My sister bought a Featherweight at an estate sale and spent $150 replacing the cord and bobbin case and other stuff. She sold it for $400. I think she still has 3. I think they are really cute but I like to sew fast. You got a good deal. She took a Featherweight maintenance and the teacher said the only way you can kill these machines is toss them into the ocean. She maintains her own and has also help friends who have purchased featherweights. One friend picked one up for $30 at a pre-garage sale the nonprofit she volunteers at was having. Last year she also scored a huge sack full of fabric and packaged batting that was going to be tossed. Contemporary Japanese fabric and vintage fabrics in small tops, by vintage I mean authentic Civil War prints). I was the beneficiary of all the vintage stuff.