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daannii@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I come from poverty. I’ll tell you the family secrets that have been passed down for many a generations.

Now , I acknowledge it’s getting harder to do this for some items. But it’s still viable.

Let’s say you buy an Xbox and it stops working.

You go buy a new one. Take it apart, switch out the guts, return the broken one with the new casing. This is harder to do than it used to be. But it’s still possible to do this on a multitude of electronics. Microwaves. Appliances. Stereos. Etc.

Pretty sure my brother got 2 Xboxs “fixed” this way.

Let’s say you need a power tool for a job. Buy it. Use it . Return it.

You should only use it lightly so you can return it without issues.

Have a tv and lose the remote. But a new one. Take the remote. Return the tv. They rarely check for remote and if they do say it wasn’t in the box.

And like the meme says. You can buy and steal the same item so you can return the stolen one with the receipt.

Just recently I mentioned how my drill wasn’t working right and first thing fam said was “just go get the same one at the Walmart and switch out the casing.”.

I’m like yeah I know but it’s so much work …

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