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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by convolvatron on Saturday March 17, 2018 @12:34PM (#16607692)
my go-to move is to require them to put in a little effort themselves. guy brought in a crappy little kettle grill that had rusted out, said it was a shame to throw it away.

I gave him a piece of sandpaper and told him that if he sanded off the rust and paint around the holes I would fill the holes with rod and set the legs again.

it turned out not to be such a shame

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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by kaybe on Sunday March 18, 2018 @04:56AM (#16611038)
At our local bike repair cafe the volunteers will not even touch your things, they will just stand next to you and make comments about what to do.
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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by tonyedgecombe on Sunday March 18, 2018 @04:32AM (#16610979)
I think this applies in many parts of life. I have a customer right now who fired off a brief email asking for something that will take quite a lot of my time, I will push some of it back on them.
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