Originally Posted by
VernaL
I had one years ago and it was a nightmare most of the time. The tension was terrible and couldn't ever be adjusted right and it was in the shop a lot. When, I finally traded it in, the dealer said that they got a lot of them as trade-ins and were sold for $50.00 a truck-load in Mexico. I traded it in for a Bernina and have never looked back.
Some dealers will do that just to make a sale. I bet you could have had that fixed somewhere that wasn't trying to sell you a new one.
I am learning to work on those old T&S machines - they are better than the new plastic garbage machines.