Future Geek Squad Installer

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

I want to get paid to work on car audio. Best Buy seems like the best(simplest) way to do that. I also think it would feel good to make back the money I spent when I got my first system installed . I hear you have to work up to it and your have to be certified but idk seems like a good idea to me. idk how they'll handle with me going to school tho...

Any immediate thoughts? I've been getting some helpful opinions from the dome of late.

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[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

**** man.. how you going to have time when your flippin cars

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

best buy svcks a$s IMO

 

[95BlackGA 5,000+ posts]

Just get certified, and talk to a few shop owners... You'll get a much better reputation that way. It would only cost like ~$100 to get MECP basic cert. Most of that is just to take the **** test.

 

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

**** man.. how you going to have time when your flippin cars

i had a feeling someone would bring that up. idk its just a thought, both of them are. i've got a lot on my mind.

+ id rather work at a local shop but the closest ones are in columbus, cincinnati and cleveland it feels like. i hate best buy but its convenient, and i wouldn't mind having that employee discount.

 

[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

best buy svcks a$s IMO

While I mostly agree with this statement, I try not to overgeneralize. As a company, yes, they're overpriced and basically commit legal robbery. Most of their installers are also terrible. However, sometimes you find installers at big box stores that know their stuff. In my local area, there are no local shops, so if you want to install, BB is the only option. From what I've heard, my local store has one, maybe two, installers that have a clue. That's out of 10 installers, so indeed, it's a joke. I applied though. I just needed a job. Ended up with a sales position as there was no availability, but I do hope to creep my way into the install bay soon. Will I be proud to be a BB installer? Absolutely not, but at least I'll be doing something I like and hopefully giving BB's customers a better install for the money.

 

[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

BB will also pay for the MCEP. At least my local store will.

 

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

While I mostly agree with this statement, I try not to overgeneralize. As a company, yes, they're overpriced and basically commit legal robbery. Most of their installers are also terrible. However, sometimes you find installers at big box stores that know their stuff. In my local area, there are no local shops, so if you want to install, BB is the only option. From what I've heard, my local store has one, maybe two, installers that have a clue. That's out of 10 installers, so indeed, it's a joke. I applied though. I just needed a job. Ended up with a sales position as there was no availability, but I do hope to creep my way into the install bay soon. Will I be proud to be a BB installer? Absolutely not, but at least I'll be doing something I like and hopefully giving BB's customers a better install for the money.

In a couple months I might very well be writing this exact same thing.

 

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

**** man.. how you going to have time when your flippin cars

+ I'm leaning a lot more towards the car flipping as well btw

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

i asked the so called best buy "professionals" if they still carried rockford fosgate and they were like hmmm that sounds familiar hmmm ill have to check....hmmmm. im like goodbye. soooo if you have half a brain u will blow them away lol

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Try to get me a good deal on a Black & White VW Beetle parts car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[9515ROB 10+ year member]

i asked the so called best buy "professionals" if they still carried rockford fosgate and they were like hmmm that sounds familiar hmmm ill have to check....hmmmm. im like goodbye. soooo if you have half a brain u will blow them away lol

that might have been the best story i have ever read

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

that might have been the best story i have ever read

sarcasm isnt interpreted well through text

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

'sigh'

I know that we aren't viewed as the 'best installers' because we are limited on what we are allowed to do. I will say thought that I would trust my car and my system with any of the installers at my store. I'm not even MECP certified but it they need help doing something basic I'll drop in and help get things done.

Heck, most of the installers I work with know more than I do...but like three of them have been Best Buy installers for 10+ years now. They're no joke. At my store you have to be MECP Advanced certified to even do an install.

and 10 INSTALLERS?!?! Thats nuts, we have like 5, with 2 main ones and 3 that come in on random nights and weekends. I see no need for 10.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

I install my own shit.

Rule #1. You want it done right, do it yourself.

Thus endeth the lesson for today.

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