Capacitor replacement techniques. Opinions?

[RetroHacker]

After reading some of the responses in the "Beginner's guide" thread, I thought I would ask, how do you prefer to replace capacitors in a TV, radio, whatever? I have typically always desoldered the old capacitor from the terminal strip/tube socket, and replaced it with a new one, installed like the original. But from the responses, it seems a lot of people prefer to clip the old leads and solder to those. I'm not asking for an argument on which method is best, we all have our preference, but I would like to know if there's anyone else that bothers to actually desolder the entire component and replace it...

My reasonings on desoldering and replacing are that it looks neater, and ensures that I'm not relying on some 50 year old connection. The disadvantages, are of course, that desoldering could potentially damage delicate parts or break terminal strips. That said, I do clip and solder to old leads where the space is too tight to get in there and desolder, or the old lead connects to a delicate looking coil and I don't want to damage it. But for terminal strip and tube socket connections I prefer to desolder and replace.

I was going to make this a poll, but I don't seem to see the option anywhere in the "post new thread" page. I even searched the page for "poll"...

So, thoughts?

-Ian