He discussing another right-to-repair story and how apple’s genius bars are scamming people - Laptop owner baffled over two very different repair quotes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdr5RKi75NI
He discussing another right-to-repair story and how apple’s genius bars are scamming people - Laptop owner baffled over two very different repair quotes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdr5RKi75NI
I won’t watch the video as I cannot watch animated things for too long. But honestly, I think it is hard to identify broken parts and they might get the wrong thing, therefore different quotes.
I would like to hear about their reaction when the mistake becomes clear. Issuing the costs for the correct replacement/repair and wave the wrong one would be the correct thing to do.
But actually, I don’t think this is an Apple exclusive problem. Some companies are better, some are worse, but I couldn’t repair any modern laptop by myself without fearing to break anything, be it Huawei, Chuwi or Apple.
The root of the issue was identified by a third party repair shop, narrowing down to two capacitors that were providing the wrong voltage, preventing the MacBook Air to boot up.
While I agree that a repair shop technician is certainly more technically skilled and trained to find those issues than an apple genius bar associate, it is up to Apple to ensure that they equip their associates with the right tools and processes to identify the root cause prior to providing a quote, and even more so to inform the customer prior to performing the work order, or charging the customer.
Coincidentally, I just came back from a battery swap of my MacBook, and in my experience, there was confirmation at every step of the way before proceeding, even down to email receipts, to ensure that I understand the problem, and approve the work order. In this lady’s case, someone fucked up big time.