I bought mine when I stumbled upon one on Craigslist. I need to home with our farm, but hoped to be able to earn enough to pay for this and have the option to machine quilt large quilts for myself and family who quilt. I'm a hand quilter at heart, but am amazed at the beautiful, skillful machine quilting that can be done. I'm paying off my quilter next month! It's an old one, but if I master this one, I can upgrade later.