I agree with everyone's suggestion to check several dealers. The issue of classes and service can be important or not depending upon the buyers location.
I have an off topic question about the my custom stitch feature you mentioned. I have a new Brother a Dream Creator XE hubby bought me. I'm so quilter primarily. I want to try to create a "double blanket stitch" if I can. I have found tons of video on most features but not anything on the my custom stitch. Do you use this on your Dreamweaver?