I bought a BLDC approximately 15 years ago and loved it. Then it started giving me problems with the sewing. Back to the dealer who fixed it and it worked well for a time. The needle threader was for me the best in the business. I'm sure a lot of my problems with the machine were operator error. I'm not good at fixing stuff. I finally bought another machine, a Brother (can't remember the model) but it worked great for me. Long story short, a year ago my DIL's SIL wanted a machine and couldn't afford one so I gave her my BL. Haven't had much feedback from her but a lot of personal family problems have overtaken her. Short story is I would offer a lower price for the machine and see if that works. Good Luck.