I personally would not pay that price for the extended. I also do most of my own servicing and if something comes up that I cannot fix myself, I call a repair service to come and check it for $25 and then decide if it can be fixed or just set into my collection and I go online to buy a new machine. My repair guy is very good about telling people if the machine is worth fixing. Most the time he reccommends getting a new machine as so many are now plastic and computer.