No wonder. Who would go if they knew they were looking at $8,000 for a sewing machine? Fabulous as they are, the high-end machines are, in the end. sewing machines. That is generally what we use them for 90% of the time. I think they are like our computers. We use them for our basic needs. Few of us know how to use the wonders of our computers. I would love to hear the sales pitch the convinces us to pay that for a sewing machine. Just saying.