Welcome to the Board. I have a Brother 4000 machine and it still works like a dream, though it hasn't seen a great deal of work since I bought it. Can you find out how many stitches it has done, under 1,000,000 it should be still good. I do like the Brothers as they are so user friendly. Keep in mind that you may not be able to get parts if something breaks, but if you know a good techie person they can often help, my son does mine