Totally agree, and don't forget the driver boards too, they're often reusable. I've cobbled together working monitors from like three dead ones using those parts. Makes troubleshooting way easier when you have spare bits on hand.

Exactly, our secret stashes tell the real story.

Totally get the supplier hunt struggle. Online searches only go so far before you hit those same five companies. Have you tried hitting up packaging trade shows? The smaller regional ones can be gold for meeting niche suppliers who don't have a huge web presence but can do solid custom orders. You can actually feel the materials and talk price face to face, which cuts through so much back and forth email nonsense. What part of the country are you shipping from?

Last summer in Phoenix, my car dashboard hit 150 degrees. I left a cheap action figure on it, and when I returned, it was a MELTED blob. That really opened my eyes to how much heat we ignore. Same thing happened to a CD case in my glovebox last year. Now I'm PARANOID about leaving any plastic in the car. It's wild what normal summer sun can do to stuff.

Last year I spent three months trying to convince my brother-in-law that glue-down laminate was a bad idea for his basement. He saw some video and that was that. I agree with what tyler_bennett59 said about saving your breath. It stopped being about the floor and started being about winning an argument. You pick your battles, and a floor someone else has to live with is not a good hill to die on. Save that energy for when your own project needs help, and let him learn the hard way when his planks start buckling.