Not sure if they have english manuals here in Switzerland much at all, but maybe if you buy a machine from a bigger company like Brother or Singer you can download it from their website. Ikea have new sewing machines for about 90 CHF. Not sure how good they are, but if you want something better COOP have them too, for around 200CHF and they are better brands... I've looked on ricardo and the used ones are sometimes more expensive than the new ones. Hope this helps!!