Originally Posted by
Jo Anne B.
While visiting the AQS show in DSM I took a look at the new Juki 2200 Show price was $999, the Juki 2010 is no longer made. Juki 2200 is on my wish list! Straight stitch only machine.
At the Madison Quilt Expo the TL2200QVP standup was $7995 and the sit down was much less. We bought the sit down for $4495. The sit down has no stitch regulator and comes with a table; we did not buy any of the table extensions. It's just how my wife is use to free motion with her Brother machine but with an 18" harp space and a 10" tall throat. I just finished doing some free motion on it myself. Sweet!
Sorry to get this off topic, but I think that the original op on this thread was talking about machines in the sub $1500 street price category. So to tie this back into the original question: after you decide on which machine, a quilt show can be a great place to buy. Even though you are buying at a show, try to find someone that is within driving range to repair it and not three states away. With a longarm or midarm machine you want someone who can come to the house to fix it since it probably isn't going in the trunk to drive to the shop.