Right to Repair "Fluke"

This is a difficult one. Right to repair usually tackles manufacturers that:

• prevent you from getting reasonable info needed to repair something,
• introduce hurdles that prevent you from replacing their part with an available identical part, 
• block the device if a replacement is not installed by them or their co-conspirators
• forbid that independents can repair the device
• or block your access to purchase a component they use. 

It usually does not define at what granularity they have to provide replacement parts for in-house constructs. It also doesn't force them to provide every replacement part in its atomic form.

Once they block you from fabricating a  fix for this defect yourself, you may have a case. If they say they don't stock/sell the atomized item, you typically don't have a case.

To play devil's advocate, I get the feeling this will destroy the value of used Flukes on eBay, if anyone can make a Fluke with water damage and busted mechanicals look and feel like new.

It can't have had much care to it to get in that state.

In that respect, it's good to know Fluke don't supply at least some parts of the product without them doing a repair to it themselves.

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in a way that can be good to know if you buy a used Fluke. 
But this is a rotary switch that you just "pop" out and replace with a new one, no soldering or recalibration needed. So why do I need to pay 285$ :/ 

(I up-voted this, but someone downvoted and made it zero)

In this ebay scenario that I mentioned, If you sold it, no-one might have a clue it was a Fluke with worn out mechanicals, if you'd replaced it with a nice new clicky plastic piece. There would be a risk the seller might not mention the repair history, which is unfair and possibly dangerous to the purchaser.

You might be honest to mention it, but others might not.

Thank you for your comment!

Nope, I dont have much of a case. But I think its sad that I need to pay 285$ to change a part that I can do myself. Just pop it out and the new one in. The part itself is certainly no more than 50$. 
Its a bit like you should pay the same amount to change a fuse in your meter. 

That is a tough call, vendor can be protecting their  business reputation and/or business model. Maybe you can find replacement parts from another retailer or source.........or buy a failed meter to use for parts. 

I have had a hard time in the past getting Fluke to repair their own meters.  I know that I've griped about this before so I will refrain from retelling the stories.
Note the plural.  While I love my 87's, I am no longer sold out to Fluke.

At work, I keep the dead meters as spare parts.  It's not a great solution, but it is the only option I have.

Yes ofc, that could happen. I can buy the part on Aliexpress and fix the meter even if Fluke dont want to sell me a switch. But I would rather have a original Fluke switch then a fake one. And people will fix and resell even if they dont get the original replacement part. 

It’s sad that we have to collect dead meters to have spare parts. I could buy a new switch on Aliexpress, but I want a original Fluke rather than a "fake" one.