That viking sounds awful,Most of them are in pretty good shape I have had a Bernina 930 for a bunch of years toooo many to remember, Never been in the shop for anything I pd $1,300.00 for it been offered $1,000.00 for it recently by a Bernina shop owner,BUT I clean it every time I change the bobbin and oil it around the bobbin part, clean out all the fuzz,I have quilted a bunch of quilts on it with stippling , Don't buy the cheap machines from Walmart, A friend who lives locally bought one, pieced eight tops at her local church , small ones for charity , it quit and walmart says TOUGH,If you don't do machine embroidery most of the top name brands sell good machines for a few hundred dollars :roll: