Overheard a customer at the shop say 'just replace the whole thing' about a simple fan issue

I was swapping a power supply in a gaming rig yesterday and the guy next to me was telling the tech his PC was overheating. The tech said the CPU fan was just clogged with dust, a five minute fix. The customer insisted it was easier to just buy a whole new liquid cooler for like $150... I get that time is money for some folks, but that mindset of replacing instead of fixing the simple stuff is what fills up landfills. When did basic troubleshooting become a lost art? Do you guys run into this 'just swap it' attitude a lot now?

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grant7287d ago

My neighbor just threw out a perfectly good microwave because the door latch was sticky.

the_uma7d ago

Yeah, I see it all the time with my crew. Guys will want to tear out a whole section of drywall over one small crack instead of just patching it. It's lazy, and it costs them triple in materials. People forget that learning to fix the simple stuff saves a ton of cash in the long run.