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[@saringaclose]

its the agents that want to make more money not the owners

[@Foodstamp9162]

Exactly. I'm a liar and since I'm a liar I can tell if you're lying.

[@sschueller]

Exactly

[@smarthome2660]

I agree. When Alex was explaining the added $50,000, my first thought was the agent saw a way to make a quick buck.

[@l33tninja1]

Actually a good part of it is California regulations and the idiots in the government making other issues.

[@jankoodziej877]

I doubt that. For the agent it's little difference compared to what they get in total, and this is not just bigger risk, it also prolongs the whole thing, which means the agent actually gets less money per time spent. It's not the agent doing this.

[@hardrout17]

Wow! what an amazing change, from "i struggled to start my repair business" to "i struggle to buy a 1.9M$ house"! Congratulation Ali, Alex. 😘 Everything is so easy when you show it, it only take, skills, experience, dedication, passion, etc... Keep the hard work, enjoy the reward 😊"Better than fActory!"🤗😘

[@additudeobx]

It's a well-known fact that we entertain the same class level customer as the prices we charge. My favorite response to my "Life Hacker" customers was, "Sorry, it's not free".... and I was not shy about saying it, even in front of 15 people standing behind them in line....Customers are, what you teach them to be.

[@FixTechStuff]

As someone who did $20 quotes (20 years ago) I can confirm, it'll end your business. The worst one was getting a win (which means actually repairing it) then the customer knocking back a $120 repair and saying "I'll just buy a new TV". So we removed parts or undid the repair, charged them $20 and lost money time and time again. The new one they bought at the time was likely not as good as the one they had. When there was thunderstorms the front of my shop was full of televisions and other damaged items, I should have been raking it in with quote fees, but instead we were set back weeks with angry customers on the phone. You should have heard the insurance company complaining when I changed my quotes to $40! They were not happy! I do I.T. now, but would I run a repair shop again today with the knowledge I have now? NO WAY! I hate STUPID customers and prefer my sanity.

[@Dandan-tg6tj]

Well said: stupid customers. Stupid, thinking they know all and on top of everything demanding that they are entitled to everything. They are the worse. I show them the door and hope to not see them and their kind ever again. Unfortunately, there's so many of them. Fortunately, my door works both ways and they can go right through the door they were coming through. To see them go brings me so much peace LOL

[@williamvaughan1218]

It's in the best interest of real estate agents who work on commission to extract as much as they can from their customers.

[@MaCJaX88]

$85 is a great price actually. It cost $150 (or more) per hour to take your car to a mechanic.

[@Solus793]

The image processing on that microscope is so impressive, you can see how it's trying to stabilize the clarity of the finer contrast details, eg. markings on chips, while also enhancing the illusion of depth perception, awesome equipment.

[@phr3ui559]

yes

[@BasicComputerRepair]

I have the newest red version and it's almost too good!

[@Jacobt844]

It's interesting hearing about the California housing through you, would definitely continue watching the vlogs if you continue to do them

[@RejectedManiac]

Real estate is like this all over the US. It's even like this on the east coast. I have been looking for a house since around COVID as well. Houses are going for way more than they're worth and people are still over bidding.

[@headlightdesigngradacac]

It's a joy for me to see that someone can afford to buy a 2M house. As big boss says bismillah before trying to turn on the device i say inshallah you will buy it.

[@Dustii91]

True true, I wish nothing but happiness & success for those who are genuine decent and down to earth people

[@normanthompson4729]

That repair was caused by the ground screw next to it was loose and arcing , and made high resistance to ground at that cap and high heat causing failure, I find a lot of arcing on the ground screws like that on these boards. Keep up the good videos Thank you😁

[@mynyasabut]

there's a place in alaska where they post signs "don't throw food at the wolves", if a seller raises the price once i've accepted their price already twice, i'll go: my offer is now down to the original price, take it or leave it.

[@rillloudmother]

buying a home in the US right now is a sucker move.

[@DIYDaveOK]

It's a very common practice for a seller to list a house well under it's retail value in order to gain multiple competing offers. I admire anyone willing to stick it out in the cesspool California has become.

[@lasseystad3266]

Good luck with getting the house. Will cross my fingers that you get it. Bidding on houses are shown many times here in Sweden to be scams. Houses been on the market for some time, noone interested. As soon as you call and give them a bid, several others pop up from nowhere and start bidding. Now we have a new law forsing the agents to show the byer who was bidding and how much. Thank you for sharing your house and repair journey.

[@stephenbaker7786]

I agree with you about location. I’m a truck driver and have seen a lot of the country. I was born and raised in the central valley of California. California has it all. You live in an area that has everything in close proximity. 👍

[@rickoneill4343]

This is so true. If you tell a customer it is too much or to go home and think of it they almost always want to leave it for repair.

[@TallyTechandTroubleshooting]

I hope you get the home, Alex! I am sure you and your family would love to close that chapter in your lives. Thank you for the update on the "hot tweezers" and take care!!

[@milkshake1993]

Very fair pricing considering the time and expertise required even for a repair attempt 👍👍👍

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

the ironic thing is that laptops can now be the price you charge for repairs.. just the way it is.. but i fell in that trap fixing computers a few times ... people taking advantage of my good nature .. but i soon learned to harden up... I had one customer say to another oh he does it for nothing..??? since when ... .. your my best mate type thing so .. i just stopped ... i learnt that one...

[@seraph741]

Based on that conversation, it seems like you chose a really good real estate agent. They are confident without being rude and communicate everything to you very well.

[@cwilliams6884]

i was born in california, lived there for awhile. i don't live there anymore and would never live there again but i agree with you it is an amazing state and i understand why you'd want to live there

[@Andrew-27]

2 million dollars for a house? For that kind of money it'd better revolve around the sun and cook me breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[@Ryan_DeWitt]

As extreme as it sounds, it is pretty normal out here in California and that is very unfortunate. I think I remember seeing a 2 million dollar house in Puerto Rico or something and it was right on the beach and looked like Tony Sarks house from Ironman it was that big and impressive.

[@faithieTAKEN]

​@@Ryan_DeWittfacts. there are other states with good weather and stuff and houses that don't cost 2 million usd, or cost that amount but be better

[@ppcasm_1278]

For clarification; all houses indeed revolve around the sun.

[@yourtronicsrepair5867]

Yes, here in Orange County, CA-Newport Beach area, 2 million gets you maybe 3 bedrooms.

[@joeuser1858]

It’s amazing what people pay for concrete, timber, sheetrock, windows and shingles.

[@ashleybignell2366]

It's the same with every industry, a final price always sounds expensive until you see what goes into it to generating that price. Customers never see the man hours, rent or insurances etc to run a business. They only ever compare your price to how much they earn & how much the item costs them to purchase.

[@OldfartRC1]

$85 is cheap. If someone thinks it's to expensive then why bother thinking about repairs. Just buy a new device.

[@mandistruble5175]

Yup for sure. I spend most of my time on diagnostics. People don't realize what goes on behind scenes. Thanks for the cool video always learning from you, thank you so much!

[@MuskW-e9x]

90 percent of building a good business is finding good customers

[@rezenclowd3]

We offered $250K over on a 1.3M house, all cash no contingencies. Winning bid was $350K over, also all cash, no contingencies. Meh, it is what it is. Also, you never lost it if you never had it.... I too am staying in CA, as I have year round mountain biking 5-10minutes away, with good double blacks.

[@douglomax7461]

Raise the daignostic fee to $99

[@MischeifMakerz]

Thanks for sharing a look into how real estate works. Im always down to learn stuff from you Alex.

[@thedude1249]

⭐I hope your family gets the house. Your such an awesome guy. Peace, love.💕

[@gabest4]

If $85 is not much in the US then it also should not be anywhere else in the world. Why is the value of the dollar still so high? Something does not add up.

[@sbrewski27]

You know following you over the past few years has been an incredible journy.

[@abcon1724]

Yup! $85 is actually a lot of money in Pakistan. Best of luck with your house hunt. I hope you find a good home. Regards from Pakistan.

[@williamvaughan1218]

Same thing you must do as a mechanic. I cannot give a estimate for a new customer unless I evaluate the vehicle.

[@mikepeck9260]

yeup same in my area, upstate NY . wife is a Realtor. its still crazy.

[@MrBat000]

I hope you got that house brother. I wish you all the best.

[@BillAnt]

"I'm gonna look at other houses .... ok we have short circuit...." lol classic NRFix. :D Looks like this channel is turning into another Louis Rossmann with board repairs and real estate. hehe

[@nenaddugistankovic]

In Serbia, we don't repair anything of all that, we throw it in the trash and buy a new one,, House of 1.9 million dollars ??? with us, you can buy 4 apartment blocks for that money,, However, California is too expensive for everything and there whoever has it has it and whoever doesn't is homeless,, The climate is not important because for some people Siberia is also beautiful ,,,

[@John-gr5tx]

I like your channel . It is very valuable, I can see how inflated US dollars have little value. Thank you.

[@richardmelville5973]

I really like your attitude toward California. I agree 100%. I would love to get back to San Marino, but for now I'm stuck in Oregon.

[@arigvi101]

If you would slowly but religiously write the experiences and new tricks that you learn from repairing just asus laptops alone, I feel like you could write a book about it. Something like "a technician's guide to repairing asus laptops". The sudden click you get when you first inspect the board and know 9/10 what the problem is is very interesting to see. Something knowledge can't get out of experience.

[@David..R]

Big Boss has the magic touch!

[@gary00832]

It’s awesome to see that Alex uses all his own tools!! That’s confidence if I’ve ever seen it!!!

[@in2caffeine]

Thank you. I always enjoy your videos. Watching a master at work is very relaxing.

[@AndrewH-br3ye]

leave CA and just have everything mailed in

[@mistermudpie]

Please update when you get the answer!

[@Dandan-tg6tj]

I always cared too little about what the customer thinks about my price. I'm not a mean person I just know my worth. I already have a house for Summer and a 3 rooms apartment for Winter. Me and my family need nothing more. The moment I finished buying the house and fixing whatever it needed to be fixed, my life became a lot more peaceful. Apart from a few more 0.4mm stencils for DDR6 I have absolutely everything I want. Maybe a little bit more 0.4mm leaded balls needed too but that's it 😂.

[@jackcheefer]

here in Tuscany we do the opposite. We lower the price requested from the seller, and wins who cuts less from that price

[@tomp538]

my friend went through a similar experience when trying to buy a home . patience won for my friend. he bought a house 10 doors down that was a better property and a lower price!

[@TimothyFish]

Land prices in California don't appear to be out of line with other states. Building materials are high right now, but even if you had to ship materials from out of state, why can't you just build a house instead of paying these elevated prices?

[@markanderson2904]

Because you can't find the land.'

[@TimothyFish]

@@markanderson2904, I hear about fires out there all the time. Why not buy a lot that had a fire and build on that?

[@Desaved]

California is bananas in real estate! It shouldn't be this way. There is so much untouched land all over California. It's a matter of distance to things you like. We need to grow in new areas. They're keeping the market small for profits.

[@robertopontone]

Interesting 😮, in EU we have the opposite: you start from the listed price and then negotiate down, never up. Of course prices can be crazy high depending on location, imagine a house in Rome or Milan.

[@hrvstmn31]

It's honestly dependent one of the houses we looked as this madness started going down was actually at the point where they were asking 140 and the agent said they'll take 136 because the last few people backed out. Which was a shame its was a meh house, but would have been a pretty great office/workshop.

[@dennisfahey2379]

Reverse psychology by realtors as well. Both realtors get a percentage so there is zero incentive by the realtors, the Title Company, the Mortgage Company - everyone in the food chain to get a bargain as the higher price benefits them all. In the old days realtors had a monopoly on the listings (MLS) and the average Joe needed them to know what was on the market and what was the logical price for a neighborhood. Now you have Zillow and other options. You can find it on your own. Note the national real estate market is cooling as the rates are rising. Three years ago you had once in a lifetime low rates. Now they are heading back up.

[@husainhabib4789]

Hopefully you will land your dream house soon brother. That will make many viewers happy, I'm sure.

[@dkraft]

Housing is CRASHING. just wait 60 days.

[@trilexfix]

I try not to give prices at all over the phone I tell them I can let you know more about pricing information in person if they aren't local I tell them a few examples like a price range but I can't he crazy specific since I haven't diagnosed it.

[@joesammy4343]

thank you big boss

[@benjamincole659]

The weather may be great in California but I'll stay where I am where my 100k a year job affords me a very comfortable life. Plus no Cali politics or restrictive laws

[@avirtualworld4U]

I have found if the Battery is disconnected it requires it to be plugged in with charger to turn on, found this procedure changing HD's, I appreciate the work you do and your presentations R-10+

[@razvanzaharescu7068]

Hi Alex, Crazy in asking a selling price and than going up, usually should go down not up😅 Do it again!!! We enjoyed the vibe in searcing for homes😊

[@tahasaoudi8224]

thank you

[@zonavarbondagoo4074]

Real estate is a fickle game - good like Alex I hope you get a nice house. I rented for 15 yrs before I was able to buy a property. Covid bs made it 10x worse. Houses in Sydney have a median price of over A$1 million and it's just so insane. I could never afford to live in Sydney.

[@ni2opps]

Where do you inject the voltage? Directly on power mosfet or simply plug in the power cord. Sorry im learning from you.

[@MH-YouTube-Controlled]

Bars of gold never go on sale. A fair price, is exactly a fair price.

[@AsthmaQueen]

I really want a pair of those tweezers they look super useful

[@gregoryaul2005]

Hope you get the house Alex👍

[@MrBPDude]

Work hard, play hard!

[@arXiv76]

For a competent fix or attempt your prices are great! Very fair.

[@chele-chele]

Of all the laptops you see and repair, is there any brand that stands out for quality and reliability??

[@OccasusRaven]

What if someone actually pays u like over price? lets say job cost 345$ and customer just gives u 500$ and says keep the rest?

[@Jeffschmidt1984]

Thank god for the Big Boss...The Boss of all Bosses!💛

[@ТрънчоДиваков]

Real estate broker commission for the ddeal is percentage of the price right? If he/she decides to milk you, even property owner can't do anything against it.

[@secozbay]

In which year of your business establishment did you start applying this detection fee? I think this is not possible for start-up businesses, or do you think this should always be the case?

[@icebox9093]

i have been retired for 7 years now, but during my whole business life, i never ever negotiated or allowed a customer to decide my labor cost! To those who had hard time accepting my price, i used to tell them other places that would do cheaper & that i would not mind if they went elsewhere..

[@ariewijaya1679]

Are you repairing electronics too?

[@Dheazzo]

I loved the behavior of that laptop so you intended to make us miss big boss completely!!!!

[@sniperla_666]

For that Prices that in California is for an House is incredible. In Germany you could Build a House with more than 500 Sqare Feet and with Pool and Basketball Court, a lot of Land too. I personaly would never lose the Christmas Time in White. In the Summer the Wheater is super fine Up here and a LOT saver...

[@windowsxpprofessional]

2:28 I definately agree as an Indian. We here if have bad laptop's, in most of the cases from a local it costs us about 30 to 50 bucks for a fully functional laptop. It's free for a repair attempt in most cases However if they can not fix it, the will extract expensive parts sometimes.

[@andyrabinotvtech7586]

WOW, you and big Boss have great and amazing hand too. Thanks for sharing your video my idol Alex

[@tonymontana897]

That seller of that house is getting greedy by the sound of that. They're trying to squeeze another 50K despite no higher bids ? It smacks of greed. Shame on them.

[@PaulArcand538]

Good job man those house people were def playing games hope u ended up getting that house buddy hard worker u deserve it goodluck and thank you for all the knowledge i watch all your videos now im buying all kinds of these tools and trying for myself greatly appreciated my friend.

[@TSyoyo]

So did he get the house?

[@ToyotatechDK]

Just realized that you pronounce “California” just like our beloved Arnold Schwarzenegger 🤣👍🏼👍🏼

[@laisvunaslabanauskas94]

Where do you inject the voltage for thermal testing? Thanks,

[@AfolabiDhulqarnain]

Yeah please I miss those house vlogs🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@achilledepoitiers4462]

Say the price, let them respond. First person to talk loses.

[@haroldbutler778]

I want to know where he learned all this

[@grosseader]

With 2M USD, you can live without working for the test of your life, in a huge mansion, and can share 500k investing in your kids dreams, all this in Bulgaria.

[@RandomAudioGuys]

I wonder if that new Luxary tax is going to move to other areas, I heard of LA, and that its on homes more than 5 million, But i wonder if this tax will move to lower cost homes in the range your shopping. Just something that would worry me over time.

[@MatusSemy]

Can you sometimes use atomizer ? I like to see how it works. Thanks

[@tking3]

Another great video. Appreciate the diversion and transparency with the real estate situation. Hope you find a house soon!

[@davidaaa3523]

It took me 2+ years to find my house. I know the feeling

[@E_Akbas]

hi from Turkiye, lots of people watch your videos and learn something from Turkiye, and of course 85 dolar big money for us, think about it, 30lira = 1 dolar, but is not your fault :)

[@tomgonzales9279]

Magical hands of bigboss

[@Muhendisbeyy]

Good work Mr. Ali...

[@bblod4896]

Rent is not discounted, utilities are not discounted, equipment is not discounted, payroll is not discounted, taxes is not discounted. Some business sell widgets, you sell your time and need to set rates to cover your expenses and make a reasonable profit. End of story. Have a great rest of the week Alex and Dolly.

[@finmat95]

1.9 milion is too much, really REALLY too much. 1.9 milion should be a an entire castle.

[@ahmedsalem4470]

Atten hot tweezers is amazing

[@rebeltexan1704]

Amazing....funny I was thinking to myself ( do you sell those hot tweezers) as you were installing the new cap and then you mentioned about testing hot tweezers stations to sell. 😉👍 I need one cause i was replacing a blown cap on a IPHONE and IWATCH charging station ( without microscope) and it went into the 3rd dimension 😂 . This cap was so tiny....crazy. I love all your vids and it's nice to see how a wonderful dad you are letting your kids be a part of your family business... keep those vids coming. 🤠

[@konic40]

Damn how hard is it to get land on California

[@hector189]

I was just thinking that it's been a while since you did an open house video. I quite enjoy seeing houses out in Ca, even though I can't afford them! Good luck