A good and honest repair person is worth so much!
Yes they are! So is a dealer you can trust. It seems sewing machine dealers are getting the reputation of old time car salesmen. The best dealer I have ever known never steered anyone to the higher price machines, always what you needed for what you did and never put down anyone that brought in a Walmart machine to see what was wrong with it. She treated the owner like it was the top of the line purchase. She retired quiet wealthy from her shop and it sold in record time because of the profits. The new owners went bankrupt in three years. Sad.