HAL'S HEADLINES: Right to repair movement makes dollars and sense

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With inflation so high, the right to repair movement is gaining steam. Instead of throwing something out when it’s broken and simply buying a new one, we really should be at least trying to fix the old item if possible. But that’s the problem … in many cases, manufacturers make repairs difficult or costly or both. Stuff is designed for the dump these days because companies would rather just sell you another product. However, there are now websites like IFixIt.com that help you do it yourself. Or there are still some old school repair businesses which are thriving again as people struggle to make ends meet. I’ll give you a recent example at my house. Despite their expensive price tag, my wife Jackie and I love Dyson vacuum cleaners. We just bought a new one after more than a decade. But instead of tossing our first Dyson, we took it to Tache Vacuum Centre at 521 St. Mary’s Road where owner Jack Simoes and his repair team got it working as good as new for a fraction of the cost of a new one. We’re using it at the lake now. It makes dollars and sense but it’s also the way I was raised. Growing up, we had very little. But my parents Gordon and Ada spent a lot of time teaching me and my sister the real value of a buck. It was an important lesson. I’m lucky I don’t have to be as careful with my money as they were but I still try to be because it’s the right thing to do.

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— Hal has written columns for years. He’s also the host of Connecting Winnipeg weekday mornings from 10 to noon on 680 CJOB. You can email him at Hal@HalAnderson.ca.