In the UK, sewing machine prices seem to be totally fixed: it's very hard to get a deal, except sometimes at the shows, which might tie you into a dealer at the wrong end of the country. And I've never been offered the free lessons that some of you mention. Sewing machines seem to be the last outpost of price-fixing cartels and lack of competition. (If anyone can tell me differently about any UK dealers, I want to know who they are!).