I bought a Brother 8080PRW off the Internet and was seriously doubting my sanity. It has worked just fine, with two exceptions: learning to put the bobbin in correctly took weeks and two trips to a technician (who could have just told me to press down with my thumb while threading the bobbin thread to the cutter!!!) and I have yet to find a 1/4" foot that I can actually see relative to the needle "in" position (which is further back than on my old Pfaff), other than the one with the plow-like extension, which does not like intersections. Wow, was that a long sentence?! I know nothing about your particular model, but hope you have great luck with it.