Some of these sewing machines cost more than I paid for my car!
If you or your honey are handy you could buy one from a thrift store.
I just picked up a White 1620 for 19 dollars. I goofed around with it for a little while cleaning and oiling it. Fixed takeup lever to get rid of floppines, cleaned contacts where controller plugs in, fixed the little door that covers the light so it would stay closed and adjusted the tension on the bobbin. Then I bought a foot for it for six bucks, put a seam guide on it for 1/4" seam and it's working really well. It's soooooo quiet and it pieces very nicely.
It didn't come with pedal or accessories but the pedal from my Sphinx reproduction fit.
I bought it because I think a gear might be going out on my Singer 9022. Needed good back up with ZZ.