Monday I bought 1.75 grams of thermal adhesive at Microcenter for $2.99. At checkout I was asked if I wanted to buy a replacement service plan. I was dumbfounded.
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Microcenter Tries To Sell You A Replacement Plan For Thermal Adhesive

When "FireDogs" And "Geeks" Don't Know What's Wrong, You Pay
Channel 10 out of Columbus, Ohio recently conducted a sting operation in which they equipped themselves with an easily repaired laptop and took it to Geek Squad, FireDog and Micro Center to see who could figure out what was wrong.