Thank you all for the feedback and the stories about having to return machines. I feel very confident with purchases from Costco because they've been so good about repairing jewelry I've bought from there. I honestly have never used a decorative stitch but I guess it's nice feeling like you have the option. Oh a dealer, I researched and found a Janome dealer 20 miles from me. The only draw with the demo Elna was the 11 inch harp space. But it's all relative I guess because I sewed a queen quilt on my little Brother cs6000i but now I have to "quilt" it which is a whole separate problem. I haven't gotten into FMQ yet. I'm intimidated.