Why do appliance repairs (dishwasher, laundry, fridge, etc.) seemingly cost as much as the appliances themselves?

Question

Why do appliance repairs (dishwasher, laundry, fridge, etc.) seemingly cost as much as the appliances themselves?

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Answer 1

Directly quoting what a local AC/cooling unit company upper manager told me: “they ask us for a spare screw and we charge them $500 for it, even though we’ve got a box of them lying about that cost us $10.”

I imagine this also ‘helps’ the issue.