Question about the 500th board I fixed this year

Honestly, I hit 500 repaired logic boards this morning, all from my home shop. I mostly do MacBooks and game consoles, and that number just kind of snuck up on me. Some guys say chasing volume like that means you miss the tricky, educational repairs, but others argue it's the only way to get fast and profitable. What's your take on focusing on high numbers versus taking on the weird, one-off jobs?

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the_thomas4d ago

So you hit 500 boards. How many of those were the same common failure, like a known bad cap on a specific MacBook model? Does repeating that fix over and over actually make you faster on the truly weird stuff, or does it just burn you out?

jamie_adams4d ago

What's your profit per board average?

owens.anthony4d ago

Profit per board is a weird way to look at it. The real cost is in the time spent fixing other people's bad setups or teaching them how to use it. That eats any profit from the hardware itself.