That is so funny. My MIL ties all her quilts and uses a very old machine they paid almost nothing for so he doesn't understand why I am saving to buy a machine that costs almost $1,000. I told him this one would allow me to machine quilt my own instead of paying someone to do it. I told him what I was quoted for the long arm and he said "be cheaper to buy one of those things" so I had him look up one from the site on the ad and told him to let me know when to expect the delivery--priceless. Good thing I didn't have him look at the one with the separate computer attachment thing or I would be having it delivered by now with the life insurance check I would have received--LOL,