Really, if you think about it - the vintage machines are CHEAP even the expensive ones. If you look at what they paid back when and then what you would pay in today's dollars....... they are cheap. AND they will last a very long time with good care. The newer machines will go awhile and then go in a land fill - so much plastic and stamped metal. The old machines are so well made - even the most basic machines were better made than the new machine you can buy for the same money - actually you can't touch them...