Originally Posted by Gladygirl

I have used a tiptronic 2040 for almost 13 years now--love it and have had no problems at all with it. Have it cleaned every couple years but is easy to keep lint and such cleaned myself. Have always made all my clothes, lots of daughters clothes and now do lots of quilting with it so it has many, many miles on it. Dealer says it still has a resale value of $450-500 if I wanted to sell it--which I don't!