I agree with the others. I bought a used Gammill (2006 model) almost 5 yrs ago and you need to remember that you are putting down about 1200 stitches in a very short time with a long arm. I also agree with the others that you need to make sure you've done a thorough search--just like you would in buying a car or home!--and tried out a lot of different ones. You might want to consider one of the ones made for industrial usage like Gammill, Innova, APQS, Nolting, etc as they've been in the long arm business much longer than Juki or Bernina. You can often find one used for about the same price as new Juki/Bernina/Brother long arm and since made for industrial usage, they are still in great shape.