Years ago my dad damaged someone's petrol blower and offered to get it repaired and so I found out he took it to a mower shop and they quoted him $300 and he agreed. When he told me this I said nooooo those are not the sort of machines you bother to repair. You just get a new one as they cost about the same or less and repairs of those things are notoriously fiddly. I was so mad that this mower shop had not discussed this with him that I just told him not to bother collecting it and he didn't.

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!