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> * Resale - By putting stickers on my laptop, I am either going to have to try to remove them again once I come to selling it, lowering my resale price because

by tragic 7y ago

> * Resale - By putting stickers on my laptop, I am either going to have to try to remove them again once I come to selling it, lowering my resale price because the laptop isn’t in near pristine condition. > * Damage - There is a worry that some stickers may leave a horrible hard-to-remove residue, or maybe leave a discolouration to the aluminium. To which may be added a third - your Mac gets sent off for repair, but repair nowadays means "we take the hard drive out and put it in another Mac because even we can't fix them"

AdmiralAsshat 7y ago
Or the repair person might helpfully "clean" the case. Like what happened to this poor guy and his autographed XBOX 360 case: https://web.archive.org/web/20080302171919/http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2008/02/28/another-gamer-screwed-by-microsoft/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080302171919/http://hawtymcblo...
- Mathnerd314 7y ago
  That one ended up with Bill Gates autographing a case: https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/22/even-happier-ending-for-cleaned-xbox-360-owner-gates-signed-c/ https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/22/even-happier-ending-for-... I guess the takeaway is that if you document everything and complain loudly when something goes wrong you might actually get decent customer service.
- derrikcurran 7y ago
  I'm still trying to figure out how it happened. Did they have some kind of automated case cleaning system or something?
  - qplex 7y ago
    Most likely it's standard procedure to clean every unit that comes in for repairs.
- RandomBacon 7y ago
  > Taking it apart would have voided the warranty Rrr... We must extinguish this lie! It is illegal in the US for companies to do this.
  - rtkwe 7y ago
    That was in '08. I think that might have been before the decision came out about that.
JoshTriplett 7y ago
Likewise; half the laptop repairs I've gotten involve screen replacements.
kalleboo 7y ago
> repair nowadays means "we take the hard drive out and put it in another Mac because even we can't fix them" Even the SSD is soldered in now

by tragic 7y ago

AdmiralAsshat 7y ago

Or the repair person might helpfully "clean" the case. Like what happened to this poor guy and his autographed XBOX 360 case: https://web.archive.org/web/20080302171919/http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2008/02/28/another-gamer-screwed-by-microsoft/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080302171919/http://hawtymcblo...

Mathnerd314 7y ago
That one ended up with Bill Gates autographing a case: https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/22/even-happier-ending-for-cleaned-xbox-360-owner-gates-signed-c/ https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/22/even-happier-ending-for-... I guess the takeaway is that if you document everything and complain loudly when something goes wrong you might actually get decent customer service.
derrikcurran 7y ago
I'm still trying to figure out how it happened. Did they have some kind of automated case cleaning system or something?
- qplex 7y ago
  Most likely it's standard procedure to clean every unit that comes in for repairs.
RandomBacon 7y ago
> Taking it apart would have voided the warranty Rrr... We must extinguish this lie! It is illegal in the US for companies to do this.
- rtkwe 7y ago
  That was in '08. I think that might have been before the decision came out about that.

JoshTriplett 7y ago

Likewise; half the laptop repairs I've gotten involve screen replacements.

kalleboo 7y ago

> repair nowadays means "we take the hard drive out and put it in another Mac because even we can't fix them" Even the SSD is soldered in now