[robertoandred]

Refurbished by Apple or by Best Buy etc?

[smoldesu]

The refurbishes he's looking at are all Apple-authorized or first party.

[robertoandred]

Any proof those are laptops Apple sold as refurbished? Rossman has been caught lying about a bunch of stuff in the past.

[Toutouxc]

> has been caught lying about a bunch of stuff

Would you mind linking to some of those? He's not my cup of coffee, but I always saw him as a fair guy.

[robertoandred]

He got caught using counterfeit parts.

[ksec]

1. How is he suppose to get official parts?

2. He is using parts made by the same company that made exactly the same chips. Is that Counterfeit?

3. He is using parts he scrapped from other Apple Computer when those parts are not available.

Unless it is outside those three options, I dont see how it is Counterfeit.

[robertoandred]

He can get official parts by becoming an Apple service provider.

And yes, parts with Apple logos stamped on them that are not actual Apple parts are by definition counterfeit.

[smoldesu]

He's openly admitted to that, since for the most part Apple will not sell him the official OEM components.

[robertoandred]

If he wants official parts, he can join Apple's one of service/repair provider programs.

[andrei_says_]

That’s a pretty quick jump to ad hominem / character association for very low stakes.

Rossman’s level of transparency and willingness to address errors is unparalleled.

Using non-original parts in the context of Apple actively making it impossible to obtain such parts - and loudly complaining about it while fighting for right of repair legislation is … not lying, that’s for sure.

[yurishimo]

Got any proof of that? Genuinely curious.

[tushar-r]

I hadn't heard about that, any pointers to what he did that about? TIA.