Jennifer 23 and Maniac Quilter 2, thanks you both for your comments. I liked the Sapphire however FMQ'ing is not one of my favorite things. I don't mind doing it for a small quilt but really don't enjoy it enough to want to do a big one. I have done a little shopping for prices, however being in Montana dealers are few and far between. I've thought about on line vendors and I've read where people have great luck with it, but I feel that if I test drive at a dealer and expect them to service the machine I should purchase from them; otherwise there in no point for them to be a local dealer.