The dealer should always tell you ahead of time what the cost is....obviously he did not. What a shock.
I am like so many of this board.....care for my machine myself...it they need parts or malfunction, then they go in.
Maintenance is done by me....never had a problem and never have taken any of my machines in for malfunctioning.
The malfunction is usually my error...or thread out of the take up lever.
Diana in TX