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The guy kind of immediately struck as someone who would not check the ruls forst, or outright ignore them, only to turn around and rant about him not being allo
by hef19898 3y ago
The guy kind of immediately struck as someone who would not check the ruls forst, or outright ignore them, only to turn around and rant about him not being allowed to cheat. E.g. by selling basically counterfeight batteries when everyone else uses non-branded batteries is cheating those other repair shops. That he wants to ride the, very legitimate, right-to-repair wave only seems fitting. Right to repair does not allow you to use counterfeight parts or illegal sources and ignore customs.
- hef19898 3y agoJust checked, isn't he the same guy who quit NYC over some legal / tax / liscensing dispute with authorities?
- richbell 3y agoHe left New York over their Kafka-esque treatment of him and his business, amongst other things. I'd encourage you to watch his videos where he calls the New York government and tries to figure out why there's been a lein and warrant for his business since 2012 (that he was never notified about because it was sent to a random PO box in Maine). Even worse, the warrant, which affected his business for years without him realizing, turns out to have been a mistake. He never would have figured it out without spending a month being bounced between departments, hung up on, etc.
- bb88 3y agoIndeed. Kafka-esque is a good word for it. Even more, it looks like it was a software bug that ensnared 40 or so other businesses around the same time. I'm pretty much pro-regulation on companies -- but even so it's the government's job to enforce them fairly, accurately, and efficiently.