I own Singers, Kenmores and Janomes, so I can't speak with certainty about Pfaff. However, I have a friend in another town who spent half her sewing life taking the machine back and forth to the dealer trying to get its troubles straightened out.
And even though I am "a rich retired school teacher" I wouldn't think of spending $1,500 on a sewing machine unless it could cut out the patterns for me!