FWIW.....GE space-savers are somewhat famous for this handle breaking. I just replaced the handle on my later-model last September. Good news is that I'll bet you can get the handle for less than $60.00. As nearly as I can tell, mine is exactly like yours -- or very nearly so -- and cost $37.39 including shipping. Installation is so easy you'll be embarrassed at being worried about it. Please don't consider spending anything for labor on this. Takes a putty-knife or flat-blade screw-driver for gentle prying and a philips driver for the actual removal and replacement the handle. That's it. There are descriptions at the site to tell you exactly what to do....or you can call them. IMHO, microwaves -- especially GE spacesavers -- are kind of like light bulbs. They're fine until they're not. However, broken handles on this model are not sufficient reason if everything else is still OK. Here is a link that might be useful: Source for your space-saver handle and instructions

Call HP's repair center and get a quote, and compare that to the price of replacement options. With a camera that old I would venture to guess that for the cost of a repair you could get a significant upgraded camera.

"The problem may be as simple as a plugged outlet manifold" In THIS instance the Culligan service tech was on-site and diagnosed the problem as a resin problem and priced the repair which was replacing the resin. If the OP agrees to the repair (regardless of price negotiations) and that is NOT the problem then the OP should refuse to pay. "Adding a carbon tank before the softener to remove the chlorine will certainly extend the life of the resin..." It will, but at the risk of removing the anti-bacterials from ALL the water in the house. A subject of great debate among water treatment and (public) health professionals. Re-bedding a softener at 8, 10, or 15 years is a maintenance cost far offset by the reduced cost of premature plumbing, fixture, appliance repair or replacement, and the money saved by using far less detergent and clothes lasting longer afforded by a water softener. "... and give your family much higher quality water" A completely subjective opinion and also a subject of great debate.

I think the radon thing is a huge gimmick. The radon mitigation system is about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. This is about as dumb as those little "horns" that you put on your car to scare deer away. You drill a hole in the basement slab and run an exhaust pipe through the roof to allow all the trapped radon to escape? Who is to say wherever they decided to drill the hole, the radon is just sitting there waiting to escape? Why wouldn't the radon be trapped under a different area and still seeping into the house? What about all the radon that is outside? Or in the supermarket? Or church? Radon is supposedly everywhere - so how do you escape it? By wearing a gas mask? The research I did on radon told me that only a small number of people could get lung cancer IF subjected to this over a LIFETIME. How long is a lifetime? 80 years? Well thats about the time you die anyway - so how can you prove it was radon that did you in? I truly think the radon scare is just a gimmick, designed to sucker those who live in fear out of their money. One minute eggs are bad for you - too much cholesterol. Next minute they're healthy. Really doesn't matter - we are all going to die sometime, and if your number is up, God is going to take you out no matter how well you safeguarded yourself. Yes, you want to protect yourself within reason, but there is also such a thing as worrying about nothing. Our inspection turned up radon in the basement, and our buyer asked me to pay for a mitigation system. This was coming from a guy in his 50's who smoked. Amazing - he's not concerned about his chances of cancer from being a smoker - but he wanted me to safeguard him from radon. He had also lived somewhere else for the previous 50 years - so who is to say that my house would have killed him? I told him "no - your health concerns are your problem, you pay for it". My realtor thought I was committing house seller suicide by denying him that, but I stuck to my guns because I knew I was right. And he still bought the house.