I love my accuquilt. I have the Go. If I ever get bad arthritis, I'll get an electric one. All of the dies rotate around on sales on their site so if there is one you want, just wait for the sale. I have found them on shopgoodwill.com and ebay affordably as well. I do collect the angular shape dies and BOB and strip dies.
Ask at your local LQS to see if any of them are allowing for use of their Go machine. Many will rent by the hour or let you use their dies if you buy the fabric from them. It is just another service like renting their longarm machine to you to use. You can test it that way and see if you really want to buy one foryour home. The other thing that happens is the LQS will have an accuquilt show. You go, see how it works, try it out, and then the possibility to buy one is really more affordable than the website price.