May be just easier to toss it in the trash or recycle bin if the gadget is older than a year. It ain't worth fixing most gadgets out there.
Even as something as simple as an electric rasor. You can buy a new [decent] one for $60 instead of paying $40 for replacement blades.
In the case of Apple gadgets there are other rwasons to toss them such as a nearly dead battery or [if you are a fanboi or fangurl] you want the latest and greatest that prophet Tim Cook wants you to buy.