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** [http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/129125555978085010.jpg Dear lord, it's spreading.]
** Here's how these things happen according to my retail experience (I never worked for Best Buy though): Someone in marketing/sales came up with the "Let us install it for you!" thing for software to improve sales among the computer-illiterate as well as spread the Geeksquad name around the store, and the bosses thought it was a solid idea. Merchandising printed out a billion of those stickers and the bosses (themselves mostly computer-illiterate) said "Stick these on all your best-selling software." The store managers (generally computer illiterate) pass the order down. The younger kids and gamers who work at Best Buy (the real computer literate ones) would mention how it's a stupid idea to put them on console games, but the manager would reply "Whatever, someone from upper management is coming next week and they want to see stickers."
** [http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3/playstation-3/news/best-buy-defends-charging-30-for-ps3-firmware-updates/a-2010100716412499069/g-20060314115917309058 It won't stop.] Now they're charging $30 for [[
*** It isn't even that complicated. Usually when there is a new update available, the [[
** This is actually stupid in a different way. Around the time that [[Modern Warfare]] was releases they added in the ability to install games onto the system which was extremely easy.
** There are, however, some customers who ''do'' use the service, as demonstrated by it actually continuing to be offered, although the odds are low that it's due to the incompetence featured by this trope.
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