And i dont mean that condescendingly towards anybody; if people (punk kids) are scrapping together spare parts and/or ordering them in a more direct way from the manufacturer, and thereby lowering your amount of potential customers, convince them to work for you instead

This is the early 2000s in me speaking since it doesnt really apply anymore, computers go to shit (especially ones bought bogged down with shit with half the specs yet twice the cost), and in the early 2000s your average person trusted a department store more than 'some guy who says he can do it' when it came to desktop computers, i dont know who cares