I stole something today. So an ebay customer, drops off his laptop, I try to fix it. I get it taken apart, only to find out that the part that I said I would fix is not broken. And then I call him, ask him a question that was clearly explained in the ebay listing, and he answers "no." Which means he didn't even read my listing, and he bought my service anyways. Beyond that, he wants a full refund, and he doesn't even want me to even try to fix his laptop. So I gave him his refund, but I switched out an internal metal frame with my internal metal frame which had a dent in it. I reasoned that he would never know, and that he would sell a broken laptop with one more little completely unnoticeable problem.
It sucks to deal with cheap asses who don't want to pay for your service, but the problem with the service I'm trying to provide is that laptops are turning into commodities. Why pay $100 to fix an old laptop when you can pay $500 for a brand new one that has no problems. The whole thing sucks, and I need to consider completely staying away from this business.
It sucks to deal with cheap asses who don't want to pay for your service, but the problem with the service I'm trying to provide is that laptops are turning into commodities. Why pay $100 to fix an old laptop when you can pay $500 for a brand new one that has no problems. The whole thing sucks, and I need to consider completely staying away from this business.
posted by robbo at 10:58 PM
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I kind of lost track of why I even made this post cause I was so pissed off about how that situation played out. So basically, after I read Gandhi's book, I decided to take on some of his ideas in the best way that I could. That post was a simple example of something that I can justify in my mind as being ok to do, but still falls into the category of lying and stealing. For Gandhi, my little solution would be completely out of the question. Whether Gandhi's strict view on life is right or not, there is certainly a way I feel when I'm acting out some petty form of justified deceit. And I'm gonna bring myself up a notch.
You stole something else without realizing it...my heart.
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