I went through Amazon and it was from NMAX, Inc. The price was $599.00 plus 27.14 S & H. per FedEx.
I have also seen them for $599.00 before including the S&H.
I went into two local stores to see what they had. They did not have Brother 1500 S but both stores brought out the Juki 98 and said it and the Brother were almost identical. One store said they difference was that the Brother did not have an easy opening for the bobbin, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found out it does have bobbin access without taking the extension table off.
The Juki price scared me. One store wanted $1300 and another wanted $700 but I would have had to also pay shipping charges.
Btw, the Brother is all metal parts which makes me happy. I am keeping my 2 smaller throat machines in case I want zig-zag, but this Brother does FMQ with no problems. I just love it. Pauline