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Comment on Tariffs Make Repair an Even Better Choice.

I’m afraid replacement parts may not merely go up in price, but many could simply disappear from the American market. Higher prices quash demand, and importers may make the strategic decision to stop delivering less popular secondary SKUs if it doesn’t make financial sense.

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NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Not to mention companies like apple that actively lock down their replacement parts to prevent people from having a spare whatever.

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- mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  True and computers in general just became 2x priced.
  
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Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The american market? Nah, for the most part, repair parts also come from Asia.

So yes, the price of repair parts is likely to go up with these tariffs as well, but regardless repair will be the better choice. With a broken screen for example, it used to be a choice between replacing a $400 device or getting a $200 repair, now it will be a choice between an $800 device or a $300 repair. The situation definitely isn’t better for anyone, but making the right choice becomes easier.

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