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From: shankar@bedrock.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Son of Knuth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Beware...
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Date: 11 Apr 89 17:54:19 GMT
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In article <8904111022.aa15059@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> abc@BRL.MIL (Brinton Cooper) writes:
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> [about exorbitant Apple repair prices]
>
>Demand is high; supply is low.  Therefore prices are high.  You have two
>choices:  complain or cash in!

Sorry, but the real problem isn't supply-demand - it's Apple's monopoly
status.  Every single person here could become an Apple repairer, but prices
will remain the same, since Apple is the sole supplier for numerous
Apple parts, and you need to be an authorized Apple dealer to do any
repair (without voiding the warrantee, etc).

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Subash Shankar             Honeywell Systems & Research Center
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