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cogman10yesterday at 12:08 PM1 replyview on HN

Price no, process yes.

John Deere hasn't been insane enough to soft lock their oil filters. But they do soft lock about everything else they can.

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/08/17/43...


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parineumyesterday at 4:09 PM

That price is absurdly exaggerated and the part is also misleading (an oil filter).

> "The tech came out and it took him a couple hours to diagnose that there was one small sensor out. And that one small sensor, I think it was a $120 part."

Two hours of labor to diagnose and then however long the replacement took + the cost of the part. $120 doesn't seem overpriced for that.

The time it must take to get a limited pool of technicians to drive out (40 miles) and do that work is probably the real issue. The price seems completely reasonable.

I agree that right-to-repair should be a thing but you're grossly exaggerating the situation.

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