I did and I have!!! When I repaired the original binder, I discarded all the blank pages which were in the second binder, and as i read through the thousands of articles notice a significant increase in articles as time went on.
Interestingly, it is exceedingly difficult to get a scrapbook large enough to transfer the old pages into a new set of books. I found a few on the internet but the asking price was a lot of $$$ which I am not at this time prepared to commit to the upgrade, especially since I'm on the eve of my long awaited trip to the Basque country in a few weeks and expend spending a couple of bob on acquiring some goodies there. Some day I will take the plunge and give the scrapbooks a new binding.