Last month: clothes dryer stopped working. A little Google, 3 minutes with a screwdriver, and my handy multimeter (wedding present from a fellow engineer) proved it to be a $7.95 fuse I could buy on Amazon. Success.
This week: sewing machine seized up. Twenty minutes of randomly removing screws, some light swearing, some Googling, a desperation smack with a small hammer on the end of a screwdriver, and all better! Some heavy oiling and a lesson for my wife and I on the importance of oiling BEFORE you start using it should keep this one solved. Success.
Assuming we need these two items in our lives, I saved us at least $120. I dare the toaster oven to stop working!