New microwave ovens are so cheap to buy. Sorry to shed the stark light of reality in but 27 years ago we mended electric kettles when they broke down.
Consumerism and globalisation etc have made new stuff cheaper and it may be un-green but that is what business wants. Consumers like new things anyway and so we fill land fills and buy fresh appliances.
Kind regards Dan.
PS My local Morrisons sell mw's for 30 quid and if I totalled up 5 parts from the unit it would come to 150!
Microman
April 2009