Hi everyone!
Two weeks ago, my mother's computer power supply stopped working. So my little brother went to the nearest FNAC and bought, for 70€, a new power supply. Yesterday, I was in the living room, holding my cat in my hand and didn't notice the wire on the ground and walked into it and it turned out it wasn't that solid and it broke down. The wires basically got off the transformer - they weren't cut, though. I felt terrible, and I thought I was going to have to pay 70€ for yet a new one - which would have been so stupid - ; I was pretty gutted as I'm saving money to buy a synth... We tried for three hours (till 3am) to get it back working, cause it was not a big thing, but a tiny iron jacket had stayed in a small element and we tried to get it out, but couldn't succeed.
This morning I decided to go to the FNAC again and try to be refunded (we had 15 days after purchase to get refunded if we did not want it anymore - and a 1 year warranty). So we put the wires back in it (not connected...), did everything to put it back in its original shape - though obviously, it does not work anymore -, though we could not do anything about the cutter and screwdrivers marks on the transformer. I went there to my mother, and she went to talk to the salesman. He asked if we had opened it, so she said Nope - but then he checked the inside of the box and saw that obviously we had opened it - the wires weren't as they should be -, so he was a bit suspicious, but still he refunded us with a holding.
My mother was like "let's not buy a new one right now, we'll go back this afternoon, the guy is already really suspicious about us", but I was pretty sure there would be no problem, I'd just have to go and take a power supply once more and go at the checkout to pay with a holding. So I went, took a new power supply, went to the checkout. And there, the cashier says "It's okay - but you have to go to the computer department in order to make a receipt. I felt "FUCK", cause obviously I would have to ask the exact same guy that had given the exact same holding to my mother basically five minutes ago - and it's not like my mother and me look any different. I was pretty sure he would refuse my request. It turned out he even still had the ancient power supply in his hands when I asked him ! I was shaking like hell; but he said nothing and made the receipt without problems. Which is great. We now have a new power supply and we did not pay anything for it
I feel great