I have been using my grandmothers, and while its still going strong. It's probably 50 years old, its that terrible green color, but I love it.
I don't have a direct answer to the question about what is a good current price for a new Kitchen Aid. However, I will tell you there are many models, and Kitchen Aid makes lower end models (lower powered motor) for discount codes, such as Kohl's. This may be fine depending what you are using it for. If you are using it more for just cakes, cookies or brownies, this may not make a difference. But when you are making breads, pasta and denser dough, it makes a big difference.
So, I would start by narrowing down the basic features you are looking for and then you can narrow down what is a competitive price.
That's only partially true. If you have a model in or before 1978 you can't use bowl attachments or many paddle attachments with the bowl. You can use anything that attaches to the motor, though.One of the nice things about KitchenAid is, the old machines will support the new attachments. I was watching a demo on their spiralizer on HSN/QVC the other day, and they said it would work if you had a mixer from 1912 or 1918, whenever they first started making them. So, even if you have Grandma's ancient mixer, you can still use the new, fancy-scmancy pasta maker, ice cream maker, spiralizer, and so forth.
One of the nice things about KitchenAid is, the old machines will support the new attachments. I was watching a demo on their spiralizer on HSN/QVC the other day, and they said it would work if you had a mixer from 1912 or 1918, whenever they first started making them. So, even if you have Grandma's ancient mixer, you can still use the new, fancy-scmancy pasta maker, ice cream maker, spiralizer, and so forth.