If that rate includes parts & labor, it's a deal. You don't want to work for nothing, why should someone else? Especially someone who has the training and skills you apparently do not.
Trying to intimidate Uniden in a public form is a cheap shot, don't you think?
Not trying to intimidate Uniden, not sure how "I" or "Anyone else" could intimidate Uniden???
And no this is not a "cheap shot".
Uniden raised the repair price 62% in a single step. This is a BIG jump, but if they raised the repair price this much in a single step, there are/were clearly something else going on. It would have been a lot more useful/helpful if Uniden would have included return shipping in the repair price, even if it was slightly more expensive. The $10 may actually be a bit high if they have bulk shipping agreements and it seems a bit unfair for someone that ships a small handheld in for repair pays the same as someone that sends a base/mobile unit in for repair. So the new $79.99 repair cost comes out in the $100 range by the time shipping is paid both ways.
But what kind of smacks you in the face is they will repair non Uniden products cheaper than their own products? Maybe their level of repair for non Uniden products in not involved, however, there is nothing stating any of this on the Uniden web site.
I held off sending my item in due to the all the 536HP that were being sent back and the fact that there was a problem with the repair group packing the return with anything other than some wadded up paper in the box and scanner were suffering shipping damage. Figured I would give the repair group some time to hopefully get their act together. Also the Repair Groups was VERY bad about communication and being able to be contacted. The phone number they had on their repair documents was busy for over 6 months and likely still is. If I find the number I will call it again just for kicks and see if it is still busy.
As for repairing it myself, I likely could, but without schematics available and some of the parts covered in epoxy this makes is a bit more of a challenge.
What I also found interesting is when looking over the Repair Group web section it is unclear if the HP-1 is still being repaired. It did not matter how I entered the HP-1 wording, nothing came up. Would be much more helpful if there was some clear why to figure out what scanners are being repaired and for how much, a simple spread sheet or basic document indicating what scanners they repair and the repair fee would be much more helpful in case someone does not type in the exact model info correctly.
Anyway, someone stated they thought the repair prices had increased, I checked on a a few prices, they had increased, I put the info out and made a few observations and comments and I am not being told I am making cheap shot at Unden??
Oh well, just stating the facts and see a problem where there is a 60% price increase in a single move, this tells me something else is wrong!! I hope for $40 more the shipping department can at least package a scanner as well as I do when I ship it.