Although full time job, sometimes been asked to repair (like everyone else on this site) electrical /mechanical equipment big or small up to the not so easy washing machines and mig welders. Down to a few items nowadays due to the throw-away attitudes that people have, as items do not cost as much as the older items once did.
The skip sites were valuable to me to hunt for parts as I repaired items for no cost whenever I could. Due to H&S you are not allowed now this past few years to remove anything from a skip site.
The big winner of this new law. "The right to repair " will be of course that big rich company where you can get anything even a small £1 switch in a big cardboard box (and I use them for parts), the loser will be the with hundreds of big vans travelling all over the country for small items.
This is only a small courteous take on this from me, others may have a more generous view.
The problem is often down to the manufacturers. I have a Meile fridge, which has a broken handle, a simple injection moulded part which might cost 50p to make. The spare handle is listed as a spare part for £150! the same is often true for car parts, things that often break are priced to make repairs expensive, or at worst uneconomic, presumably to make one buy a new car, or fridge or whatever. One manufacturer of complex electronic products multiplies the cost of spare hard disks by 20 times to the end-user, but buying one elsewhere results in the warranty (which doesn't cover disks) being cancelled. This is all simple profiteering and this legislation goes nowhere in tackling the problem. There are all kinds of excuses for the high prices, stockholding, handling, loss due to excess stock, packaging etc, but there is no doubt that the public is seen as a cash cow for spare parts.
The problem is often down to the manufacturers. I have a Meile fridge, which has a broken handle, a simple injection moulded part which might cost 50p to make. The spare handle is listed as a spare part for £150! the same is often true for car parts, things that often break are priced to make repairs expensive, or at worst uneconomic, presumably to make one buy a new car, or fridge or whatever. One manufacturer of complex electronic products multiplies the cost of spare hard disks by 20 times to the end-user, but buying one elsewhere results in the warranty (which doesn't cover disks) being cancelled. This is all simple profiteering and this legislation goes nowhere in tackling the problem. There are all kinds of excuses for the high prices, stockholding, handling, loss due to excess stock, packaging etc, but there is no doubt that the public is seen as a cash cow for spare parts.
