04-06-2018, 05:16 PM
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Re: Would you Repair or buy new?
Originally Posted by Tiffany
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The wheels went on my nice comfortable desk chair & I was going to buy another one, but discovered on Amazon they sold replacement wheels so I bought those instead. It's fine now, but usually yes, I do buy new.
04-06-2018, 06:06 PM
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Re: Would you Repair or buy new?
For me it depends on how attached I am to the item, or if it's something that's no longer made.I renovated 2 garden tables and a garden bench a couple of years ago, all were over 20 years old, a lot of the wood was rotten and it would have been a lot easier (and maybe even cheaper) to get rid and buy new. But they had sentimental value for me so I was happy to renovate.
As a general rule though I will usually try to repair (for repair read bodge) something but if that fails I'll buy new.
04-06-2018, 06:42 PM
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Re: Would you Repair or buy new?
I'm a fixer I must admit. If you can mend it to a good standard then why not if you have the skills, for as well as the financial reward there is something quite satisfying about repairing something that was broken.As it happens I have just repaired my driving glasses which lost a screw today and one of the lenses fell out. I found an old pair of reading glasses which are no longer strong enough, so took one of the screws out and used it to repair a pair of specs which as well as taking several days to replace, would also have cost quite a few bob to do so. Result....
04-06-2018, 06:46 PM
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Re: Would you Repair or buy new?
Originally Posted by Barry
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I'm a fixer I must admit. If you can mend it to a good standard then why not if you have the skills, for as well as the financial reward there is something quite satisfying about repairing something that was broken. As it happens I have just repaired my driving glasses which lost a screw today and one of the lenses fell out. I found an old pair of reading glasses which are no longer strong enough, so took one of the screws out and used it to repair a pair of specs which as well as taking several days to replace, would also have cost quite a few bob to do so. Result....
04-06-2018, 07:11 PM
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Re: Would you Repair or buy new?
Originally Posted by DWebb
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I am sensing that might irritate you at times to be honest it was a bit of a one off and I did actually try to buy new
Our house is full of "I'll make you ones" 
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