You've discovered the high price of American labor . . . and most repairmen would rather replace something than "fix" it. Or he simply doesn't want to fuss with it, which is more likely the real reason.
We are all now in a throwaway society -- don't fix anything; just go out and buy something new . . . something where the cost of labor is pennies on the dollar.
Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO
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- Re: Laptop repair (David Ambs)
Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:15:04 -0500 (CDT) From: David Ambs [email protected] Subject: Re: Laptop repair To: [email protected] Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 with the back light gone out. I have been quoted $350 for parts and $50 for labor. Would you guys think that
this is
a fair estimate?
I'm no repairman, but $350 sounds pretty high for the work that's involved.
I replaced the inverter in my Inspiron 8600 just last year. I bought the inverter from Hypertech<I think>, it was about $45. It's very simple to replace if you can take the display apart. I actually replaced the bulb first w/o luck, it took a little more work though.
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