Thanks for the advice. I will definitely tell her on the phone that I want to "test drive" it but will bring my own thread and fabric and a little fabric sandwich as well. I don't mind if it's been serviced yet or not if it's truly been lightly used it may not need it yet and the price she's asking is so far below retail that I wouldn't mind eating that expense anyway. I guess I mostly just want to ensure that it's functioning properly. I've downloaded the manual so I'll take a few notes on how to try several features that I'm really interested in and switch to a bunch of different stitches. I've never even used a computerized machine before so this will be a big step up for me. I'm kind of both nervous and excited at the same time
