Hi all,

I just traveled to Penang for work, and somewhere along the way I have a feeling someone gave my nicely padded (but obviously not padded enough) laptop bag a drop or throw, and now I have a dent on the left hand side of the bottom casing (near and over the ExpressCard slot).

Whilst it still works (thank god!), I'd like to get it repaired - but can't have it gone for longer than a couple of days.

Does anyone know someone local in Sydney that can repair/replace the bottom casing? Anyone recommend anybody?

FYI: NCSS have quoted me $140 just to look at it, then they'll quote me for parts and labour. If I don't go ahead they'll credit me some back, but keep $93 of it. I personally think this is a ripoff.

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Regards,
Shane.

A bottom case is around $300 plus fitting...

It's not a rip-off, generating a quote takes time, time costs money, and that $93 would be the hour's labour charge to fit the new backshell (which as maj right says, will cost you a bit over $300 as a TAC spares part).


B.

Was that quote to replace the bottom casing or just to get the dent out? I can't imagine getting the dent out would be easy

I had a scratch on my 17" aluminium powerbook case last time, and I was quoted about $400ish inc labour to get it replaced through apple. My computer was still under applecare then, so I had to have gotten it done with apple.

That quote was just to assess what needed to be done - no case replacement... no dent fix.

I'm hoping they'd take the $47 (change from $140-93) off of the actual labour to repair/replace, but they haven't stated that.

Regards,
Shane.