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I repair all of my stuff. More due to principle than anything else.
Realistically it's hard to see widespread repairs of consumer goods being cost effective because our labour costs are so high in comparison to the cost of the goods.
Eg, replacing the bearings in my washing machine took pretty much a whole day because the entire machine required disassembly. And on top of that there was the time to identify and buy the parts. I'd imagine a repair guy would charge $1000. Hard to justify.
Same scenario with the control board. New board is $600 and easily swapped out. A repairer is going to charge north of $700. Luckily I stumbled across an enthusiast who had diagnosed the issue at a component level and it was a $20 fix but if I put any sort of value on my time researching and then doing the actual fix it looks whole lot less attractive.
BTW washing machine is north of 15 years old so it's allowed to have a few issues!
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