# Scam on the new computer

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 8, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-on-the-new-computer/839891 "2019-09-08T18:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-on-the-new-computer/839891/15 "2019-09-08T23:27:39Z")

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Off-topic, but feel a need to share.

I don’t have a Mac, but fefore you go ahead with any repairs that your Mac shop may recommend, I highly recommend contacting Louis Rossman [https://rossmanngroup.com/macbook-logic-board-repair/](https://rossmanngroup.com/macbook-logic-board-repair/) or at least watch a few of his Mac Ripoff videos on his channel: [https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup](https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup)

But lingyi, you don’t have a Mac, so why recommend Rossman? I came across his site because of Linus Tech Tips where they had an “unfixable” Mac Pro that would cost more to repair than to buy a new one. At least according to Rossman (as well as other YouTubers), Mac techs are instructed to recommend buying a new machine than repair. Take it with as large a grain of salt as you like.

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