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LOL - got myself a Macbook for $9.99
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A friend of mine bought an Intel 13" MacBook in 2006 .. just after the warranty expired his screen started to flicker like mental .. you weren't able to use it anymore really. I had the same issue on an old MacBook myself, but it was fixed during the AfterCare he didn't buy.
Anyway, I visited him one day and asked what happened with that thing. He was pissed off with that laptop and showed it to me. I asked if I can buy it and he just gave it to me as it was useless to him anyway.
So, I ordered an inverter board on eBay for $9.99 and half an hour later that thing was fixed
To be fair, I did tell him and asked him how much money he wants as it is fully working now .. he said "you fixed it so its yours" ..
So I got myself a perfect browsing machine for the sofa
Anyway, I visited him one day and asked what happened with that thing. He was pissed off with that laptop and showed it to me. I asked if I can buy it and he just gave it to me as it was useless to him anyway.
So, I ordered an inverter board on eBay for $9.99 and half an hour later that thing was fixed
To be fair, I did tell him and asked him how much money he wants as it is fully working now .. he said "you fixed it so its yours" ..
So I got myself a perfect browsing machine for the sofa
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OptionsPlantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 ModGood work!
Nice find for sure
though not sure I could go back to a 13" For the price...I likely could suffer throughPlantwiz
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Optionsd00dle Member Posts: 46 ■■□□□□□□□□my Macbook is collecting dust rite now. i was using it for like 3-4yrs. after upgraded to 15" macbook pro, damn, it's night & day. i aint going backComptia A+
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Optionsmsteinhilber Member Posts: 1,480 ■■■■■■■■□□This would have been much more impressive if you had received and revived an Apple Newton.
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Optionsjibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□I wish i had a friend like that
He has three Mac Pro and at least three MacBook Pros. So he doesn't really need that thing :PMy own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com -
Optionsrfult001 Member Posts: 407I got my PS3 in a similar situation...less technical though. Good job on the MacBook!
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OptionsKGhaleon Member Posts: 1,346 ■■■■□□□□□□Nice, you sure you told him that you fixed it?
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Optionsjibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□I used to buy broken 360's, put new drives in them, and re-sell them for 300% profit. Good work
Same here .. bought a couple of "RedRing" ones and fixed it for a fiver and sold them with a similar marginNice, you sure you told him that you fixed it?
Sure didMy own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com -
OptionsAndretii Member Posts: 210*rip off* *cough*XBL: Andretii
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Optionsjibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□*rip off* *cough*
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Optionstpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□That was how I got my first Xbox. When I was in Iraq somebody plugged it into a crappy Iraqi wiring job and it blew the power supply. He gave it to me I threw it in my duffel bag and brought it back to the states with me. I ordered a replacement power supply for 20 bucks and used it for a couple of years.
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OptionsDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□I've never done this on a Mac, but I have replaced screens and inverter boards on windows laptops for people. Takes maybe 30 minutes to do and your customer will easily pay $50-$100 for it. The most I ever charged was $50, but I do know people that haved charged the $100. The customer is happy because their computer works again and they didn't have to spend several hundred on a new one.Decide what to be and go be it.
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Optionsearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□I charge $60 for a laptop (plus parts) fix usually, if it's something like inverter I throw it in free. They think they're getting a bargain that way.
If it's an easy fix I lower price and they think..bargain
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OptionsDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□I charge $60 for a laptop (plus parts) fix usually, if it's something like inverter I throw it in free. They think they're getting a bargain that way.
If it's an easy fix I lower price and they think..bargain
win-win
Are you still throwing it in free when that is the only issue? Or just free when you fix other stuff too?Decide what to be and go be it.