Allegations of overpriced repair charges at Apple Store [video]
I feel like Apple has apolicy that anything with red water indicators needs to be replaced. Since they charge a fixed price for labor and guarantee the repair they are protecting themselves from giving a faulty device to the customer. A third-party technician can bend back the pin, and ignore anything else because they are allowed to partially repair the device to a lesser standard.<p>The same thing goes with cars, the dealership will only replace OEM parts and usually won’t offer to repair something. A local mechanic has more freedom to give you the option of repair the part for less money even if the part is now less reliable.