Hi lookout For what they charge to repair it is cheaper to get another one I am lucky I have spares I pay about £150 for mine maybe the ones at £500 will be better but for my use the cheaper ones are good enough 
Hi Susan,I rather think this one was expensive as it was bought for me between my daughter and g/son as a Christmas present,they went halves. It would probably cost me around £200 to fix------but I don't like,or trust things that have been fixed,so I'll be getting a new one. Even this old thing needs a battery now,but I can't get into the other one to remove the new battery.
I don't think you can throw comps into the bin either,they have to be " disposed " of separately.
At least I've got a couple of 8gb usb sticks to keep hold of pics/documents.
The things you've got to do