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He probably runs a local iPhone/iPad repair place.

Either that or he broke his iPad screen and wants to DIY repair the screen. It's actually a pretty common thing.
 
This thread is the #1 result for iPad Digitizer on Google and no one has contacted me... Amazing and retarded at the same time.
 
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