After serving me very well for about 4 years, my Saeco Magic Deluxe lit up the service light with a jammed brew unit. Following a Saeco service sheet I manage to remove the brew unit and override the micro-switches to set it back into the correct position but nothing happened.
I brought it to the Saeco recommended (at the time of purchase) repair centre here in Brisbane. After a few days I got a call to ask if I wished to go ahead with a repair that exceeded my initial $85 fee. The trouble seemed to be a circuit board / power board unit which failed. Unfortunately the cost of the repair was quoted at an extra $685!!
The new machine cost less than $900, 4 years ago and now it would seem I have to spend $770 to make it work again
So Coffeesnobs... what to do? I have retrieved my machine which is now a very expensive paperweight. Is it worth a second opinion? Another repairer? Should it become landfill for the what could amount to a couple of 10c resistors? Could the board be cannibalised from another machine with failed plumbing?
I understand these type of consumer devices are not designed to last forever or to be easily repaired and please note I have nothing against the repairers, but there just seems to be something inherently wrong with dropping the machine in my bin.
Your thoughts?
I brought it to the Saeco recommended (at the time of purchase) repair centre here in Brisbane. After a few days I got a call to ask if I wished to go ahead with a repair that exceeded my initial $85 fee. The trouble seemed to be a circuit board / power board unit which failed. Unfortunately the cost of the repair was quoted at an extra $685!!
The new machine cost less than $900, 4 years ago and now it would seem I have to spend $770 to make it work again

So Coffeesnobs... what to do? I have retrieved my machine which is now a very expensive paperweight. Is it worth a second opinion? Another repairer? Should it become landfill for the what could amount to a couple of 10c resistors? Could the board be cannibalised from another machine with failed plumbing?
I understand these type of consumer devices are not designed to last forever or to be easily repaired and please note I have nothing against the repairers, but there just seems to be something inherently wrong with dropping the machine in my bin.
Your thoughts?

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