Shoutout to the guy who told me his laptop 'just needed a new battery' after he spilled a whole soda on it

He brought it in a grocery bag full of sticky rice, said he saw the trick online. Has anyone else had a client try a wild 'fix' before bringing you the real problem?

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the_jesse2d ago

Yeah, saw a post where someone tried the "put it in rice" thing for a week on a water damaged phone. By the time they brought it in, corrosion had set in and it was too far gone. Those home fixes just give people a false sense of hope while the real damage gets worse.

thompson.christopher2d ago

Honestly I used to swear by the rice trick too. But seeing stuff like that really makes you realize it's just making things worse while you wait.