If you look at how snowblowers are built, I'm not sure there's a lot of reason to pay up for a brand name. They're all pretty solid and well built. And fairly simple. You'll find old snowblowers from the '70s and '80s that still work fine. All brands. They're not cars. YMMV.
Also, IMHO, why wouldn't you just buy new? You only save a couple hundred bucks for a decade of use. Seems silly.
Here's my Husqvarna-built cheap Craftsman:
