I just bought mine 2 weeks ago at my dealer's truck sale (the HQ truck was offloading machines into cars that day!). Price after tax was less than $5,000. I did not get the table extensions as I don't have room to use them at this point. I also did not get the tru-stitch as I think of that kind of like training wheels and the price is high for something I might or might not use for a long period of time.
So far I'm very happy with the machine, but I've mostly worked next to it as I'm finishing piecing a top so that I can quilt it.
Cheers, K