Wayne Parham Messages: 18786 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
You're right that for me it's a means to an end. And I think that's true for most people: They DIY something because it's cheaper or faster or better for them to repair it or build it themselves than to have a service provider do it for them.
But there's the "fiddle factor" too. I think some people are driven by curiosity and/or boredom to do things they could have paid someone else to do. Just for the sheer "fiddle factor" of it.