Agree with hoovers. I nicked a Dyson DC07 out of a skip. It cost me 30GBP in bits and has done me for about 5 years now :) WRT computers, it depends on the com

Agree with hoovers. I nicked a Dyson DC07 out of a skip. It cost me 30GBP in bits and has done me for about 5 years now :) WRT computers, it depends on the computers and the availability of spares. You're screwed if you have a Mac as the parts are expensive due to scarcity. if you buy Lenovo, you can get every individual part on ebay for very little and they have published FRM and diagnostic manuals which are very good. An overheating T61 will cost me 15GBP including investigation... (Sitting here on a recycled 2007 Lenovo T61).