I've just read all these posts and you won't believe it but we just had a new shop open in NC .... and it's just down the road from another new shop that opened last year. I was stunned! The two shops do carry two different make machines. Both owners seem to be very friendly and mostly customer oriented with classes offered in different techniques. I did like the second shop as soon as I walked in but I cannot say why. I have my fingers crossed that at least one of the shops, if not both, makes it.