I say, why not? I would rather pay 200 or whatever it took for a Featherweight then the same price for a new Singer or other brand. I am sure the quality is better and it will last longer.
Plus, my husbands theory is that if you buy a Featherweight for 200.00 and a new Singer for 200.00 and used them the same amount of time on each. Then in a year wanted to sell them both, you would most likely get at the very least your money back on the Featherweight, but the the other Singer would be worth much less.
But mostly I love mine, all three of them because they are just so dang cute. I would buy another if the opportunity arose. In a heart beat.