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Interestingly enough, as soon as the price of replacing it goes up (because you have less to spend), and an abundance of second hand devices entering your count

Interestingly enough, as soon as the price of replacing it goes up (because you have less to spend), and an abundance of second hand devices entering your country, this model of repair suddenly becomes feasible. In some African countries you can get your TV fixed if a certain part fails, because the local repairman takes all working boards from broken TV sets and keeps an inventory. It's a business model that is unsustainable in more 'developed' countries. Here repairs are only done on really high-end devices. Beside that, there is the convenience factor. I can buy a new washing machine, and have it here tomorrow, where they take the old one away, and plug the new one in if I want to buy that option. You can't get that level service from a repairman. They can't compete with this business model. And even if they could, the chance of them being able to fix it is not 100%, whereas the new one is all but guaranteed to work (for as long as that lasts).

jtbayly 5y ago
It’s not unsustainable in Ohio. I bought my washer from a guy with a basement full of washers who was obviously repairing with parts from other machines. Then we posted our broken washer for free and somebody came and took it. It was obviously going to be repaired and resold or used for parts.
- BitwiseFool 5y ago
  >"with a basement full of washers who was obviously repairing with parts from other machines." I really hope he has some sort of lift or elevator installed. His back is going to be destroyed in a few short years.
  - jtbayly 5y ago
    May be too late. He made it clear that he had a bad back and it would be my responsibility to bring somebody to help me get it up the stairs.
FireBeyond 5y ago
Yeah, I've received quotes for replacing the control board on a Whirlpool double oven that basically equalled getting a new (10 years newer) oven. That's just for the part. I was willing and able to do the labor - would have been a fifteen minute job.

jtbayly 5y ago

It’s not unsustainable in Ohio. I bought my washer from a guy with a basement full of washers who was obviously repairing with parts from other machines. Then we posted our broken washer for free and somebody came and took it. It was obviously going to be repaired and resold or used for parts.

BitwiseFool 5y ago
>"with a basement full of washers who was obviously repairing with parts from other machines." I really hope he has some sort of lift or elevator installed. His back is going to be destroyed in a few short years.
- jtbayly 5y ago
  May be too late. He made it clear that he had a bad back and it would be my responsibility to bring somebody to help me get it up the stairs.

FireBeyond 5y ago

Yeah, I've received quotes for replacing the control board on a Whirlpool double oven that basically equalled getting a new (10 years newer) oven. That's just for the part. I was willing and able to do the labor - would have been a fifteen minute job.