I love repairing vintage electronics precisely because you can repair it. When I was unemployed a few years ago, I started up a small electronics repair business, and if I stuck to professional music stuff - amps, combos, effects units and keyboards I could make a small profit at it. Professional musicians love their old kit! Unfortunately integration meant that for younger kit, often the spare was more than a pre-owned replacement from That Auction Site. So, I often got stuck with stuff from the 90s and later, where I would take something apart, find out what the spare would cost and couldn't persuade the owner to part with the funds to have it fixed. I recall when we used to have TV repair shops (those in Southampton might remember S&L TV) they used to charge customers up front before the repair would even be assessed. They couldn't sustain the business model even with that. I've repaired laptops and LCD TVs, but I despaired at repairing iPods and iPads with their layers of glue and too-easily-broken plastic latches. Aside from a not-for-profit venture, or as I do for my own benefit buying stuff that needs a cap job, or power transistors or broken connectors replacing, it's far too often that electronics falls in to the Beyond Economic Repair box.