I bought one of those Singer 206 machines. It was a one owner. The lady used it for everything and saw no reason to 'upgrade' to a plastic wonder. It was sold because her son didn't know about the needles so he put in a regular needle and wondered why it didn't sew. The needles are not too hard to find. From working on that machine I can see why that lady was very happy with that machine. I think it is a very, very, nice, simple, well built sewing machine anybody should be proud to own. My 206 came in a wonderful cabinet, too. The 306 is a good machine, too.