If you think long enough about what you get when you buy ANYTHING, you will soon realize you were exploited.
I don't understand why any spouse would want to make their spouse feel bad over a simple hobby purchase, worth the cost or not.
About the Go. Mine will be three years old this year and I've never had a problem with it. It has not been babied, I've probably done everything wrong that can be done to it. It's been dropped from the roof of the car to the pavement, jumped on by two toddlers, a contest to see who turned the handle the fastest between two 10 year old boys, had a Little Golden Book cranked through it, and even watered logged with a water hose. Cheap plastic? I don't think so. Best $350 I've spent for a quilting tool other then my sewing machine.