Whomever the dev was that wrote Yahoo's feedback form needs to be sent back to flipping burgers. Instead of leaving my review with them, I'm doing it here since I know I won't have to do it again. In short RepairsUniverse.com gets a 4/5; Yahoo's Shopping Team gets a 1/5.
I bought a replacement screen for a T-Mobile Dash (AKA: HTC Dash) from RepairsUniverse. It arrived in good condition, I followed the video to replace the broken screen, and the phone works again. The only annoyance was that it took a full calendar week before the thing shipped. They can't be faulted, since the holiday weekend made it only 3 full business days; they were either busy, or took off a day early. Either way, that's just average service instead of "excellent".
However, when I went to fill in the feedback form from Yahoo and submit it, I got a response page with a "Try Again" link; I filled out everything that was indicated to be required. Clicking it resulted in a blank form; yeah, I lost everything I had submitted. I couldn't use the "back" button because everything in the chain was "POST" and browsers seem to think that using the back button is never a client-side only ordeal. So the form doesn't list everything that's actually required, and when it tells you that you missed something, it deletes your work.
And, on the topic of the phone repair, it's worth noting that there were 2 differences between the Dash in the video and the Dash I have.
I bought a replacement screen for a T-Mobile Dash (AKA: HTC Dash) from RepairsUniverse. It arrived in good condition, I followed the video to replace the broken screen, and the phone works again. The only annoyance was that it took a full calendar week before the thing shipped. They can't be faulted, since the holiday weekend made it only 3 full business days; they were either busy, or took off a day early. Either way, that's just average service instead of "excellent".
However, when I went to fill in the feedback form from Yahoo and submit it, I got a response page with a "Try Again" link; I filled out everything that was indicated to be required. Clicking it resulted in a blank form; yeah, I lost everything I had submitted. I couldn't use the "back" button because everything in the chain was "POST" and browsers seem to think that using the back button is never a client-side only ordeal. So the form doesn't list everything that's actually required, and when it tells you that you missed something, it deletes your work.
And, on the topic of the phone repair, it's worth noting that there were 2 differences between the Dash in the video and the Dash I have.
- There's one more screw up by the camera lense after you get the plastic backing off.
- There's a metallic strip affixed to the back of the screen. I ripped it when trying to remove it, and I can't figure why it's metallic. The phone works w/o it in it's original condition; I tried to put it back in case it was some sort of ground (unlikely).
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