Re:They job is to collect money from (Score 1)

I have to agree that they fear hiring people that actaully know something. I also got the no return call from best buy when looking for a part time job during college. I am a senior in a big ten university getting a BS in CS. I have worked for other service centers (more on that later) and told them all of this. my conclusion is that they dont want people to really know what they are talking about. If someone knows what they are talking about when it comes to computer they will know enough tot ell the customer not to buy most anything at Best Buy. Also to qualify this more. I was later hired by my schools tech support service about 4 months later. The prior shop I worked at also had big problems. I was in high school at the time and worked for a small local shop. the owner of that shop annoyed me every time she told a customer that they needed to spend the extra $100 on windows XP pro because the home version "was based on 98 and Pro was based on win2k" had it not been for my need for the ultra low wages i was getting for doing relatively nothing. I would have stood up and bitch slapped her.