I have a friend that did this twice. I finally talked her into opening the box and trying out one of the machines. I even had her bring it to my house because I had the same machine. She used it twice and then upgraded to the newer model. I couldn't believe that she did that but she did. She has used the new machine though. She then went and bought the same machine with different name (I will let you figure out what company) because they were offering a free laptop and small sewing machine with the purchase.