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> It was $199 total, which I thought was a fair price. I'm a bit curious how you came to that conclusion the price was "fair". Did you compare it to the prices

• bradknowles 6y ago
  You mean, others that are providing real authorized battery replacements from the manufacturer of the original equipment? Ones that should be more likely to be covered by insurance if they do cause a house fire? Those alternatives?
• jwr 6y ago
  Well, replacing that battery is not that easy, I assumed 30 minutes labor in total, the battery needs to be shipped, too, and there is tax, so out of $199 the battery itself was perhaps $100 or so. In other words, if I were to do this elsewhere, I would need to buy the battery, ship it, and pay someone (or perform the task myself) to do the replacement. The $199 price seemed entirely reasonable, especially as this was in California at the time. I think the price seems "outrageous" only if you ignore the costs of labor, shipping and taxes.