Washing machine and dryer. Our last pair had troubles. I did open both up and attempt to diagnose and repair. I got them going but both needed a part replaced,

Washing machine and dryer. Our last pair had troubles. I did open both up and attempt to diagnose and repair. I got them going but both needed a part replaced, dryer it was the belt and washer was having issues with the pump. The problem is that it is hard to get the parts and it takes time, it's not guaranteed to be a fix, and the local repair people have a 2+ week wait to come and look. It's much more convenient to just buy replacement appliances. I'm comfortable fixing things but I don't always have time and that time would be further stretched having to go to the laundry place in town. We bought replacements, got the repair company to fix up the old machines and sold them on. Parts is the biggest issue. Our coffee machine needed repair. I would have loved to fix it myself but the parts are really expensive so I couldn't experiment... I tried replacing the tubes and a valve. In the end it needed a pump. The repair place that sees loads of them can just stock some spare pumps but I'd end up paying more than a new machine to do that... and the shipping on parts, it was stupidly expensive.