Macbook screen not working, now it is, even after the service centre told me it needed replaceing, what gives?

My son's Macbook was taken to the local Mac service centre as the screen had suddenly gone blank.
I was told that the screen needed to be replaced.
This evenimng my son opend it up and hay it's working again.
Could anyone tell me if the Service centre has been pulling my chain or was it just a loose conection after all?
Cheers
Jon

Hi Jon
I think you're being somewhat unfair. The repair guy can only give a diagnosis from the information he has available at the time, which was a completely dead screen. The screen springing back to life is new information he didn't have.
I can't comment on the $115 charge. As with car repairs, it's always cheaper to do your own, but laptops are at least 10 times more difficult to repair than desktops. I'm happy to dive inside a desktop computer but I've always left laptops to the professionals. I'll also add that I always buy the extended warranty for a laptop.
Bob

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