I'm an idiot. What should I do?

Mark of the Wolves

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About a hour ago I stepped over my ethernet wire running about oh say thigh high and my toe clipped it. Instead of stopping and trying to go over it, I went ahead and kept moving, which sent my Notebook flying to the floor.

So now my LCD screen is fucked up completely. Local guy told me $327.52 ($275 for the screen and $52.52 labor). HP Compaq said its under warranty and Fed Ex would come pick it up, but I would be charged something which they couldn't tell me. Monday I will call back when I can talk to someone without the Middle Eastern accent.

So what should I do? Just get it fixed by the guy here? Or go with HP and spend weeks without my PC?

I'm typing this with using a CRT monitor we had laying around and hooking it up to the Notebook. So it would be cool if I kept this up while the guy ordered my screen and I got it to him on the day he gets it.
 
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If you can't afford the repairs right now....fuck it, stick with the CRT.
 
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Baseley09 said:
If you can't afford the repairs right now....fuck it, stick with the CRT.
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I don't have it right now, but I should have it within the next couple of weeks once my flood insurance money comes. So I would wait until then.
 
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I think you will find that any implied warranty will be void for that kind of damage (its in the small print) acts of god and stuff. So bite the bullet
 
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go with the cheap local guy.

i had a similar decision to make when i dropped a pair of scissors on the display of my powerbook causing a huge gouge in the lcd.

apple was going to charge $1100 to replace it.
private business was going to charge $600 to replace it.

i decided i could live with the scratch...maybe when prices go down when the next generation of powerbooks come out i'll replace it, until then, i can't afford it.
 
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My dog took out my powerbook in a similar fashion. I had it on wireless for net, of course, but it's a fucking computer... and a powerbook, so like 3 hour life max. Doggy wanted to go out, I ignored him, he got all antsy and some how got wrapped up in the power cord. He freaked out and tugged, laptop went bye bye. I said I'd replace it, I never did... I just lived without. I'm cheap, but fuck it, $1,200 for a new notebook didn't really seem worth it (though I do miss it a lot :( )
 
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syringe said:
Quick, to the time machine!
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If I had a time machine I'd be like 75 right now :( Nick doesn't always make the best choices the first time.
 
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Damn notebooks are a real problem I see. If I didn't need the portability I would go back to a desktop as it never let me down. Also glad I didn't bother with an Apple as that is very high to fix a screen.
 
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"What should I do?"

Stop running Ethernet cables, and all cables in general, at 3 feet off the ground.
 
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Mark of the Wolves is a bigot

Mark of the Wolves said:
Monday I will call back when I can talk to someone without the Middle Eastern accent.
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:kekeke: :kekeke: :kekeke:

racism lolz

Have the local guy fix it.
 
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beatifik said:
i decided i could live with the scratch...maybe when prices go down when the next generation of powerbooks come out i'll replace it, until then, i can't afford it.
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You'll find the prices won't go down much, if at all.

Shit, at some point you could probably get a used PB for the same price as the part alone.
 
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Lagduf said:
:kekeke: :kekeke: :kekeke:

racism lolz

Just get a badass 19" CRT.
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I know it sounds that way, but I couldn't understand one damn word he said. I probably said what about 100 times in a 5 minute converstation. It's worse than when I called AOL once to tell them I want to cancel internet.

Buro Destruct said:
"What should I do?"

Stop running Ethernet cables, and all cables in general, at 3 feet off the ground.
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:lol: It's hard to do when my wireless card doesn't work. So I said screw a router. Other than that I was just lazy and oblivious.
 
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slerch666 said:
You'll find the prices won't go down much, if at all.

Shit, at some point you could probably get a used PB for the same price as the part alone.
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you can get screens for the titanium books for like $300. the aluminum displays are still hard to find though.
 
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