I still prize my Harvest Gold one that I bought in the late 1970s. BUT, if you are getting one of the kind with the arms that raise the bowl, make sure that you have a place to put it. That model will not fit under most overhead cabinets. They need to be put on an island, or on a penninsula with higher overheads.
I have to keep mine in the laundry room where the cabinets are higher, and haul it into the kitchen when I want to use it. That’s how I am sensitive to how heavy they are. I should probably replace it with the model where the bowl screws into the base, but mine is still perfect so I continue to haul it when I want to use it.
Price? I think mine cost $250 at a discount store in 1978. With a coupon and a sale, you could probably get one for about that (think Kohls) today. That is actually cheaper, if you consider inflation.
I bought it to bake my own bread, something that I don’t do any more. My husband bought the meat grinder attachment for it about 20 years ago and has butchered many a deer with it.
the cabinets are high enough to have clearance under the counter, and i have a lot of counterspace. i just cook far less, and bake far less than i did when the kids were younger, so it would seem to be a waste. i have both a largish foreman grill [which we use often] and a breadmachine on the counter now along with a tassimo coffeemaker and a regular coffemaker etc.