I own an expensive sewing machine and won't take it to retreats or classes because I know people will think I am a snob. I take my old machine with me. I am not a snob. I just like my good machine. My husband bought it for me and I love it, but I know there are the other kinds of snobs out there...the ones who look down on people who have expensive machines. They always had a "put down" about my machine...about wasting my money, etc., so I quit taking it. So remember, there are two kinds of snobs and I am reading about the second kind right here right now.