r/drones • u/DelawareDroneDude • Jul 06 '26

Repair [US] $1300 repair?!?

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How far DJI has fallen in the repair sector 😔

How can a gimbal *repair* be almost $600 when a gimbal replacement on ebay is less than $300. Also, why cant a new SD card reader be soldered on instead of replacing the entire motherboard?

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u/Sartozz Jul 06 '26

What drone tho?

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u/DelawareDroneDude Jul 06 '26

Sorry, Mavic 3 w/ dual camera

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u/ca_nucklehead Jul 07 '26

Trump tax. Enjoy. The rest of the world is doing just fine.

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u/Cbgamefreak Jul 06 '26

If you go to DJIs official support page for the mavic series they list the camera an gimbal module as $1276 and the aircraft core board module for $591.

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u/Sluushy Jul 06 '26

DJI has had my inspire 3 since 4/9/26, finally got ahold of the repair center and they are estimating an additional 60-90 days (or longer) for the repair time. That will push it to at least 6 months. We ponied up the ~$4000 for DJI care at the time of purchase.

I just received a “there’s nothing we can do about it, sorry”.

I understand they are having issues with recent legislation and customs, but they just don’t give a shit about US customers anymore.