Odd squad.

Best Buy has expanded its Geek Squad to 30 technical agents driving two-tone bugs.

Wearing identification badges, clip-on ties and driving black and white Volkswagen Beetles, 16 agents drove from Santa Monica to West Hollywood to promote the chain's service, which offers computer support 24 hours a day.

"We're like Barman," said "special agent" Michael Sheehan. Minneapolis-based Best Buy now has an agent in nearly every store in the Los Angeles area, recently boosted from only a half dozen or so. "An agent in the store can be dispatched to a home. It's much more convenient. We're selling people's time back to them."

That convenience does come at a cost. Sheehan said a house call starts at around $129, with services provided a la carte, rather than by the hour.

Sheehan said he hasn't encountered too many hostile customers, but it hasn't all been smooth sailing.

"It's surprising to go to someone's house at 9 o'clock in the morning and be greeted by someone who's 5 feet tall, five feet wide and in his underpants," said Sheehan. "It was quite an image. But we're unflappable. We're special agents."