Be aware of the replicas. My girlfriend and I both bought one off e-bay from the same distributor. Mine wouldn't sew and hers the motor wouldn't even run. They were advertised as new. We took them to a sewing machine repair and he told us that they had the wrong parts in them and weren't worth repairing. We got our money back from e-bay but I don't think I would trust any of them anymore. I think I'll just save my money up for the real thing. Good lesson learned but it cost me an additional $53.00 to find out it wasn't worth anything. I guess you could say BUYER BEWARE.