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chefwong

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Was at the Genius Bar. Never have needed to do a repair outside of AppleCare but just had the battery in my MBP Retina replaced. I thought pricing whether local or depot was always the same but surprisingly, the local store was what less expensive,where Depot was $400+ more for the same repair.

As the tech was submitting the repair, he was like I think Depot is going to be cheaper but ~I don’t know due the new changes~ per his word and interestingly enough, it turned out to be just the opposite.

I sorta remember it was the opposite - Depot repairs were less expensive than having out repaired in the store.
 
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