you did a good find..........I like thrift stores too.........but I just got a dud from "shopGoodwill.com"....a Singer 6199 Brilliance that looked wonderful.....about $40.00 later , it arrived, didn't sew worth a daggone, so I took it to the repair guy and he called me and said "so sorry"...not worth the cost of fixing, it will never be worth using...bad needle head design.............so beware of that one, don't waste your dollars.......he says if you are going to buy anything "newer" than the old metal machines of old, the Janome seems to be the best of the lot.........but he still says those old ladies are by far the best ones to buy...............