A few yrs back I had my eye on a Singer in a JoAnn's. It was 40lbs lighter than my traveling companion. Reg price was 249.77 -a lot of money on a fixed income. I had a cleaning job so between it and my monthly fabric allowance I could get it in 2 months time. I go to buy this machine and the clerk tells me if I wait they were having a big sewing machine sale the next week. So whats another week.Ad came- save $50. on all machines. My machine was 249.77 marked down from 299.76. I don't deal with JoAnn anymore. But a couple days later I went shopping with a friend and found this same machine -not on sale, I bought an extra 5yrs warranty my total out the door was less than 185 at K-Mart. I've quilted at least 40 Q size quilts on this machine and she's still as good as new.