I spent £150 getting a new screen on an iPhone 3g when they were around 6 months old. It was a decent job and I was happy enough with the fix. But then I cracke

I spent £150 getting a new screen on an iPhone 3g when they were around 6 months old. It was a decent job and I was happy enough with the fix. But then I cracked it again, so I did the fix/replacement myself, it wasn't as good as the £150 job, but then I knew how to do it. I subsequently started repairing other people's phones and most of them were as good as the £150 repair job I had done. So yes a professional fix can be faster but it depends how often you may need to fox something. So a fridge I may expect to need to repair once a decade is perhaps best for the professionals, but I have e stated fixing my own washing machine and tumble dryers because they cost maybe £200 new and a fix can be in the region of £60-£120. So 2 or 3 repairs and I may as well have bought a new one, fixing it myself usually means a quicker job and always means a cheaper job. Plus now I am pretty certain that if I could call someone to fix it then I could do it myself.