Posted on 08/15/2010 6:43:01 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL
The firm charges £139 for even the simplest work on a handset, such as replacing a cracked screen, but dozens of companies offer similar repairs for as little as £39.
Martin Lewis, the founder of the Money Saving Expert website, claimed the charges were "a rip-off" but said users were partly to blame for being "seduced by the power of the Apple brand".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Didn’t Shakespeare write a play about this long ago? Much Ado About Nothing?
Look, you don’t like Apple’s repair charges, don’t use them for your repairs.
Simple solution, no?
BMW dealers charge much higher repair rates than Manny's Auto Repair just down the street
Only an idiot goes to the car dealership for repairs, to Canon for minor camera repairs, or to Apple for their iphone repairs.
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