I had a sit down Sweet Sixteen that I upgraded to a standup. For a 12 ft frame it was a Studio one. The upgrade was close to $5000 and I already had the machine so your price sounds very good to me! My machine was only 3 yrs old so there you go! Good luck to you if you get it!I love mine now!

I bought a used HQ16 with a 10ft table setup, for $5,000. We traveled 3 hours one way to pick it up and I have found that most quilters are very honest. It does have a stitch regulator but I don't use it...too noisy. "Harriet" works wonderfully, she is not difficult about threads. Previous owner was upgrading to a bigger HQ. Even after I had it for several months she called to check out how it was working.."Harriet" is about 13 yrs old.

A friend bought a used quilter. The sell said the machine was slightly used and did not have any problems. The machine did have a problem and it could not be repaired. Be careful and have someone check out the machine as a condition of the sale. You may be able to have someone with the same type of machine test it for you.

Not sure about that price but I bought one used. I had no lessons or anything. It is very easy to learn. Videos are readily available. The lady showed me how to use it for enough time I knew it was working properly.

The only caution I might have is that it's a 16" throat...that seems huge now, but it just seems a lot of LA'ers are moving to 18"...don't know if it's because of bells and whistles they want, or the throat space. You can always get it and use it till you know if you're happy with it, then sell and move on if you need to. I would buy it!

I just looked at the new HQ Simply 16 which comes with a 5 foot frame it also has a stitch regulator . That is priced at $8999. but being introduced for $7999. The dealer I talked to said he would meet what was being offered at the Creative Festival being held in Toronto April 22. At 7999. that is about 2000 more than USA I have been agonizing over what to get for sometime now . Good luck I live in Southwestern area closer to Sarnia