Rent a Geek?

[Guts3d]

Here in the 'Burgh we now have a company that will send out a technician to troubleshoot your computer where it sits, it is called " Geeks to You" or something like that, I heard the commercial on the way home...Funny that they never mentioned anything about money... I will call them today and get some prices, just out of curiousity...

[Orangeman]

Its funny how societal needs have changed the meaning of that word (geeks) from one of derision, to one of admiration.

Heck, if they can make money from it, all the more power to them. I just hope they're sending out "real geeks" and not incompetent monkeys who pretend to know and really dont.

[Damned Angel]

We have a similar thing here. if its during business hours, its calld an on-site ($100/h $125/h networking - tech gets paid normally). If its after hours, its called rent-a-tech ($50/h - tech gets 75% of fee). If its a new system its called on-site setup and traning ($100 for 2 hours max - tech gets 75%)

[geoscomp]

There's one that started in minneapolis, and now has spread around a bit, called "the Geek Squad". they've been around a while now...as i remember it, there first response vehicle was a Simca of some sort..24hr on scene internet dispatched. These days they use volkswagen beetle "geekmobiles" check out the quicktime from their web site:
here

[Wayward Clam]

My friend has a business entitled "Rent-A-Geek", and I was using posters that read "Computer Geek For Rent" in Indian Head.

I also have heard radio ads on BC radio stations for a business called "Geeks on Call".

[Drone2903]

So what's next.: "Geek du jour" special?


I'm not too sure I like the familiarity with the "geek" meaning.

(btw, last bloke who called me a geek works in a wheelchair now)

[CreepingDeath]

Originally posted by Drone2903
So what's next.: "Geek du jour" special?


I'm not too sure I like the familiarity with the "geek" meaning.

(btw, last bloke who called me a geek works in a wheelchair now)

Maybe it's just me but I take it as a complement.

[Wayward Clam]

Originally posted by Drone2903
(btw, last bloke who called me a geek works in a wheelchair now)

Geek.

No, it's not just you, CreepingDeath. I take it as a compliment too.

[Drone2903]

Hey Clammy, I didnt know u was in a wheelchair....




Maybe I should start take that as a compliment.

[EvilKlown]

Originally posted by geoscomp
There's one that started in minneapolis, and now has spread around a bit, called "the Geek Squad". they've been around a while now...as i remember it, there first response vehicle was a Simca of some sort..24hr on scene internet dispatched. These days they use volkswagen beetle "geekmobiles" check out the quicktime from their web site:
here

yeah... Best Buy recently bought them........

[Platypus]

When I was installing antennas, I'd be scrunched up in a ceiling somewhere wishing there was a Dial a Dwarf, or maybe Rent-a-Runt...

Need a Nerd?

http://www.needanerd.com.au/

[Cleetus]

I thought geeks bit the heads off of chickens and stuff????

[Wayward Clam]

Did you know that a dork is a piece of whale genitalia?

[NetScum]

Originally posted by Cleetus
I thought geeks bit the heads off of chickens and stuff????

That's because you are a slack-jaw yokel, Cleetus! Now go find Cousin Earl and his smell hound and stop watching Homer before those Carnie's git your computer!!!!!

[jimmm33]

I posted a topic a while back about the Geeks on Call franchise.

http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin...ighlight=geeks

I'm interested in the business model. They run the business part, allowing the tech to stick to tech work.

Part of what keeps me from going out on my own is the guaranteed wage, insurance, taxes, promotions etc.