Oh no Maz Hope it's not sitting in the front yard ATM!

FJ that's good of her to offer a discount. I agree it's frustrating that the product is not as described even as a second.

Ages ago my spool holder stoppy thingy (sorry can't think of a better description) broke and the spool holders fell through into the machine. I've been using my mums old elna but am discovering it's limitations. I went off this arvy on a bit of an expedition to try and get some spare parts so I can use my machine again. My lovely sewing shop ladies don't sell Janome, so off I went to Spotters. They don't sell Janome by the look of it either but I didn't know for sure because there was no one selling in machines as per usual I ended up at Melb Sewing Centre at the shopping centre and am verrrrry tempted to trade in my machine because I can get a $200 trade in on a machine that includes a walking foot (worth $79 to buy sep) and does a few other tricks that mine doesn't...only problem is I have to fine about $300 still.
I'm kind of keen because I only paid $189 for mine about 13 years ago because I bought it and left it in the shop while I went off doing some other things and a different girl sold it to someone else and because it was a run out model they couldn't get another one, so I got a different machine that was worth $300 or so (was a while ago so details are fuzzy...) so I can get more trade in than what I paid for the thing. It's just not so good timing ATM $$$ wise. *sigh* why do I always find the good deals when I can't afford to buy them.
I might try and layby it if I can.