A sewing machine is not unlike an automobile. It isn't an investment! Especially if it is purchased new. Like an automobile, half the value (or half what you paid, however you want to look at it) goes out the window the minute you sign on the dotted line. That's just the way it is. So your $1,400 "investment" is worth maybe $750 the day you bring it home. That's make it very difficult, if not impossible, to look at it as an investment. Or, maybe it is an investment...just a very, very bad one. Looking at it another way, you like it, it does something for you, you will sew more and enjoy it more if you have it, well, that's a different story. If you can afford it and you want it, I say give it to yourself. It looks like a great machine, checking on-line I see from some retailers it comes with lots of extras. It appears to be a good value, a lot for you money...let us know your decision. Choose wisely.