Charge for your family if you want, but that feels cold to me. My brother's an electrician and he helps me out, then I fix his car. We just trade favors like normal people. Guess some families work differently.

Right, like Derek said, they cut corners somewhere.

Stick to a physical list and only grab what's on it. I don't even look at the endcaps anymore.

Remember my buddy's fancy smart lock that needed a cloud server just to work? He got locked out of his own house for two days after the company's servers went down. Had to call a locksmith and everything. That's when he ripped it out and put in a simple Zigbee lock instead. Now if it acts up, he just replaces a battery or re-pairs it himself. Never looked back.

Ever had someone freak out over wood glue choices?