Until today, I've been a Best Buy Total member for 3 years.
I had an issue with my Asus Zephyrus laptop recently that wasn't completely resolved, but I ultimately gave up because it was proving to just be a massive waste of time. Laptop was having issues installing software and compiling code. The first Geek Squad "agent" I worked with, Candace, was very nice but it was evident that she was overworked. She was the lone agent for the entire afternoon/morning. I showed her the laptop hanging during installs and also while running software, and she documented it. She took the laptop in and later called me back to tell me that her "technician" updated some drivers and adjusted some settings to help with the framerates. I could have easily done that myself, honestly. That wasn't the issue. Hell, Nvidia GeForce Experience offers to do all that for you. Anyway, I ended up driving back and forth 8 times, like 30 minutes each way, so that they can tell me they weren't really sure what was going on. During one trip, I started a game and was unable to play for almost 40 minutes because it was taking so long to build shaders. This, while they suggested that new games take longer to build (I have an older machine that can build the same shaders in like 10 minutes), and that my internet might be slow (It's not that slow, I have gigabit).
Finally, after sending my machine out 3x, traveling back and forth 8 times, and standing at their Geek Squad desk for 30-40 minutes each visit, a male agent says "oh let's just replace the solid state and upgrade it". I have to pay for the upgrade, of course, and when I get the laptop back nothing has changed. At this point, I give up. I take my laptop back and just go home and vow to never shop at Best Buy again. The kicker is the agent who is helping us cracks a joke and says that if my wife had dropped the laptop or accidentally broke it, they would have been able to replace it for me free of charge. She was tempted to accidentally break it in front of them. I don't really have any issues with the agents, though. They all seemed to be doing their best, and were mostly nice/polite, but they seemed to be handicapped by Best Buy's shit policies. Best of luck to you guys, because I know you're underpaid and overworked.
I did forget to cancel my subscription until just a little bit ago this morning, and their cancelation/refund process was very smooth. I'm guessing they had to deal with chargebacks and learned that it's easier to just give the money back.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED Talk. tl;dr: Best Buy Total Tech is a scam and not worth the time. read more