Satellite 1800-712 repair prices

I just got my quote in for repairing my 6-year-old Satellite 1800-712. The machine's lid opened to the limit of the hinges (loose, old friction hinges) and the LCD slowly faded to white, but still powers on/off properly and otherwise the laptop behaves as normal. No sign of a crack on the panel so I had rather hoped that it was a damaged interconnect or controller board.
A day after arriving at ASP, it's diagnosed and the quote's posted off... they want 360 for the fix!
Even a whole new LCD panel, inverter, hinges and case is only half that. There's a speciality firm in the US which does cleanroom-rebuilt LCDs for this machine, replacing the polarisers and CCFL, and it'd still be far cheaper for me to pay for them to source a panel, clean it up and send it to me than for me to accept the repair quote. What the heck? Is this a normal price?
Even when the laptop was new, it only cost 1000. The cheapest brand-new machine today, which would far outperform the 1800-712, is only about 200.
Do they not realize that nobody in their right mind is going to take them up on the offer? Sorry if this sounds like a rant but I am genuinely bewildered, I expected that a repair quote would be sane and my mind is utterly boggled.

What to say buddy the notebook reparation is always a costly affair
You have to pay always for the new part and you should not forget the direct labor costs!
Last but not least every technician can make an own prices and can charge a own fee
In your case I would ask different service points and the technicians for the offers and would pick the cheapest one

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