Same as everyone else - depends on the cost of fixing it Vs the cost of replacing it.

We have fixed our camera, dryer, dishwasher but replaced our washing machine, microwave etc

I think when I was growing up things were more built to last and everybody repaired. We live in a very disposable society where items were not made to be fixed as much as they are made to do the job for a set amount of time and be replaced because it is so cheap to replace them but the parts on their own can cost twice as much as a new item. But even looking at printers and things like that, it is cheaper to buy a whole new printer than to replace the ink in a printer on its own.

I think now that we have been married a few years though and we aren't starting out anymore, when things are breaking, we are spending the extra to make them more the type of item you would repair rather than replace - hopefully this will mean better value for money in the long term though. When we were first married, we didn't have much money and had to buy a whole house of furniture, so we got what we could afford which means that it was cheap and didn't last very long (or second hand and we intended to replace it when we could afford to). I think when I was younger, there was no cheaper option. Things were made well and could be repaired and if you couldn't afford new, you bought second hand.