MacBook Air Water Damage Repair Cost

I wanted report the result of this as a closure to benefit people who may have future inquiries.

In the past week or so, the water damaged 2020 MBA was sent to Apple for an evaluation and repair quote. It came back with a $800+ repair estimate. With that, it was a no. So it is making its way coming back from Apple. An alternative approach will be attempted.

John, your replies in this thread were very helpful - people like you are great assets to this community, thank you!

Thank you John. Sounds like between a flat fee repair cost and an inspection based quote, you are implying the latter. That information is helpful.

Another reason I posted the question to the community here vs directly called apple, was wanting to hear from people who had similar experiences. Such as "they charged a flat rate price of $XX", or "I was told the repair quote was $YYY so I declined and bought a new one", etc. Part of me is already giving up... thinking it's gonna be a significant repair cost... with an entry level MacBook Air costing new at $999 it's probably not worth it for a repair. It's very new (bought in May 2020) so there is no data stored locally on the laptop worths recovering. If it costs more than $500-600 to repair, I can probably sell it on eBay as parts only, buy a new MBA, and ends up break even. Anyone has any experience, comments along this line, please share as well. Thanks.

At the end of the day, it's just a laptop, not the end of the world (even the pandemic is not the end to the world - it will go away - hopefully sooner than later), but I wanted to hear people's experiences, to know my options, and to make an educated decision.

Appreciated.

Thank you. That was helpful. I tried to call today in between my meetings but did not go through. Will find another time to try in the next couple of days. I was looking at Apple Service Centers (Apple Stores are all closed currently)... the closest is 60+ miles away. It seems mailing it to Apple is probably the only way.