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I've checked into this recently.  Geek Squad, MicroCenter and there's
another I can't recall off hand.  Both Geek Squad and 'forgotten'
company charge in excess of $200/hour for such services.  Microcenter
charges for the service in most cases, not by the hour, but they are
still pretty high if you consider what you get for the money.

I suspect many of these folks will be lowering their prices in the
future, once it all shakes out.  Another issue is that the people
employed to provide these services lack any real knowledge, but simply
operate like phone support folks for large computer companies.  They
operate from a script.  If something doesn't fit the script, they either
can not do it, or the price is jacked substantially for that service.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey


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