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From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: $300 Mac II ADB fuse repair
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Date: 5 Feb 89 19:54:44 GMT
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In article <6574@polya.Stanford.EDU] kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes:
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]The REAL question, not yet answered, is why anyone would charge $300 to solder
]in a new fuse!
]
]It's not much of a repair organization that can only swap whole boards to
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]replace a bad component.
]
]Marc Kaufman (kaufman@polya.stanford.edu)

Ah, that "repair organization" is called Apple Dealers.  Dealers are not
supposed to solder anything.  Swaps are the only standard repair.  I
made a mistake in my first posting -- I did not replace the fuse, our
shop did.  They warned me that such a repair wouldn't have an Apple
warranty, but I said that I trusted them to do it.  The repair cost $9
(1/4 hour charge) (I supplied the fuse).

What bugs me is that the Apple way of doing things is to minimize cost
and risk to Apple with little if any thought for the customer.  They
minimized the manufacturing cost by soldering in the fuse, and minimized
the risk of a dealer actually repairing a board by having it done as a
swap.  They make more profit at both ends.
Steve Ligett       steve.ligett@dartmouth.edu or
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