Paid for itself in 6 weeks" is the part that gets me. I saw a thread on a baking forum where a guy did the math on his stand mixer and it took him almost two years to break even, mostly because he only ran it a few hours a week. Six weeks means you're cranking through dough fast enough that the thing isn't sitting in a corner collecting flour dust. Used gear is where it's at too, commercial stuff is built to run all day so even a beat up one has more life in it than the shiny home models. People sleep on the used market and then wonder why their setup costs a fortune.