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View Poll Results: My brother broke my laptop power pack - should he buy me a new one?
I have to buy a power pack
12 18.75%
My brother has to buy me a power pack
33 51.56%
We go 50/50
19 29.69%

02-27-2010 , 10:48 PM
We need 2+2 to make the final decision.

Me and my brother bother have dell laptops so same power packs
about 2 weeks they got mixed up and i have been using his and he has been using mine
he brings it back to me today with exposed/loose wires, says its broken and wants his back!!!!

I reckons he owes me a new power pack coz it broke when he had it
He says its not his problem because its 3 years old

Whats the vote?
Do i have to buy another?
He has to buy me a new one?
We got 50/50 because its old
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02-27-2010 , 10:50 PM
sounds like you have a working power pack.....think he has to buy himself a new one.
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02-27-2010 , 10:51 PM
Yeah ... why'd you give him his back? I'd let him figure out what to do with a messed up power pack!
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02-27-2010 , 10:52 PM
you suck as brothers if this is a big deal


edi: didnt actually read the thread
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02-27-2010 , 10:55 PM
How much even is a freaking power pack? Just split the cost, you guys are brothers, this is ******ed
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02-27-2010 , 10:56 PM
Isn't a Dell AC Adapter like 30 bucks on the interwebs?
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02-27-2010 , 10:56 PM
im bored, ill bite

Quote:
he brings it back to me today with exposed/loose wires, says its broken and wants his back!!!!
were these wires exposed when he began using your power cord?
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02-27-2010 , 10:57 PM
3 years old. buy a new laptop
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02-27-2010 , 10:59 PM


no exposed wires here

/thread
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02-27-2010 , 11:02 PM
you have something that is his and he wants it back. He has already returned your property. Don't be a thief.

I also bet your christmas family gatherings are full of joy and good spirits.
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02-27-2010 , 11:03 PM
He's a jerk and should be locked up for his crime against you, but probably will be do other crimes against humanity before he is ever caught.
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02-27-2010 , 11:10 PM
Just go 50/50, it's not like he broke your laptop or something. To the poster who calls a mac a solution, I'm not sure if that's a good idea considering OP and brother are nitpicking about 20-30$ in value and a macbook pro costs at least $1.6K. Also, my friend had an apartment fire due to a faulty charger.
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02-27-2010 , 11:22 PM
i can tell by the bloody ops post that he knew the pack was going downhill, stop being a cheap sneaky **** and buy him one already.

and just a bit of advice for everyone: dont let anyone near your **** thats too poor or cheap to pay for it.
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02-27-2010 , 11:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by slicknastyAK


no exposed wires here

/thread
had mine for a year, and it now has exposed wires at the end of the power cord
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02-27-2010 , 11:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkn7KEzF39Y&NR=1

Last edited by GeoffRas22; 02-27-2010 at 11:55 PM. Reason: thay3r seeing proof cpus dont break after having them for a month
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02-27-2010 , 11:55 PM
This seems like a fairly easy situation to resolve.

Normally in this spot its awkward cuz like you borrowed someone's equipment (camera or whatever) and break it, so you obviously need to reimburse them somehow. But since it was a used camera, paying for a brand new one isn't totally fair since they end up ahead. Yet in this case, you have an identical replacement, in "his" used power pack. It seems obvious that it should just be treated as if you never switched, he would buy a new one costing him the price but upgrading to a new one which will last longer.

The only complexity would be if he didn't actually do anything specific to the cord, and it just happened to wear out while he was using it. In which case you should just give him back his and buy a new one yourself. If it's unclear whether it broke due to normal wear or he did something specific, then some type of split seems fair. If you do split I would probably have the person who ends up with the new cord paying a bit more.
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02-28-2010 , 12:12 AM
My roomate broke my power charger on my dell and obviously didn't apologize cuz I consider him AOS (aspergers or something) and doesn't understand human decency. My solution is that I bought a new computer cuz it was 3 years old and gave my old one to my little brother for himself to buy a new battery and charger. Dell's power situation, overheating and depreciating, is really annoying to deal with anyways.
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02-28-2010 , 12:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JP OSU
had mine for a year, and it now has exposed wires at the end of the power cord
you're doin it wrong
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02-28-2010 , 06:00 AM
When they got mixed up did you give each other a 2 year warranty?
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02-28-2010 , 08:29 AM
If it was that old, surely the fairest would be for him to buy a new one and to keep itand you keep the one you borrowed
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02-28-2010 , 02:30 PM
break his and give it back obv
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02-28-2010 , 02:34 PM
Can we have some lawyers in this thread please?
I love it when they join in.
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02-28-2010 , 05:48 PM
were your laptops the same age

if yours is older you asking him to replace yours is pretty dirty
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02-28-2010 , 05:56 PM
This is a clear case of ****** vs ******, their is lack of sufficient evidence so we will have to dismiss this case
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02-28-2010 , 06:26 PM
vote or die mother****er mother****er vote or die

cant run from my 38 go ahead and try
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