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Jun 10 4 tweets 2 min read
HELP PLS #toronto Twitter.

Is there ANYWHERE in central Toronto that can DEFFO replace my Google Pixel 6 Pro screen today?!

Nobody in Eaton Centre has parts. I can't ring places to check if they HAVE parts.

I can't spend my holiday going to random phone shops in vain hope. 😭
Only way I can get online is by going back to my hotel and getting on the wifi with my laptop.

I can't be back-and-forthing to random parts of the city all day to phone shops I've found online, being told nobody has the screen part. I want to go to museums and art galleries 😭
Hell, if I have to drop $200 on an unlocked burner until I can get back to the UK because nobody in Toronto can get the part, then that's fine. I'll do it. It's worth it so I can get back to doing what I came here for (woo museums).

But I at least need/want to know that now.
UPDATE: Phone deposited with shop thanks to @RM_Transit. now about to enjoy the Royal Ontario Museum while i wait.

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