What's your hourly rate by the way? I am wondering if you actually lost money while inquiring about these repairs. If you make 100$ an hour, it's just 9 hours of your work to buy a new one. Basically one working day + a smidge.
That calculation only makes sense if you can actually find 9 hours of work that will pay you in money. If you are a salaried employee your time is not always exchangeable for money quite so easily.
In my career as an engineer I was never able to work extra time and get paid for it in any other currency than time off in lieu.
It took less than an hour to schedule the service call, less time than it took to choose and order a replacement. (And that took 2 visits because the first one had some damage)
I would have technically have lost money if I spent a weekend doing the repair myself.
But if I did the work myself, I would have considered it as entertainment, not lost time. I spent half a day replacing a pump in my dishwasher, and enjoyed doing the work.
