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So, there's this shitty local business that I want to destroy. I should've known by the name they were a bunch of villainous shitheels, but they were close to me, so I was lazy and went to them.

Business in Question: http://iphonerepairgods.webs.com/

Short story: I dropped something ON my iPad Mini Retina, it fell off the bed stand, and the screen got all fucked up around the button. They have failed to fix it twice now.

Long Story: Damage is as described above. This was 2 months ago. Bring my ipad to them, they're all like, "Yea, we can fix it, call you tomorrow." Get called back a week later, pick up the ipad, go home and charge it because it's at like 1%. Finally get it charged, the following is the result:  WiFi barely works, screen has some ghosting (as in, it's like a ghost is pressing it in the upper right hand corner). Needless to say, I'm a little pissed, but hey, they fucked up, they'll make good. We're in Austin, they have to make good.

Nope.

SIX WEEKS GO BY.  Apparently some dumb cracker thought this would be a good business to buy (startechpc or some shit). Company went through a managerial switch. I'm pretty patient about this shit, especially with toys and the pleasure of not having to deal with Apple. They kept telling me the screens they were getting me were fucking up. Finally, I call them today and they're like "Yea, we have your ipad, working great. All that shit was our fault, we'll make it up to you." And I'm like "Fucking finally." Making it up to me was giving me back a more fucked ipad and only refunding me $40 of the $120.

Go to pick it up:
1. Ghosting still happening.
2. No sound.
3. Wifi has like no signal.
4. Screen edges look like a pile of glue.

Anyway, I want to crush them into a fine milled flour.

Yelp and Google complaining isn't good enough for me, I want to stretch their asshole out and use it as a parachute into a volcano. What do?

As much as I want to see you succeed in your endeavor, be careful.  You can get yourself in some legal trouble.  It probably goes without saying.  Just do whatever you are going to do with a cool head, not a hot one.

I'm not sure anything you do to them is worse then what they're doing to themselves with that website.  I'm not even sure what is going on there.  Time Cube makes more sense to me. 

Also, what Cyrrex said.

can you take them to court Judge Judy style?  Let the world know what a buch of useless twats they are?  Unless of course "even bad publicity is publicity" is something you want to avoid potentially ending in their favour.

Better Business Bureau.  I've used them twice and got satisfaction both times.  Have at it.

I recommend going full Nerf.  At minimum.

Never go full Nerf.

Sounds more like it was the first owner's fault and you should find out what he's up to.  I assume he's the one who took your money and ran so the new guy didn't get the benefit of your $120 and had to lose $40 out of pocket?  Unless I got the order of events wrong.

:awesome_for_real:
One of my favourite comedies.

I'm more interested in this statement.  Is there some sort of law in Austin/Texas that says companies have to not fuck you I'm not aware of?

I would make prank phone calls and pay a homeless man twenty bucks to sleep in their doorway.  But that's just for personal satisfaction.  I guess you could do the better business thingy and maybe say mean things about them on the internet.  I find that when I decide I hate a company and want to destroy them I end up losing interest before anything really gets done.  That's why I go for the quick personal gratification sort of revenge... pizza deliveries from everything in the area, the ugly sort of graffiti, call the morgue to pick up the body, etc. 

Taking them to TV court sounds fun, too!

There's a general standard of quality in Austin that has made most of my interactions with most businesses completely positive. At least, outside of the ghetto. That is to say, shitty businesses don't last long here unless the business owner has money to burn, and I imagine, in this case, he didn't, since the store got bought while they had my iPad.

Wait, you gave your tech product to a supposed tech company who uses WEBS.COM to host their web site? And you are surprised when they fuck you repeatedly?

As for ruining them, I got no clue. You'd think that web site would have done the job already but about the only thing that seems to attract business to business in the South more is claiming your company is a "Christian" company.

Maybe you can find a local church to curse them with raining frogs? Or pull some Billy Bob Thornton in Fargo shit to drive the owners bonkers.

They weren't hosting on Webs.com like 3 weeks ago before they got bought. That site is a new development. It previously had information on it and shit.

Oh well that makes a lot more sense then.  :awesome_for_real:

That site is just a massive "we will take your money and laugh" message.

Get a box of these (http://www.backwaterreptiles.com/feeders/dubia-roaches-for-sale.html) and release them in their store.  Then sit back and enjoy the lulz.

I don't get it.  You broke your iPad.  Fixing those is hard given how tighly everything is packed insode, no matter what some store claims.  Buy a new one.

You should probably not do anything at all.  If something bad happens, like roaches or stink bombs, you're the first person they'll suspect.  Then it would be off to jail for you and when people ask you what you're in for and you say roaches and stink bombs they'll have no respect and you'll be a very sad boy because of... you know... butts.  Your girlish good looks and dainty airs won't help much, either.

And, no, I have no idea what I'm on about today.  Well, I do but it's mine so go buy your own!   :oh_i_see:

To be fair "fixing those is hard" is a shitty excuse if your business is fixing them.  If they couldn't fix it the right thing to do would have been to say, "sorry this is too far gone, you need a new one."

This. It went in with nothing but a cracked screen. It came out all fucked up.

File a civil claim against them. If they damaged your ipad you probably have a case. Ask for a replace and payment for your fees (which i am pretty sure can do yourself and so long as you record your time/costs)

It will hit them where it matters, make you feel good, and give you money for the ipad.

I am sure that the lawyers on the forum can give you better advice.

Go out of your way to make reviews on Yelp, Google, etc, whatever you have to do.

Otherwise, just let nature run its course. If they are crooks, they'll go out of business completely independent of what you do.

Much like shitty gaming companies, I am a fan of expediting the inevitable.

If only people had listened to me about 38/GMG. Curt would still have money.

Yes, there is nothing as horrifying as releasing a box of roaches inside a Texas business. Watch in amusement as they blend right in with the 500 other roaches that are already there. Have you ever been to Texas? Basic Training in Texas was my first experience with roaches that stop whatever they're doing and fly at you.

If you want an insect related thing pick up some botfly eggs sprinkle them around on areas people lean on such as counters.

I lived in Houston for 3 years but I never saw anything like totally roach infested.  Besides I used to live in the Phillippines these American roaches are nothing.

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No. Nope. NO!

You need better hobbies.

If Woody had gone to the police in the first place, this never would have happened...

Stop buying apple products.

Oh, come on, be fair, the issue has nothing to do with Apple. It could have happened on any tablet-y thingie.

Yeah, but just buying a new one would of been much cheaper.

I would never buy products based on the replacement cost. I can count on one hand the number of things I've ever broken. 1 phone and 1 tablet. The phone was easy to get replaced cheap, in fact they paid me after I had Best Buy price match Amazon. Tablet SHOULD'VE been an easy fix if these guys weren't stupid fucking gorillas.

i was going to say that this probably wouldn't do anything because bot fly eggs wash out really easily in showers and baths and so generally don't bug humans; but then I remembered this store is in Texas.

I don't think I've ever seen Paradox get screentime during a big 3 PR conference.

And that's a big deal.

I guess everyone is happy about Disney buying Lucas(f)arts now. (lolll dadjokes)

so many pixels

Wrong thread? :awesome_for_real:

yes

The human specific species egg hatch really fast and burrows in, plus the eggs are really small. Small enough for mosquito or blowfly legs to carry several.

Just found out they have those in Sierra Leone. :oh_i_see:

Gives you a hole to hide your diamonds in!

Don't worry. I am sure the hemorrhagic fevers will keep them from getting too deep.

What? That is incorrect. They go all the way from the southern half of Mexico to the northern half of Argentina. I got mine in Panama. I don't know where they are in Africa, but the continent is full enough of horrific parasites that it doesn't need them.

Ok, not the bot fly specifically, but the Tumbu Fly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylobia_anthropophaga) (same species).  Its basically all over west Africa.  Co-worker who was in the peace corp in Gambia before State was telling me all about the other members who got infected by them.

Though as Way mentioned, I should probably be more concerned about the Ebola outbreak that's spreading into the country currently.   :awesome_for_real:

Did you get any in the head? I saw a picture once of someone that got one in the head and it terrified me.

Why don't we stop trying to put Eric in jail for committing homicide by insect.  Sending pizzas and prank calls are one thing, but getting insects to drill holes in peoples skulls is probably more serious.  I don't want Eric in jail.  I've left him something in my will and they won't allow living creatures to go to prison with you!

He won't really do that.  He has aspirations now.

No, it was in the back of my neck right above the t-shirt neckline, but well below the top of BDU collars. I couldn't ever get a good look at it in the mirror and just assumed it was a nasty zit or infected hair because it was hot and dirty as hell. Eventually it got big and bothersome enough that I went to the flight surgeon to see if it was something he could drain. He took one look at it and stuck a piece of duct tape over it and told me to come back after lunch. When I came back the thing had suffocated and he pulled it out with a pair of tweezers in about 15 seconds. Honestly, splinters are more uncomfortable than that thing was.

I'd be worried I had another in my head.

Well, we all know how Bob can go on a rage induced verbal rampage.  It could be parasite related?

I have learned some very useful things from angry.bob's posts, although many of them just frighten me.  Like the ones in this thread.  Still, as long as I learn useful stuff, he can rampage all he likes.  Hopefully it's him who's having the rage and not a parasite.  That would be too creepy even for me. 

Stay angry, Bob.  It works for you.

I never said I wasn't a fan.  Bob has a way of saying a lot of...uncomfortable...things, but that doesn't mean they aren't often true.

The place that bought this shitty ipad repair joint is just as shitty as the ipad repair joint. What is this? Is someone trying to make a monopoly on running shitass businesses in Austin?

Serious answer: Buy a nexus 7 and forget this place ever existed.  If you could put a dollar value on not being in a shit mood that seeps into every other part of your life for an hour, you'd realize pretty quickly that you'd pay thousands of dollars and be happy about it to never have to think about those fucks again.

That's not what anyone is hoping to get out of a Nerf sighting in a thread like this though.  It's past my bedtime, I'll get on this tomorrow.

They grow up so fast!

The Android marketplace is Auschwitz for good content.

YOu could take o photo of you with your crapped out crappy tablet and that ophoto will pread around the internet and cause them to BE DESTROYED!!

I provide a modest example or what I mean here.

Even more serious answer than Nerfs, why the hell go to some shitty repair shack instead of sending your device to Apple themself? I had nothing but bad experiences with 3rd party repair shops and nothing but good experiences with repairs from Apple themself.

Is the price those repair shops charge that much lower that is warrants the headaches?

Probably.  Isn't everything from Apple ridiculously overpriced?

We already know he makes poor purchasing decisions, this started with him owning an iPad.

 :rimshot:

--Dave

Hey, he needed something for his Hearthstone addiction whilst on the shitter.

At least he's playing Hearthstone where it belongs.

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What is the street address of the location you visited?

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Update:

No update. I've called the guy back twice now, after he said he'd call me back. He believed an iPad v1 or v2 would be a viable replacement for an iPad Mini Retina.

I'm pretty close to BBB'ing his shit.

How did you pay?

God damn cash.