Thanks everyone for their input and advice.  So the quote I was given was much higher than $6500 so that is worrying considering I thought this would be a good deal considering what I was being told.  Anyways would it make any difference in what coin was being mined etc?  Also I forgot to mention in my earlier post that the reason I became interested in mining etc is because I have enough coins for a masternode and I think this will be some potentially really good passive income in the long term.