My old Brother did the same thing to me and I wasn't sure what to do either at the time so, went shopping and w/very little money. I did not need one to get up and make the coffee...just sew and not stress me out w/all the gizmos:))I ended up buying the basic Janome 3200 at Hancocks for around $300....I still love that puppy and in fact still use it very often. I have since added on to with a Janome 6600 to do my quilting..even though I was doing fine w/it at the 3200...just a smaller throat space then the 6600...well, that is where my trail led me:))Good luck!! Skeat