Hey, all that matters is that you got a successful repair!
I’m exactly the same and hate seeing things not being recycled, repaired and re-used, just because very few people have the skills or just can’t even be bothered now days.
I live close to my local landfill and every day see the same dodgy people who hop the security fences and scavenge stuff go past my window with bags full of stuff that it is hard to believe anyone would throw away.
One of my neighbors knows a couple of the gypsies that do that and occasionally buys stuff from them which most of the time I end up having to repair, but the upshot is I can ask him to look out for a few things for me which has paid off a couple of times.
Just going to the tip shop (which is closed due to that thing that is happening that shall not be named) horrifies me every time seeing the amount of stuff they send to landfill just because it wont turn on, they don’t have power leads or fails a stupid PAT test…