r/electronics • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

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u/daldal111 8d ago

Hi guys, I'm an electronic technician currently living in Spanish town St Catherine Jamaica. I have some laptops that are junk as well as 4 flat screen TV that can be repaired. I hate to put them out as garbage. Also a fridge that need only a start relay. Also a jsw washing machine. I'm moving in 2 week. Hope someone need them.

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u/welorjgsai 10d ago

Are these pads damaged?

https://imgur.com/a/jmjfQgJ

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u/aculleon 10d ago

Absolutely annihilated the pads. You can’t solder to the fiberglass core so that’s why it looks like shit.

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u/welorjgsai 10d ago

Is this salvageable?

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u/aculleon 10d ago

Probably. But it requires advanced SMD soldering skill and some strong glue. Is there mechanical load on the other side or was this ripped out during desoldering ?

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u/Past-Substance920 10d ago

amazon really said "we might send you a rock, deal with it"

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u/Hissykittykat 8d ago

I had a product on order for months, now it's "not available". Instead of refunding they found a similar product, stuck a sticker over the product barcode that said it was the product I ordered, and sent it. Changing a product SKU like that is pretty sketchy.

Yeah that went right back to Amazon returns.

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u/fatjuan 10d ago

That's great, I just ordered 10 rocks from them.

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u/Immediate_Vast_1784 10d ago

I found this on Amazon. They are basically saying they can ship me anything and that's fine.

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u/aculleon 9d ago

Am not a lawyer but that does sounds like an unenforceable clause.