I was at the quilt show 2 weeks ago at the Philadelphia Expo center. I was able to see the Tiara sit down machine. The price of the machine was around $5,700 including the stitch regulator. My husband and I looked around a little more and found the Sweet Sixteen for around $5500 also including the stitch regulator. While I was sitting at the machine playing around, my sweetheart of a husband gave the salesperson a credit card. I was just stunned. We ended up getting the floor model (that was newly opened for the show) with a very nice discount. The total we paid including sales tax was $5,100. I have been having a wonderful time learning my new baby. The dealer is located in Stroudsburg, Pa - half an hour from me. I'm going there on Thursday morning to get a "lesson". Having spent this past week playing - I don't really feel that I need a lesson but I'm going anyway. It's a very easy machine to learn and I am so glad to have gotten this machine!