Seeing a surge in broken e-reader screens, but half my buddies say repair margins are too slim now.

Fixing them reduces waste and pleases clients, yet high parts prices and slow work can kill profit, so where do you stand?

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3 Comments

the_christopher4h ago

My local repair guy showed me a Kindle Paperwhite he'd just fixed last week. He had the old broken screen on the counter, this hairline crack like a tiny lightning bolt. Said the customer brought it in thinking it was just a software lock. Told me he keeps doing these repairs even though the new screen cost him almost sixty bucks, because the alternative is another device in a landfill. But he did mutter something about how one wrong move with the suction cup and the whole job is toast.

hayes.harper1h ago

Isn't it about the landfill, benflores?

benflores14h ago

You mentioned high parts prices and slow work killing profit. Which one hurts more right now, the cost of the screen itself or the time it takes to do the install without breaking the new one? I feel like the slow, careful work is the real profit killer, not the part. Are you actually turning a profit on any of these repairs, or is it mostly a service you hate doing?