Have you checked locally? I have a great shop 25 minutes away that has some older machines and excellent service. He loves working on the older machines. I paid under $100 to repair the electrical and tune up a Singer 201 that was given to me. I also bought my Featherweight there. I paid more than I would have on ebay, but it was in excellent condition, I didn't have to do anything to it and he included free tune up the 1st time I bring it in. Plus I got to test drive it before I bought it and had no worries about the condition it would arrive in when shipped if I bought it online.