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Am I the Jerk?

Entitled PC Shop Owner BLAMES his FAILING BUSINESS on ME

Am I the Jerk?

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🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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0:00.0

An entitled store owner tries to blame me for his shop going out of business, so I've

0:05.2

been building PCs since about 2009, mostly for myself, but I've built a bunch for friends

0:10.5

over the years, so my friends PC stopped working, due to his power supply breaking.

0:15.4

He had bought a pre-built computer from a company, but they didn't offer that particular

0:18.8

model anymore, and trying to get a replacement power supply unit from them was more trouble

0:23.1

than it was worth, so I went to the PC shop downtown.

0:26.4

This shop sold various parts, but where they really made their money was with their pre-built

0:30.4

computers.

0:31.4

I went in looking for a power supply, and the owner asked me if he can help, so I explained

0:35.4

the situation.

0:36.4

He then says that instead of buying a power supply, that I wouldn't even know if it

0:40.7

fits my friend's case, that instead I could buy a pre-built computer for X amount of

0:45.9

dollars.

0:46.9

He said that I could even buy one for myself.

0:48.7

I responded by saying, just the power supply, thanks, but I'm good.

0:52.1

I just built my own PC.

0:53.6

I seem to annoy the owner, but I didn't really care.

0:56.0

I pay for my stuff, and I walked out.

0:57.8

A few weeks later, I ended up building another friend his own PC.

1:01.2

I generally ordered the parts from a guy I knew.

1:03.8

He could get me almost anything I wanted.

1:05.8

The only thing was I had to pay cash because debit machines are expensive, and he was operating

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