My 15-year-old coffee maker finally gave up the ghost this morning, but my emergency fund meant I could just buy a new one without stressing.

I had $75 set aside for 'appliance death' from my monthly budget, so I walked into Target and grabbed a replacement before my caffeine headache even started, which felt like a huge win after years of living paycheck to paycheck.

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stellat464d ago

Honestly, did you keep the old one? Tbh my last coffee maker died and I found a local guy who fixes small appliances for like twenty bucks. He had it working again in a day, so now I have a backup for when this new one acts up.

nathankim4d ago

Keeping broken appliances just adds clutter and takes up space. New models are more energy efficient and safer than old repaired ones. Spending money to fix something that already failed once is a waste when you could put that toward a reliable replacement. Having a backup coffee maker seems like a solution to a problem that doesn't need to exist.

daniel_cooper344d ago

That's actually a smart move getting it fixed so cheap. Does the local guy do house calls or do you have to drop stuff off? NathanKim has a point about new ones being more efficient, but if the old one still makes coffee and only cost twenty bucks to fix, that's way less than a whole new machine. Kinda makes you wonder why more people don't try fixing things first.