http://www.macnn.com/articles/02/05/11/applecare.to/
AppleCare to reduce pricing on parts
updated 02:45 pm EDT, Sat May 11, 2002
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AppleCare is expected to introduce lower pricing on select out-of-warranty parts: "In an ongoing effort to meet the unique needs of Apple Service Providers, AppleCare will soon introduce new competitive pricing on select out-of-warranty parts. This new pricing will include modules in the hard drive, logic board, card and memory groups." The official announcement is expected later this month.
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Joined: Jul 2001
hmm
Are they expecting things to break or wear out much faster than what used to? Perhaps they have refined the methods of manufacturing so the product will hold up just long enough for the warranty to expire, then the incidence of the product breaking down goes way up so that they can sell more parts which has a much higher mark up than the whole. . .