I don't think you did badly on it. My husband paid a lot more than that for my Centennial and my case was a bit damaged. I got my white FW for a song at an estate sale, but I also took a chance because it wasn't running. I did, however, have a chance to play with it for a bit and knew that the motor ran and that it had the bobbin and bobbin case. A good cleaning and oiling works wonders. I got mine running just by doing that.