A better example would be a broken hard drive change.If you have no valuable data,you could just bin in and buy a new one,so such a service would only be able t

A better example would be a broken hard drive change.If you have no valuable data,you could just bin in and buy a new one,so such a service would only be able to charge $50or so for labour.Now,if the hard drive contained some valuable info,i.e. technical drawings with no copies outside it,etc.,then you suddenly need to hire a data recovery company,which, depending on how difficult the task is, could charge you thousands if not more. Here's a good example when it's worth paying tons of money for some otherwise absurd things: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/bitcoin-value-james-howells-newport-landfill-hard-drive-campbell-simpson-laszlo-hanyecz-a8091371.html%3famp