On 2015-10-04, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

You can either buy a new machine or pay a serviceman $80 to tell you it
will cost a bunch of money to fix it.

I'd go for a new one. I can see that being a repair costing 75% of a
new machine and you still have a 10 year old machine that can break down
for another reason.

Depends on how old yer last machine is. I usta fix my own. Buy a
manual and have at it.

OTOH, if you have a newer machine, maybe not. I notice many generic
major appliance parts stores have gone by the wayside. I recall our's
closed and when I went to the appliance store to inquire why, they
told me the older parts were becoming unavailable and new appliances
harder to repair. Whan I asked about my particular problem --bad
thermostat/controller in newer model GE fridge-- they told me the tool
to change the part cost more than the original refrigerator. These
were the same guys that usta run the parts store. 8|

nb