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Yep. I had a push mower that I really liked. A Husquvarna with magnesium deck and steel ball-bearing wheels. You could set deck height up way high and bush hog with it, 6hp. No gimmick features at all. I used it many many years. Much longer than any mower I've owned. But eventually it got harder to start and finally wouldn't. I deducted that it had a burnt valve. I had to have a mover once a week. It would take me too long to get the parts and make the time to fix it so I bought a $200 simple mower at Lowe's. I bet a shop would have to charge more than that. So now I have a half plastic POS I know I'll be throwing away after a while. I have kept the old mower to repair one day.

Now my 30 year old Maytag washer has a fill pressure valve gone bad. For years I have known to not use the medium fill setting because it will overflow, never go to wash cycle. I got stupid and pushed that button and now the problem occurs no matter what button is used. I do not want a Chinese POS. I am looking hard for the part that the online places is no longer available. I will search and scrounge until I can get parts to fix it before giving up.

I hate hearing "It will cost more to fix than buy a new one". I used to fall for that but no longer. My reply now is "I'd rather pay to fix this old well made USA product than pay for a new piece of crap that I'll be throwing away after a fraction of how long this one has already lasted".

I buy used well made products over new whenever I can. It's a shame when an antique can outlast a new product.