I don't mind if the machine is taken out for me to test once I decide to buy it, but I'm not going to buy a machine that's been sitting out for months and pay full price for it, regardless of the warranty. Tomorrow I will pick up the first truly new machine I've ever bought - everything else has been used or a classroom machine (I bought a Janome last year that was used at the Modern Quilt Show for classes), and I had NO problem doing that, but then again, I got a great discount each time. I would NOT buy a machine at full price that I didn't personally see unpacked and checked out in my presence. Call me crazy, but when I'm spending several thousand dollars on a machine, I expect the price to reflect the status of the machine.