue they have though is that the knowledge gap across stores is absolutely massive, and the knowledge gap between associates can be pretty bad as well. Usually there's a few associates that know what they're talking about for parts selection, but the real priority with hiring is someone who is knowledgeable enough to select the right PC for the average person but mainly someone who can sell products well. Unfortunately that makes things like building PCs a bit difficult. I think realistically if they can't handle making part selection and building a part of their hiring process then they need to make some default SKUs they can build out on the fly instead. Oh and they definitely fleeced you on the membership, unless something has substantially changed the membership just gives you discounts on the services. Usually about 50% on labour if I remember correctly. So the build would have been about 300$ w/o the membership but you wouldn't have support for the year, they're mainly just trying to cover themselves if someone has issues within that first year and they don't want to tell them they have to pay. They may have changed this, but I doubt it.

Canadian Geek Squad agent here, that deals with in-home services country wide - we don't actually *officially* build computers, there's no *actual* SKU for it, stores kinda just do what they want and charge how they like. Some stores have to send your PC to the depot for something as simple as a RAM upgrade, others will build water cooled systems

$400 to build the computer?! Heck, I'd have done it for a pot of coffee and pack of smokes. Thanks god, I have a Micro Center close to me!

@DJboutit2

15 күн бұрын

I know there are people that would build a pc for 2 12 packs of beer and a good pizza that = $35 to $45. If you buy all the PC parts from a computer store and have them assemble it they charge $50 to $85 if you hand them all the parts to assemble it they would then charge you $150 to $200

@Alpha8713

13 күн бұрын

@@DJboutit2 $100-200 is fine. It should take an experienced person an hour or two at $50/hour, plus overhead, lights, heat, etc.

You have a way with words that I could effortlessly watch daily videos of lol.

$400 CAD is a lot of money for someone to build a PC for you, and it's a bummer they make you subscribe to their Geek Squad plan for the privilege, but I'm actually pleasantly surprised with their component choice and build. They did a solid job.

I don't remember the last time I went into a BestBuy. More like WorstBuy... 😅 I'll see myself out.

13:50 Japanese PC is still looks amazing 👌

@MultiFilmstudios

15 күн бұрын

Pity it broke in a previous vid tho. Really digging that decal look

Dawid's hair is getting longer and detailed like Steve at GN and so is his scam investigation journalism. 👍👍

I would actually like to see Dawid attempt to do the same thing but actually do it himself instead of Anna go into Best Buy. Speaking from personal experience as a sleeper agent myself, I usually would help any of the nerdy guys that come in looking for PC build advice/help but would charge everything that I could for the older karens and poshy girls buying rigs for their boyfriends or whatever

every thing is going subscription...

Anna has the funniest laugh.

@lucutes2936

15 күн бұрын

laughs can be not funny?

Best Buy is no longer a Best Buy in any way shape or form. I figured this out one day when I went to my local Best Buy, which used to be a fun place to go to when you had nothing to do on a Friday night but now it's more of a night of the living dead in there at all hours with some of the rudest employees I've ever seen. These people didn't "quietly quit" they "loudly died".

@Lurch-Bot

14 күн бұрын

I went there once a couple of years ago to buy an XBox controller. It was like a ghost town and even though the XSX/S consoles (and revised controller) had only been out for a few months, the controller box had a thin layer of dust on it.

That blooper at the end 🤣🤣🤣

At least they used 2 sticks of ram, unlike a lot systems Dawid gets.

Anna for as little as you claim to know about computers. Your knowledge is so much more vast than mine lol. Good luck in Best Buy.

Dawid: Too busy fondling a graphics card... then shows an MSI Twin Frozr GTX 1080... me: fills pants with lovely memories of said card

0:14 I like how you can hear his wife laughing in the background. Any woman who can laugh at you for crap like that and still somehow respect you.... they're a keeper. XD

No McAfee either! 🤯

@volvo09

15 күн бұрын

Kind of crazy!

And I know an Anna! 😂 Funniest tech KZreadr

loved the ending blooper... :) you should always add those. SO good

I actually tried to get a job at the geek squad. I had many president lists and dean lists and a 4.0. They didn't even call me for an interview. fast forward years later and now I am the #1 Lenovo Tech in the North American Market. Safe to say, I dodged a bullet. LOL

Your sarcasm is hilarious!

Thanks for taking one for the team. My god Best Buy just can’t get a W, even when they should easily be able to.

A couple of years ago, over here in the UK, I went into a local shop that had had good reviews. I gave the owner as much information as I could regarding what the PC would be used for (mostly gaming, and I included examples of games) and what kind of performance I was looking for. By the end of the following week, after ordering the components needed, he was able to build a PC, for £150 below my budget, that in some cases exceeded the performance targets I'd set, with a list of components that I could check and confirm that I wasn't being overcharged for. Obviously there was a service charge (as you expect) but it was very reasonable given the work I'd asked him to do. Moral of the story is: if you want a really good system and you don't want to build it yourself, go to a small local-run store with lots of recommendations and give them as much information as possible regarding what you want your machine to do. You don't have to deal with the corporate "machine", or people building your computer who don't know what they're about. You might have to wait longer for it, but if you have the time, it's worth it. In my experience.

"As an adult I don't really play League of Legends" lmao, spoken like a true Dota player 😂😂

That out take was a classic!

The wattage that the i5 was pulling in Cyberpunk is ridiculous. It's using more than double what my 7800X3D pulls.

@Orodreth888

15 күн бұрын

My AMD stuff always reports something below 60watts, but I am not sure if that is truely accurate

@KesterKurtal

15 күн бұрын

@@Orodreth888 AMD processors are stupidly efficient for gaming, the X3D more so, look up a video or two Gamer's Nexus that compares several processors. My 7500f with a 4070 has never pulled over 50 watts (processor only) that I can tell. Plus, I think AMD scales better with workload, saw an 7800X3D with a 4060, the processor was only drawing about 25-30 watts.

@imposterdoge

15 күн бұрын

​@@Orodreth888 glazing intel here is insane bro stop lying to yourself

@ram89572

15 күн бұрын

@@KesterKurtal While that has been my experience in the past, I am less than impressed by the temperatures that my 7800x3d pulls. It somehow manages to be worse than my previous 10900k with a bigger cooler on it - 420mm vs 360mm. Don't get me wrong, it still runs within acceptable levels maxing out about 70-71c during gaming. And that is with it reporting a max of about 65 watts. Overall I'm happy enough with the cpu because it is an upgrade over my old one for gaming. But I just don't like this thermal situation.

@johnt.848

15 күн бұрын

They report power differently, you might want to look into that.

I petition we close all best-buys and put MICRO CENTERS at all best buy locations

The blooper at the end 🤣🤣🤣

A Z790 Board, but a 4060? Considering it's someone who doesn't even want to build their own PC, it would make more sense to use a B760 board and get a better GPU since they definitely won't be overclocking the CPU.

@scuffedtech

15 күн бұрын

Or they could’ve done all the parts the same except do go down to a b760 and it would probably be a little closer to their 1400 CAD budget

@drewnewby

15 күн бұрын

There's not a single component in the system that's there for value. They pulled the not in stock pitch to switch to the skus they're trying to unload right now.

@LatitudeSky

15 күн бұрын

​@drewnewby 100% they swapped every possible part to whatever was on their hot list for the month. Not surprising. But definitely disappointing.

Geek Squad....Cheap Squad (Except it aint cheap)

Easy way to bypass most of the subscription: If you're allowed to choose monthly payment option at checkout, choose that. Make sure to use a prepaid debit card with only enough money for the system itself and that first month. Then never load the card back up again and boom, no payment method, no subscription. What are they gonna do, storm your house and hold your new pc hostage until you pay? I doubt it. Best buy is definitely still a ripoff but that will at least mitigate some of the cost.

This makes me feel so good about building my own systems, thanks.

Get bitten by the spider so we can see you use spider web to fly around 😂 spiderman 2.0

@Lurch-Bot

14 күн бұрын

Dawid Does Spidey Stuff

Here I am complaining about buying another $5 windows key when best buy is charging $240 for it lol

@star-studded

15 күн бұрын

Lol where do you find such cheap keys

@nani.df.

15 күн бұрын

​@@star-studdedbro it's not hard lol u can also get it for free but anyways

@loganricherson3749

15 күн бұрын

I can just about promise you that the $5 Windows key was made with a stolen credit card or something like that. The cheapest semi-legit ones I've seen are $15-$20

@star-studded

15 күн бұрын

Where can I get it

@thefiestaguy8831

15 күн бұрын

Bought off a dodgy site who obtained it using stolen or fraudulent credit cards no doubt...

All these charges are directly anxiety inducing and I'm not even the one paying for it. When watching this I get the feeling of beeing stuck in a scam scheme with no way out since you are going through with it. Great episode even tough maybe a little life shortening.

I actually have one of the blocky corsair case you showed in the very beginning. Air 540 I think? dual chamber, integrated hot swap bays for hard drives in the main chamber, very cool case. old, and way ahead of its time. it's a little creaky, too much plastic, and it won't fit modern longer gpus, so it's sitting in my closet right now with an old fx-8350/hd 7970 build, but it's too cool to get rid of.

$1400 CA budget for something that can LoL & stream? Surely even half of that would be a bit overkill... :) edit: And we really need to get some laws in Canada to punish companies whose names are outright lies. edit 2: No breakdown of what you could have paid sourcing the same parts yourself and going with a rando indie builder?

Good thing Ana was there to speak up for Dawid's manhood. "Ive never felt the touch of a woman" are very dangerous words to say in public as an adult straight male.

Innocent customer: I wanna play minesweeper Best Buy employee: And that's how I built my 2nd house

@Lurch-Bot

14 күн бұрын

It isn't like the employees are getting more for upselling, they just get to keep their jobs if they do. No, that's how the CEO and high level shareholders bought their second house.

I would enjoy getting to see another video like this one, but instead of a lower priced base model, purchase a mid level, and high end level Geek Squad built gaming computers. I mean you already have the geek squad membership for a year, that should allow you to purchase more custom built computers without having to purchase another membership....Right???

Looks more like GeekSquad is ripping us more than best buy.

@cancerousnut7767

15 күн бұрын

I’ve got no idea how geek squad operates. But if Best Buy is the same over in Canada as it is in the states, the actual retail portion of Best Buy (once again, not geek squad) has probably one of the more honest retail practices. The worst they’ll do is try to get you to buy more accessories. That’s usually it. If you get upsold on a product, it’s usually the associate, and not the company, since there’s zero physical incentive for 99% of staff. And Best Buy’s entire profit scheme is just selling at cost or under cost products, and attaching slightly inflated accessories, like cables or mounts.

@satanicaleve

9 күн бұрын

​@@cancerousnut7767​ Best Buy employees don't work on commission so it isn't worth upselling someone when you won't see that extra cash in your own pocket

@VengeanceLN

8 күн бұрын

​@@cancerousnut7767you are correct, but I am confused when you say it's not the company and it's the associate. Should be the other way around, yes there is usually no physical incentive, however Best Buy management gives you less hours if you perform poorly in "basket attachments" this is what they call it, so they essentially force it down their throats, and it's not just that, it's also the Credit card and the warranty as well.

US Geek Squad Agent here: Im not sure WHERE they pulled those prices from but building a Custom PC is the cost of a $179.99 yearly membership plus parts and OS. That also includes troubleshooting, software, data transfers, hour trainings, included warranties and hardware installation/setup for the full year which CAN be cancelled at any time. This interaction is more of a reflection on that store/precinct rather than us as a whole. Not saying BB is without flaws, believe me, but just figured id share from my perspective for the last 5 years ive been there.

@gamingforlife4830

12 күн бұрын

dont matter if its reflection of one place, and not the whole. its a big scam, which effect the WHOLE company ;) .. so you better hire som honest people.

@gamingforlife4830

12 күн бұрын

and change the company´s attitude ;)

@googlewolly

9 күн бұрын

Best Buy should assemble a PC for someone for a decent price. For example, 50-100 dollars.

That outro blooper is absolutely hilarious xD

In the US, the total membership is 180 for the year, it covers all the labor for the work done, not just for building pcs but if you have older stuff that may want work done. Also Best Buy only sells current parts and certain brands so it makes parts limited, obviously you can find cheaper stuff else where, you really just have to hope that the Best Buy you go to has a GS that actually knows a lot and aren't scammy, the ones I have worked with and some of the people were really good at their jobs with out taking advantage of people, most of the labor is designed for people that have no clue about anything and the 180 doesn't just include labor for geek squad but a lot of other perks and benefits like extended warranty and protections. It's not perfect but it's decent considering it's corporate company and the geek squad gets no say in how it operates

How did you meet Ana

@AnnaDoes

15 күн бұрын

We went to school together :)