My daughter-in-law got an inexpensive Singer from JoAnn's. It was past the 90 day warranty when she asked me for help getting it to sew right. She thought she was doing something wrong. It was the machine that was wrong. The bobbin case was misshapen. I spent time on the phone with the repair service that JoAnn's uses walking me through things and they finally said it would need to be sent to them to be repaired and gave me a rough estimate on the cost. The machine was sent to them and the repair cost more than the machine did. When she tried to use it the same thing happened after a little bit of sewing. I found her a good high-end used machine for less than what she had invested in the Singer, she junked the Singer and she is happily sewing away now. I would never buy an inexpensive Singer from JoAnn's or anywhere after that experience.