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What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of? (lemm.ee)

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[–] sebinspace 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the way you told the story, you were framing the whole third party repair industry as being crooked. Your experience may have been shit, and that shop may have used sketchy batteries from weird sources, but you stated it as though all shops do that, and that is objectively false.

Now fuck off.

[+] over_clox -6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've worked for 4 different repair companies, and once the manufacturers decided to start sealing the batteries inside the device, not a single one of those companies could obtain official new batteries.

So please tell me where 3rd party technicians can get official brand new batteries...

And you can back off with the cursing.

[–] sebinspace 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Alright, so you went from the whole industry to one company to.. four. Got it.

I’ve already stated where we sourced our batteries.

And I’ll curse if I fucken want to.

[–] over_clox -1 points 1 year ago

Oh wonderful, MobileSentrix is down right now too.

https://mobilesentrix.com/

You got any other magic solutions that aren't up in thin air right now?

[–] over_clox -4 points 1 year ago

Currently MobileDefenders is moving all their stock to MobileSentrix in Virginia.

https://www.mobiledefenders.com/

Although MobileSentrix was apparently founded in 2012, I can't find a single mention of them prior to July 9, 2018.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mobilesentrix/company_overview/overview_timeline

Guess it would have been nice to know of a reputable supplier before I said fuckit and quit in 2017.

Thanks for the information, asshole.