Patsy, spend a little time with the machine and see how you like it. The 700 series Singers have their fans, but I'm not one of them; the earlier top-of-the-line Singers (101, 201, 301, 400s, 500s and early 600s) were built so much better. Unless you love, love, love the machine, I wouldn't recommend putting money into it. (This was me showing restraint. How did I do? I could have said that it was worth what you paid for it, but I would never do that.)