Lissen Buddy, you needn't prostrate yourself and kiss these peoples butts like that, you'll get all the help you need here.
That said, the only idiot in the conversation is the one who glued the brake lever back together. For the cost of the tube of that garbage he could have gotten a thrift shop bike to cannibalize for brake levers if he was short on cash at the time and couldn't afford new after-market levers.
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