A big thank you to everyone for all the good advice. Like Maniac stated, there are no guarantees or warranties from buying second (or third) hand. But for the cost difference it is certainly tempting. The one I am looking at is several hundred miles away from me (thank goodness we have a truck to haul it!), has the pro-stitcher, and she said she upgraded the computer on it three years ago from a tablet to a regular laptop. Frame, pro-stitcher, and computer she is asking $10k for it. So.....ugh....so so tempting. But like others, I'd need to find some classes for it, even though I am fairly mechanically savvy. Well....at least my husband, is! LOL