Crashed my 3 year old Mini 2 today 
Had a quick search and found positive reviews of DroneDoctor and a member who had a good experience of DJI’s out of warranty service.
Is DroneDoctor still the best for UK based repairs?
Is anyone able to give me an idea of how much it might cost to repair my drone based on the photos? I understand there may be other issues that are not visible.
May consider buying a second hand Mini 2 if the repair costs over £200.
You could by a brand new DJI Mini 4K for £269
It’s certainly going to be in the top 3.
Our club members are eligible for a discount at Drone Doctor too.
Details of the discount deal can be found in the Members Only category 
That’s a great shout 
Who are the other two?
Do any repair services offer estimates without having to send the drone in?
The other two? DJI direct and Heliguy.
No, it’s an impossible thing to quote or estimate.
It’d be like me sending you a photo of my car and asking you why the engine won’t start 
Send those photos to Drone Doctor straight forward and ask them a quote for repair .
I broke the gimbal (or rather, someone else did) and the quote I got to just repair that was more expensive than a new drone. I ended up using the care refresh. I’ll see if I can dig out the quote I was sent, but it was over £200 from DJI. Maybe they inflate that price because they just want to send out a refurbed unit rather than repairing it?
Prices for a replacement gimble are £80 - £100 on the bay (new) add in the price of the shell and the time it will take to carry out repairs and test it? Plus what else they might find when pulling it apart? Could be wrong but I think the money would be better spent on the mini 4k unless you can find a decent used mini2 on its own? You could possibly offset some of the cost by stripping the good parts out of the broken one and selling them individually?
The mini 4k was just on sale for £209 on Amazon and I missed it 
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Is the Mini 4k drone-hacks compatible? I don’t see it on their list of drones.
I spoke with Drone Doctor on the phone and they gave an estimate of £180 for gimbal replacement.
IF you are good at fixing things, you can get spare parts on Aliexpress at a reasonable price:
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-dji-mini-2-spare-parts.html
and videos of how to fix (just about everything) on Youtube.
My Mini 3 suffered damage to the gimbal, and I got the spare parts (rubber mounts & camera cable) for about £25.
I easily found a Youtube video on dismantling the gimbal and replacing the camera cable.
However, although I do have very good manual skills, it was a very fiddly job, taking a couple of hours.
Still available
https://greyarro.ws/t/amazon-prime-day-2024/80594/20?u=sparkyws
£209 
That price is just ridiculous 
It’s the same price as two Tello’s 
Madness 
