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#3354348 16-Mar-2025 08:19

MadEngineer:

Why isn’t there a French Vanilla Chocolate Chip ice cream?

I don't know but there isn't real French vanilla ice cream in New Zealand these days, with a couple of exceptions. French vanilla requires eggs (that's why the ice cream is yellow) and not many companies make it properly (and that's not the big ones obviously).

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#3354375 16-Mar-2025 11:36

^ That explains a lot. I got hooked on the flavour as a kid when some family friends served some out of a circular tub that I'd never seen before. I suspect that was the real stuff.

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#3354628 17-Mar-2025 16:07

Quick question for the team! If you were buying a I phone and it had a battery replacement removing the price form the equation , would you more inclined to buy it or less inclined?

The reason I ask is I quite often see buyers of phones asking if the phone had any work done ? screens battery's...

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#3354631 17-Mar-2025 16:29

If I were buying an older generation iPhone I would prefer to buy one that hadn't been opened up for any reason (battery or screen). I may still go ahead and get the battery replaced if it's state of health was low but at least then I would know who did the work. If you're looking to sell and wondering if you should get the battery replaced first then I would say no. You won't get that money back in the resale price.

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#3354636 17-Mar-2025 17:13

gnfb:

Quick question for the team! If you were buying a I phone and it had a battery replacement removing the price form the equation , would you more inclined to buy it or less inclined?

The reason I ask is I quite often see buyers of phones asking if the phone had any work done ? screens battery's...

More inclined if there was a receipt for replacement with a genuine manufacturer's battery from an officially certified repair agent, but that may actually cost more than the increase in price you would get.

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#3354639 17-Mar-2025 17:23

If it was a battery replacement from the guy at the mall, or a screen replacement I would not touch it.

If there was a receipt from an actual apple authorized place replacing the battery, that would alleviate all those concerns but TBH there is no way I would be shopping for a phone that is so old that it had to have its battery replaced. Those are for getting for children who will break or lose whatever they are given anyway.

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#3354645 17-Mar-2025 17:44

gnfb:

Quick question for the team! If you were buying a I phone and it had a battery replacement removing the price form the equation , would you more inclined to buy it or less inclined?

The reason I ask is I quite often see buyers of phones asking if the phone had any work done ? screens battery's...

The price has a lot to do with it because if it was really cheap then it may not matter too much. But if higher priced, you want to make sure that it has been done with original Apple parts via one of their service companies IMO. I don't think Apple sell their batteries in NZ to allow you to just swap it out yourself. For an iphone just relacing the battery can be $235 with Apple according to their estimate calculator which IMO is a crazy price.

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#3354689 17-Mar-2025 21:05

As above, if not legit then no. So many weird things can happen if not done correctly. One example I've seen is the maximum screen brightness becoming reduced. Who knows if that was due to the battery or if they broke the original screen during the process.

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#3356657 23-Mar-2025 20:56

What's this mystery felt-like material that comes included in packs of vaccuum cleaner bags? It's not a filter AFAICT since that comes in a separate plastic cartridge.