Someone on another thread remarked that buying a new sewing machine is as bad or worse than buying a car and I agree! Thanks for your comments on the Baby Locks, Amythyst. I don't care for the $2100 either, especially since that machine has two inches less throat space than the Horizon I can get for less. Well, I'm still researching now and I'm gonna check some shops down in Georgia where sales tax isn't so high. TN tax would add a good bit to the already high prices, and till now I hadn't even factored that in!