Google saved me a lot of money this week.
1. The office printer Phaser 8200 wasn’t working. The code on the machine says to call for repair. So I called an authorized repair shop. Can you believe they charge $150 per hour - the hourly charge begins when the repairman leaves the shop to the time he returns to the shop! I decided to see if we can fix it ourselves.
I googled “Phaser 8200 problem”. On the first page of search results, I found a forum with a discussion of the problem we were experiencing. Based on that, we bought the defective parts, googled the instructions to install it, and the printer was fixed. It costed $100, probably the amount it would cost for the authorized repairman to drive to my office.
2. Remember I blogged about problems with my Honda Odysessy? Apparently the stalling problem Mike had was not because I ran out of gas 
The stalling problem continued. At first, it would stall only while Mike was driving it. It never happened to me. Surely it was because my van liked me more. Then a couple of days ago, it stalled on me in the middle of the road! That was scary. My mechanic could not diagnose the problem. He suggested a fuel injection which would cost $120. But he didn’t think that was the problem.
Who can I turn to for an answer? Yes, I googled it - “Honda Odysessy problem”. Again on the first couple of search results there was a forum discussing about the exact same problem. One post said they changed the ignition wire. I googled to find out what that was, and found something that told me Honda recalled the ignition switch.That prompted me to log into my Honda customer account which I had totally forgotten. The record showed there was a recall on the ignition switch in 2002 and I never took it in to have it fixed. The next day, I took it in to Diamond Bar Honda. There was no charge, and they even gave me a courtesy car wash. I came out ahead. (I hope that solved the problem.)
If you have a problem, any problem, you are not alone. Google it.