I am actually a franchisee in northern Virginia, where I own 2 franchises in the Leesburg / Ashburn area. *I was laid off from Cable & Wireless Inc. in 2001 where I worked as a LAN admin for many years before finding the newly started Geeks on Call that same year. *I gambled, bought in, and have loved it for 4 years now. *Ever since Best Buy used their muscle to copy the action and saturate the airwaves with GS ads, there has been a lot of confusion over the similarity in names and vehicles. *(We drive the PT, they drive a VW bug). *The confusion gets frustrating after I have worked so hard to build up my customer base and expectations of fast quality service, but we're still growing despite it. *GOC corporate now has
332 franchises in 24 states, so you may want to look into it in your neck of the woods.