Oh yeah, although given the country you are in, these people might exists somewhere and they are most likely on BF as well, but spread all over it a bit. You know what I miss (specially since I'm an expat for years now)? I grew up in post socialist Hungary, where on every corner there was some old dud who spent his life on one or the other industry. The soc. life taught people not to throw away things but to repair them, or find one of these "dudes" who can repair "everything".
So in a 20km area you could find a specialist, no matter if you needed a custom forged screw or chrome plating something, engraving whatever... They might not even be able to count more than 15 or spell their names, but their work was pristine, since that was their life, and their prices were rally low.
Now the world changed even there, and these people disappeared, or the younger ones lived up to the modern market, made some school, calling themselves professionals, since now they have papers not only knowledge and ask you exorbitant prices for everything - since they are still rare on the market - but if they know your stuff to get repaired is a valuable one, they don't hesitate to ask twice the price assuming if you have an expensive xyz, than you should have extra money for their work as well (partially this is right). Here in Germany people get a fair salary, so everything service related is quite expensive.