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Can’t answer your Q about 3rd party repairers, but how old is it? That would be my decider as to whether to fork out and pay for a repair. Personally I’d get Apple to do it if I decided to fix. Otherwise sell it for spares (remove/securely erase hard drive first) and get another secondhand one/new depending on how your wallet feels.
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It's a 2013 MacBook Pro, and had a new display fitted on warranty last year (just that would have been £400).
Yeah, maybe worth selling for spares and getting a new one. Just sucks as I was completely happy with this one. Would happily keep it if I knew it wasn't going to break for some other reason. Maybe I can buy some sort of insurance/warranty for that.
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MacBook is dead (doesn't turn on) - Genius Bar at Apple Store says it needs a new logic board (which I guess is the same as a motherboard) and will cost £460.
Not so keen on coughing up, knowing anything else could conk out and there would be no warranty. Anyone know of any reputable 3rd parties that would do it for less? Or where I could get a decent part exchange?
Not confident about DIYing it with a dodgy one on eBay. Reaaally not keen on spending £x000s buying a new one unless I have to.