Welcome back. can't help with price. I have a Janome mc 10001 it is older now, I purchased it in 1996. Never had any trouble with it. The only thing is the computer machines get outdated,as this is a embroidery machine too. I really enjoy doing embroidery too, sometimes I get sad because mine is getting older. It's a great machine,I don't know what I would buy. I can tell you that Janome has been a good machine.