Right, JK, don't buy new, junky faucets! The good ones are repairable.

True.

Actually you can often repair the cheap ones too.

But why bother?

When you replace it, you get new handles, etc. All the chrome/whatever is
new and fresh. You get to clean up where the faucets rests on the sink.

When you replace the only major problem is that the lines should reach the
new faucet connections.