On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:02:29 UTC+1, John wrote:

It came to £65, so I bunged him £70 cash.

Hang on, what happened to "What a palaver for such a simple part -
still he'll only charge me £20." I thought £20 was far too cheap for a
strip-down and solder job so the £65 is much more realistic tbh.

He said that a ballpark figure for such a job was £20 in his initial offer, but it took him longer than usual as I expected it would.

He also cleaned the fans, replaced a couple of lost screws and the memory button cell.