I bought a new Avante with the new price but so wish I had bought a trade in from some other dealers who offered lessons for two days. My new Avante dealer gave me about 45 minutes and it's a clunker. I bought my Bernina Virtuosa for 1/3 the price of a LQS but I bought a used floor model off eBay, it's been perfect now for 10 years, took it in one time for a major cleaning.