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I really don't get what your point is here. The geographical location of the repairer does not matter because shipping is a thing. And the fact that these rep

I really don't get what your point is here. The geographical location of the repairer does not matter because shipping is a thing. And the fact that these repairers will charge per repair rather than a flat fee for partial replacements of entire boards like OEMs do means they can be cost effective while profitable. - Apple will charge you $475 to replace a motherboard rather that has a blow 40 cent capacitor on a MBP. Between the 40 cent cost of the component and labor, there's a lot of meat left for individual repairers left to make money.

chevill 5y ago
>The geographical location of the repairer does not matter because shipping is a thing. I wasn't suggesting it did matter in regards to his mail-in business. Someone else mentioned that living in a large city makes it easier to maintain a high volume of work locally. >Apple will charge you $475 to replace a motherboard rather that has a blow 40 cent capacitor on a MBP. This is true. My point was that when a large computer repair shop run by arguably the most famous person in the electronics repair industry is only attracting enough work to have an annual revenue of 1-2 million a year, it could be entirely possible that a regular, non-famous person in a smaller electronics business might struggle to stay busy enough to earn enough of a living, even if certain repairs like the one you described are very profitable on their own.
- BoorishBears 5y ago
  I mean these businesses already exist and make enough money to support people. Most places I've lived had a shop or two where someone would repair things like logic boards for cheap, using grey market parts. You don't need 1-2 million a year to keep the lights on, there's people doing this stuff in their garages.
syshum 5y ago
>>Apple will charge you $475 to replace a motherboard rather that has a blow 40 cent capacitor on a MBP. That is not the only consideration either, data recovery is as well, since most of the time that $475 also means your device is wiped and all data lost, an independent shop could even charge someone that same $475 but retain the data and it would be worth it to the customer.

chevill 5y ago

>The geographical location of the repairer does not matter because shipping is a thing. I wasn't suggesting it did matter in regards to his mail-in business. Someone else mentioned that living in a large city makes it easier to maintain a high volume of work locally. >Apple will charge you $475 to replace a motherboard rather that has a blow 40 cent capacitor on a MBP. This is true. My point was that when a large computer repair shop run by arguably the most famous person in the electronics repair industry is only attracting enough work to have an annual revenue of 1-2 million a year, it could be entirely possible that a regular, non-famous person in a smaller electronics business might struggle to stay busy enough to earn enough of a living, even if certain repairs like the one you described are very profitable on their own.

BoorishBears 5y ago
I mean these businesses already exist and make enough money to support people. Most places I've lived had a shop or two where someone would repair things like logic boards for cheap, using grey market parts. You don't need 1-2 million a year to keep the lights on, there's people doing this stuff in their garages.

syshum 5y ago

>>Apple will charge you $475 to replace a motherboard rather that has a blow 40 cent capacitor on a MBP. That is not the only consideration either, data recovery is as well, since most of the time that $475 also means your device is wiped and all data lost, an independent shop could even charge someone that same $475 but retain the data and it would be worth it to the customer.