I occasionally stop into this consignment shop and they actually had 3 sewing machines, and this was the least expensive, the other singer, which is newer than this one, was 24.99 and there was something in a cabinet that I couldn't see because there is a tv on top of it, anyway that was 29.99, aorlflood, wow 2.00 is super de duper! My dh and I go on cheap date nights, and one evening we stopped into a little auction and he bought me a ring for 3.00 (cheap date night), it turned out to be worth $400.00 and it was a diamond ring.