Re:getting gouged by whom? (Score 1)

I just had to fix a problem a friend of mine had on an old powermac g4. His ethernet port was fried. He asked if I could help him because both place he took the computer to told him he needed either a new logic board or a whole new computer (which they pushed hard to sell him, and no he didnt go to an apple store). This would have cost about $700 for the logic board replacement for a computer you can find on craigslist for about $250. I fixed his problem by telling him to order a $10 network interface card and telling him how to install it over the phone. It seems in some places that technicians are more inclined to try and find the most complicated and expensive solution rather than starting with the most basic.