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+-   Getting Gouged by Geeks-> on Thursday October 04 2007, @12:36PM dottyslashdottydot

Submitted by dottyslashdottydot on Thursday October 04 2007, @12:36PM
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dottyslashdottydot writes "CBC Marketplace recently ran a sting operation and discovered that most home computer repair technicians failed miserably at diagnosing a simple RAM failure. Many techs tried to sell unneccessary software or upgrades. (or even a new computer!) However, the worst offender was one guy who claimed that the hard drive had failed, and that the only remedy was to pay $2,000 to have a special facility with a clean room recover the data."
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