If the machine only cost me $400 to begin with, I probably wouldn't even pay the $129 to service it but would have looked at another machine right away if I could afford to. I had a machine I paid about $400 and I didn't service it since the service was $100. I used it until it didn't work any longer which was a lot of use! I cleaned and oiled it myself. But if it's a machine you really love and has sentimental value, it's harder to place a monetary value on it.