On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 14:45:21 UTC, michael adams wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 13:27:45 UTC, charles wrote:
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tabbypurr wrote:
On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 12:07:20 UTC, michael adams wrote:
"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 23/03/2016 03:39, Bill Wright wrote:

That's all half true. The reality is a considerable percentage of what's
faulty & what's thrown away is worth repairing. And much isn't.

There's also the cost of someone's time to be taken into account. DIY
repairs can be worth doing, but paying someone do to the job is most likely
uneconomic.

like I said it's often worthwhile.

Its only "worthwhile" if the persoin doing it isn't costing their
time.

incorrect

But we live in a throowaway culture and repair places aren't set
up for it, they haven't moved with the times.

But that's assuming that whatever it is is repairable in
the first place.

Such assumptions need not be made. Effective triage is an area that traditional repair shops have failed to implement satisfactorily.


Many things such as headlights in many cars
and many similar "sealed units" are so designed as to be
impossible to dismantle let alone repair. And even with things

many things are.

which can be repaired, assuming that the correct parts are
available - a problem which appears to beset even many
washing machines and boiler "specialists",by the time

Correct parts are available for many items, and nonoriginal part designs can be used in many too.

the item has been dis-assembled, the fault diagnosed
and repaired it will often have been cheaper for the
repair place to supply a replacement unit instead.

obviously a competent repair shop would not choose to do that with items where it is not likely to be worthwhile.

It simply isn't economical except for people doing it as
a hobby.

rubbish. I repair things when it's worthwhile, and sometimes it still is. I accept it's a popular opinion though.


NT