Sometimes it takes a lot to just get rid of one, but sometimes it is necessary to do. I am glad you put it gently in the garbage can.
I learned to sew in high school on a T and S and thought they were the greatest, so found one years later and I liked it as well, then we moved and it had to go. Now I will find another some day. Diff. people have diff opinions on sewing machines, and most anything else, just opinions, I ask then make my own judgments.