Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte...
by ornornor on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:26AM
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> to be installed by someone paid >£50/hour (with a three hour minimum).
That one shouldn’t factor into the part price. It’s your choice to hire someone to install the part and at what price vs doing it yourself.
The heater pump when originally manufacturer costs £20 because it is done in lots of (tens of?) thousands and assembled in bulk by cheap labour, and shipped in a large container that costs not-a-lot of to move over an ocean.
The replacement part is stored by (potentially) a third-party company that ordered it for £30, by an employee who is paid £40,000 per year, in a warehouse that costs >£100 per square metre to rent (potentially for years), and when requested then has to be delivered by someone paid £20/hour, to be installed by someone paid >£50/hour (with a three hour minimum). And don't forget the VAT.