I totally agree with scowlkat! I bought a wonderful portable Janome from my most local dealer for $200. It was a $900 machine when new but this machine looked and runs like it's brand new. It is actually my main machine now as I sent my older Janome to the RV for use when traveling. My older machine is 21 years old and I have never had to have either one of them serviced. You couldn't pay me to buy a modern Singer but I do have a 1946 version!!