I am sorry that you are having a hard time with your Janome dealer, and your Janome. I love my 10 year 10000, it has never been serviced (cringe cringe), dh vacuums it out and it runs like a charm. bought a husky 875Q and it is in being serviced already, somethings is wrong with it, oh well. I don't know much about fmq, so I can't give you guidance. do you have a quilting guild where you can maybe test drive (fmq) a machine that a member wants to sell? Or try the classifieds for a good used machine. Or post a Wanted classified in your local paper, and see what turns up. I believe in recycle, reuse, repurpose, regift, being frugal comes with my age.