I never heard of these prices. My LQS hires her LA out for AU$30 per hour. Yes. That's just for the hire of the machine. The ladies at the Nannup Patchwork group told me today that they paid AU$400 to have their charity quilt quilted. They pay AU$2 a week for their cups of tea out of which they pay for the quilting. I blinked when I was told. That's a lot of cups of tea. The local lady quoted me AU$100 for a lap quilt a few years ago. She had a room built on to her house to take her LA. LAs start at AU$10,000 in this country. There's a few hours there to break-even!