Buy new VCR or repair old one?

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My VCR, a 10 year old Mitsubishi (top of the line at the time), has bitten the dust: it will not load a tape.
I've been disappointed with new VCR offerings: they all seem to be very lightweight (implying use of plastic vs. metal parts), and the visual search and slow-mo features seem inferior to the old Mitsubishi (unless I spend several hundred $).
The local repair shop's opinion is that new VCRs are essentially junk,
"built to last only a year or so"...but of course, their view may well be biased.
What would you do? Buy new or fix the old one?

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Topic - Buy new VCR or repair old one? - Chrome 14:23:02 03/26/01 (4)

Re: Buy new VCR or repair old one? - Dantheman 23:18:26 04/17/01 (0)

Re: Buy new VCR or repair old one? - Fish 08:55:02 04/14/01 (0)

Re: Buy new VCR or repair old one? - Estes 20:13:14 03/26/01 (0)

Re: Buy new VCR or repair old one? - db 14:59:05 03/26/01 (0)

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