Hopefully you got a good one. I just read some reviews on Lowe’s and some love it and some have had serious issues. At least you didn’t spend over $2,000 on a new one!
With the quality of new equipment declining and prices increasing, used looks like the reasonable option to me. I bought a used Kubota ZT 8 yrs ago for $2500 or about half the cost of a new one. Was 2 yrs old and had 40 hrs on it. I’ve replaced deck spindles and belts in that period of time...