Personally I tend to (try and) repair anything, but lately (a few years) finding suitable spare parts has become much more difficult, simply the "manufacturers"

Personally I tend to (try and) repair anything, but lately (a few years) finding suitable spare parts has become much more difficult, simply the "manufacturers" do not provide them (or stops providing them after a short time since the new model is put in commerce) and - unless it is for some reasons a very popular model/device/appliance - third parties do not manufacture them (too low volume to be profitable). Or the few people that have these spares available try to sell them as if they were gold. Right now I have a washer that needs its shock absorbing supports replaced, two supports are needed, I found them at 45 Euro each (other more common models are sold for anything between 5 and 15 Euro) + shipping. Now on a simple washer that I can buy new for 400 Euro, and that is a few years old, spending 20-40 Euro for spares (not considering my time) makes sense, spending some 100 Euro makes very little. Something else that few people consider is that the appliance you replace in the best case is (partially) recycled, in the worse ends up in a dumpster somehwere, while if you manage to repair it only the small parts that you replace are waste.