12/16/2011

Controversy Repairing cost for Macbook Air

Dec. 15th, The post about repairing cost quote of Macbook Air 13" makes huge noise in internet communities in Korea. This quote was produced by a authorized repairing service company of Apple Korea. The client's Macbook Air was damaged by accidental spilled coke on keybaord. Eventually, the total cost is KR$3,264,750 (roughly bloody US$3,100).
Why keyboard worriers do leave this feed alone? All people say forget it and get new one.

Here is fantastic repairing quotation.



I try to seek get a new quote from a repairing company in US. They are http://www.powerbookmedic.com

And here is US quote.



The total cost is US$1549.6 without labor cost. Of course, the above Korean cost includes labor charge.

Part
Korea
KRW(US$)
USA
Trackpad
80,520 (70)
74.95
Fans
24,200 (21)
24.95
Magsafe board
88,440 (76)
79.95
60GB 1.8” SSD
1,371,260 (1,192)
169.95
Keyboard Top Case Assembly
266,640 (232)
54.95
K/B Flex Bracket
9,240 (8)
4.95
Battery
171,600 (149)
139.95
Logic Board (2.13GHz, 4GB RAM)
1,297,560 (1,128)
999.95


Why this mess on SSD price between Korea and USA???????

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