I thought about getting another opinion and estimate. Looking online, I think it really is the step-motor. I saw one place to order it and it sells for $225. That's the price he quoted me for the part and then $200 for labor. Plus there was something else he said needed to be done. I don't remember because I was so shocked and upset about the total price. I'm going to pick up the machine on Saturday.
There was no mention of trade-in-value on a new or used machine.
I'm torn between getting it fixed or just selling it for parts and selling the accessories. This machine uses d-cards for all of it's stitches and embroidery that are no longer available from Viking. It's hard to even find them on ebay. If the d-cards go bad, then I'm stuck again.
Then I think "but for a few hundred dollars I could have my embroidery machine back. I can't buy another machine for that price."
I have my Pfaff 7510 to do sewing on but I wanted to get back into working with the embroidery machine. I don't *need* the embroidery machine but I *want* it.
decisions, decisions