<div>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.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Gary Hildebrand</div>
<div>St. Joseph, MO<br><br> </div>
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<br>Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:15:04 -0500 (CDT)<br>From: David Ambs <<a href="mailto:dave@ambs.net">dave@ambs.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: Laptop repair<br>To: <a href="mailto:kclug@kclug.org">kclug@kclug.org</a><br>Message-ID: <
<a href="mailto:Pine.LNX.4.64.0708101010570.9761@surreal.mirage.org">Pine.LNX.4.64.0708101010570.9761@surreal.mirage.org</a>><br>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed<br><br>>> I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 with the back light gone out. I have been
<br>>> quoted $350 for parts and $50 for labor. Would you guys think that this is<br>>> a fair estimate?<br><br>I'm no repairman, but $350 sounds pretty high for the work that's<br>involved.<br><br>I replaced the inverter in my Inspiron 8600 just last year. I bought the
<br>inverter from Hypertech<I think>, it was about $45. It's very simple to<br>replace if you can take the display apart. I actually replaced the bulb<br>first w/o luck, it took a little more work though.<br><br>
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