Help, I did a bad bad thing

well guys, I dropped my powerbook recently and the hard drive went bad. make the story short I tried to replace the hard drive and then broke the trackpad ribbon clamp that connects to the logic board ( never work on your computer when you are mad ). I replaced the hard drive anyway and started the laptop from the logic board by shortening it. everything powered up and worked fine, except the keyboard, trackpad and power button because of broken trackpad ribbon clamp.
so I went to an apple store and one of the geniuses quoted me a price of $1373.00 . which does not make sense. I might as well buy a new laptop.
it did not make any sense for a soldering job. I know you can change a cpu for $400.00 but a trackpad clamp for $1373.00 !!!!!
anyone knows what really cost to fix this issue. I know it should be much cheaper way or place to fix the clamp.
thanks

Apple doesn't do soldering job repairs for customers. They replace broken components, in this case, the logic board, then re-manufacture parts to replenish their spares, and the cost for an out of warranty board for a 17 inch Powerbook G4 seems to be $1373. Or you can buy one from ifixit.com for $699-$899 (you must replace with the same speed board).
How badly did you break it? can you wedge it back in place and then tape in down?
Otherwise, you might be able to get somewhere like these guys - http://www.dttservice.com/powerbookg4al.html to source and repair the board. But in any case, you're looking at an expensive repair.

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