I got scammed by my Laptop Repairman.

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I have a pretty good laptop considering what I do, handles and renders premiere pro videos well and runs everything it needs to run.

I'd say around March this year I was playing Hypixel on it, got pissed and threw my mouse at the screen; screen got completely destroyed, 80% of it was unuseable and the 20% was in the bottom left corner.

I couldn't be asked to get it repaired, i was in my room all day anyways and just let my laptop screen go down and used an external display & it worked fine.
You can see what I did in the thread below; but my setup is usually better, I was working an internship in a different country at the time and just stayed at a University

But my family decided to go to America; issue is that we didn't have enough suitcase storage for my monitor, so I had to go and get its display fixed.. finally.

It's a Lenovo ideapad gaming 3, the default display is 120hz, before getting it repaired I asked the repairman for clarification that it would infact be a 120hz display.
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He said yes.

It worked fine for the first 2 weeks of it being repaired, but now my screen has started jittering, changing tabs too quickly literally splits my display in half (half my screen on one half, half on the other)

For example, if I switch between org & com too quickly, this happens:
(This is a cropped image, if I try to screenshot the actual occurance then it shows up as normal since this is a hardware issue)
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After asking ChatGPT about it, turns out my repairman cheaped out & gave me a shit screen that could "handle" 120hz, but not run it consistently & well. I paid $US200 for the repair, literally DIYing it would've been cheaper and done better, but I didn't have time to wait as this all happened days before leaving to America.

@BigBallsLarry @TechnoBoss @Gengar @Jason Voorhees @Insomnia ffs
 
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what is his ethnicity?
 
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lowk wouldve been better off buying a new monitor
 
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Was he Indian?
 
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It worked fine for the first 2 weeks of it being repaired, but now my screen has started jittering, changing tabs too quickly literally splits my display in half (half my screen on one half, half on the other)
I paid $100 to get my macbooks screen fixed and assumed it worked after testing it for 5 minutes.

I came back to using it 6 months later and it went back to being broken after 10 minutes. Can't even do anything because I took so long to use it.

Now I have no laptop again and had to buy a cheap chromebook to get by.

Never trust these shady repairmen.
 
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lowk wouldve been better off buying a new monitor
Not the point, I couldn't take my monitor with me to America. I had to get the repair.
 
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I paid $100 to get my macbooks screen fixed and assumed it worked after testing it for 5 minutes.

I came back to using it 6 months later and it went back to being broken after 10 minutes. Can't even do anything because I took so long to use it.

Now I have no laptop again and had to buy a cheap chromebook to get by.

Never trust these shady repairmen.
Can't have fucking shit in this world

Need to DIY my filler or else I'll literally get charged 600% per needle
Need to DIY my Laptop screen replacement or else they'll put some aliexpress garbage on it

Can I have ANYTHING nice be done FOR me?
 
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I have a pretty good laptop considering what I do, handles and renders premiere pro videos well and runs everything it needs to run.

I'd say around March this year I was playing Hypixel on it, got pissed and threw my mouse at the screen; screen got completely destroyed, 80% of it was unuseable and the 20% was in the bottom left corner.

I couldn't be asked to get it repaired, i was in my room all day anyways and just let my laptop screen go down and used an external display & it worked fine.
You can see what I did in the thread below; but my setup is usually better, I was working an internship in a different country at the time and just stayed at a University

But my family decided to go to America; issue is that we didn't have enough suitcase storage for my monitor, so I had to go and get its display fixed.. finally.

It's a Lenovo ideapad gaming 3, the default display is 120hz, before getting it repaired I asked the repairman for clarification that it would infact be a 120hz display.
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He said yes.

It worked fine for the first 2 weeks of it being repaired, but now my screen has started jittering, changing tabs too quickly literally splits my display in half (half my screen on one half, half on the other)

For example, if I switch between org & com too quickly, this happens:
(This is a cropped image, if I try to screenshot the actual occurance then it shows up as normal since this is a hardware issue)
View attachment 4469107


After asking ChatGPT about it, turns out my repairman cheaped out & gave me a shit screen that could "handle" 120hz, but not run it consistently & well. I paid $US200 for the repair, literally DIYing it would've been cheaper and done better, but I didn't have time to wait as this all happened days before leaving to America.

@BigBallsLarry @TechnoBoss @Gengar @Jason Voorhees @Insomnia ffs

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What did you expect. 99% of people who repair laptops always do a shit job
 
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turns out my repairman cheaped out & gave me a shit screen that could "handle" 120hz, but not run it consistently & well. I paid $US200 for the repair, literally DIYing it would've been cheaper and done better, but I didn't have time to wait as this all happened days before leaving to America.
Is he a good repairman? Maybe he's not used to this type of request specifically so he doesn't know what the difference is between a display that is 120hz and what you just mentioned, one that can "handle" 120hz. Either way, sucks man hope it can get sorted out with him :FeelsSadMan: I've been wanting to change my laptop's display myself, it's a ThinkPad and the only device where I dare to use/learn Linux on but I've been afraid of getting some fake/low quality shit from Aliexpress. I've already changed its heat pipe and replaced the touchpad with a glass touchpad from a new gen laptop and it has been a success :Comfy:
 
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a glass touchpad from a new gen laptop and it has been a success :Comfy:
oh neat, what does it look like?
Is he a good repairman? Maybe he's not used to this type of request specifically
a repairman should know the difference between something that is able to run 120hz and something that runs 120hz smoothly, he cheaped out.
 
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oh neat, what does it look like?
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This is a photo I took during the replacement

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This one I just took right now from reddit cause I don't have an actual difference pic, and the difference may not be that visible but the glass one (left) is like $20 and feels much much better to use compared to the original. I had to mess with drivers for it to work properly but after a few hours I got it working. Someone was just selling their laptop parts on OLX (you might've heard of it) so I got it and replaced it, really good choice.

a repairman should know the difference between something that is able to run 120hz and something that runs 120hz smoothly, he cheaped out.
I agree they should know but some of them just don't. I've been to multiple "repairmen" for random stuff and some are truly incompetent, others are really passionate and genuinely want you to have the best of the best.
 
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Someone was just selling their laptop parts on OLX (you might've heard of it) so I got it and replaced it, really good choice.
ofc I've heard of Olx, it's polish right?
This one I just took right now from reddit cause I don't have an actual difference pic, and the difference may not be that visible but the glass one (left) is like $20 and feels much much better to use. Someone was just selling their laptop parts on OLX (you might've heard of it) so I got it and replaced it, really good choice.
very nice, I'd assume the glass is easier to clean and gets less gunk attatched to it than the plastic
 
ofc I've heard of Olx, it's polish right?
I think it's in a few countries in Europe, mostly eastern europe(?). There's always nice stuff on polish olx :ROFLMAO:

very nice, I'd assume the glass is easier to clean and gets less gunk attatched to it than the plastic
Yeah for sure, feels like touching air :MmmHmm: recommend it
It's a work laptop, never had a gaming or very performant laptop tbh
 
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I always repair my hardware myself and even do it for some relatives and my friends. 90% of repairmen don't care about you and will try to profit off you in every single way. too bad the job isn't that well paying and it has to stay as a hobby for me :trepidation:.
 
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I always repair my hardware myself and even do it for some relatives and my friends. 90% of repairmen don't care about you and will try to profit off you in every single way. too bad the job isn't that well paying and it has to stay as a hobby for me :trepidation:.
indian guy near my house is a great repairman

I broke my windows laptop when i was 10 and he fixed it really well

Sent from my 4,000 dollar setup
 
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I always repair my hardware myself and even do it for some relatives and my friends. 90% of repairmen don't care about you and will try to profit off you in every single way. too bad the job isn't that well paying and it has to stay as a hobby for me :trepidation:.
when you're charging $200 for a $40 screen the money seems great.
 
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when you're charging $200 for a $40 screen the money seems great.
yea but I don't want to be a scamming bitch
 
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I think u are experiencing screen tearing
Maybe try to lower the refresh rate to 60Hz
 
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