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when it comes to my professional life I consider myself a little like Danny

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ocean and not just because of the you

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know World Travel fashion sense and uh flashy cars but because often in order

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to do what I do I need to be able to get in and out of a secure area with no one

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the wiser only instead of casinos and

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Banks my theater of operations is consumer electronics and instead of

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circumventing high Tech laser security systems and armed guards I carefully

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remove those warranty void stickers without damaging them so that they can

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be reapplied it's a wild ride living your

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life on the razor's Edge and you know what I'm going to be showing you guys

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how to do it

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today I by power and MSI's new lineup of

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out at the link below warranty

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stickers here's a question are those

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even legally binding let's check in with

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the lonus tech tips legal team for a brief primer oh hi now as you may or may

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not know a warranty included in the box with an electronic device like a gain

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console or smartphone is actually just a kind of contract now if one side breaks

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or breaches a contract the other side doesn't have to perform in this case

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that would mean that the manufacturer could void your warranty but there's an

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exception to this there's a US federal law called the Magnus and Moss Warranty

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Act of 1975 now this is a law that says

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a manufacturer can't make a tie-in sale

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a condition of a warranty well what's that well a tie in sale is when a

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warranty says that you can only get your device for repaired at an authorized

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dealer or use authorized replacement parts so this means if you decide to

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repair your device on your own or use an aftermarket part they can't void your

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warranty just based on that and that includes breaking those little warranty

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voided for move stickers so if the law covers these stickers why do

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manufacturers keep putting them on their products well the manufacturers know

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that the only way that they can be forced to provide warranty service is if

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somebody takes them to court and suit them over the sticker unfortunately the

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companies also know that the cost of hiring a lawyer and actually going

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through with this is usually going to be a lot higher than just getting the

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product repaired in the first place meaning these companies are more or less

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getting away with this and it'll probably take something like a class

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action lawsuit which is essentially a bunch of people suing one or more

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companies to end this Behavior the only time that either opening your device or

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performing a self-repair or taking it to a third- party repair shop can actually

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void your warranty is if they do an improper repair or an improper upgrade

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that actually causes the device to malfunction or break this simply means

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don't break your own stuff and you'll still be covered under a warranty it's

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against the law for these manufacturers to tell you that you don't have a right

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to try to repair your product on your own

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terms thanks John now let's get to what

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you all came to see legality aside what

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is the best way to remove and replace a

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warranty sticker so that an apathetic minimum wage employee can't tell you did

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it there are tons of tips online about

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this but we felt the need to test them

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for ourselves because as you guys know

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very well just because someone posts something online doesn't mean it's a

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good idea and you wouldn't believe the number of unqualified people posting up

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disreputable Tech advice these

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days the electrostatic bag and heat gun

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combo method wasn't a runaway success it

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actually did work modestly well on stickers that were already fairly loose

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or poorly applied in the first place but in tougher situations we often ended up

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tearing the sticker while the materials you need are very likely to be lying

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around and the non-stick properties of the bag are helpful it's also extremely

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unwieldly and hard to control so this

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one's a bit like using a medical glove as a condom sure it might work in

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certain situations but it should never be your go-to

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solution steam it works for letters so

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it should work for stickers right wrong

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your reservations about exposing your electronics to a jet of gaseous water

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aside the steam just ended up being far harder on the sticker itself than it was

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on the glue holding it while it did weaken the bond somewhat it also caused

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the sticker to fall apart like a twice used tissue so 10 out of 10 highly

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recommended IGN a straight utility or hobby knife

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probably seems like a bit of a dicey proposition and it is yes with

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sufficient care patience and luck

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it is possible to remove a sticker with minimal to no damage by this method but

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a simple slip of the hand or a little too much pressure at the wrong moment

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can easily lead to a cut or a tear that will give the game away or Worse put an

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unsightly scratch or scuff on your precious

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device next we found a guide online in

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which a fellow canak actually went through this process for building a

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Teflon knife for exactly this purpose

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but unfortunately sourcing the materials

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and Manufacturing this kind of tool is both

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costly and potentially dangerous without

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sufficient tools and training so our

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journey for a lowcost easy solution

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continued we eventually found ourselves deep in the darkest dankest

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and most dangerous parts of the internet

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a community of competitive Rubik's Cube

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enthusiasts and it was actually there that we found our Holy Grail a plastic

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razor specifically designed for peeling the stickers off toy puzzle cubes it

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removes warranty stickers just as easily as a metal razor but is a lot more

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forgiving in terms of avoiding damage to the product it was not only able to lift

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the warranty protection off a PS4 but it also managed to peel back the entire

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warranty label on a hard drive intact

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now both metal and plastic razors work

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much better with a little solvent to help them but you need to be careful

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about what you use you can find an almost inexhaustible list of household

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products that people claim will work to

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help remove adhesives but it's not always necessary or even advisable to

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encase your sticker in peanut butter freeze it overnight sprinkle it with

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ginger or rub it with the Dew of North

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facing leaves so we tried out the three most reasonable and easily accessible

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solvents that you're likely to have kicking around nail polish remover

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rubbing alcohol and vinegar nail polish

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remover was very effective at immediately removing the glue and

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dissolving most of the sticker as well

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vinegar fell on the opposite end of the spectrum even after leaving it to soak

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it barely made a dent in the adhesive and when we attempted to pry the sticker

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off there was significant tearing isopropyl alcohol hits the perfect Sweet

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Spot in terms of loosening the sticker enough that we could get a prying tool

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in without damaging it in the process

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now it is important to note that some stickers are designed to peel back and

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leave residue on the surface surface changing the appearance of the sticker

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to read void and prevent replacement if

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you come across this use a marker or a roller ball pen to color the reverse of

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the sticker as you lift it that should allow you to press the sticker back down

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and maintain the appearance that it hasn't been moved though it should be

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noted that this won't help in cases where the manufacturer would have to

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remove that sticker in order to perform whatever warranty repair is required now

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now in a perfect world none of this would matter because consumer protection

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laws but on planet Earth where I live

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anytime you open your device there's a very strong chance that if your

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manufacturer realizes it they will refuse to honor your warranty without a

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costly and potentially very timeconsuming legal battle so whether

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you want to make an upgrade to a pre-built computer change out a cooler

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