My Featherweight has been in my home for two years now. She came to live with us after I found her in a Craigslist ad in an area two and a half hours north of us. The woman I bought it from had paid considerably more than the $250 she charged me. Though I would have loved to have gotten her for a lower price like the $25, $35 finds I hear about. I was happy to get her for $250, kind of the going price around here.
My DH and I returned to the same place a week later where we bought two handcrank machines from the lady and also some really neat wood for my DH woodworking. Two pleasant road trips with great finds for us.
FWs hum like no other machine. I love it. :-D