Originally Posted by Candace
My thought is this... would someone really buy a TOL Viking or Pfaff and spend 4 or 5 grand for a machine at Joanne's or another big box store? I know I wouldn't. Some people would never spend that much on a sewing machine, period. LOL. But, for us crazy ladies who have very expensive machines, I'd never buy it from a craft store. I can't imagine anyone would do this without a dealership behind you that offers mastery courses. Viking just came out with a new machine that's just under their TOL machine. I don't see how they can come out with these machines and then cancel dealership contracts.
Just a note about the Vikings sold within a JoAnn store..... those are lease departments. They are separate from the store. Basically Viking leases space in the store to set up a "store within a store". The Viking personnel are not JoAnn employees, and you do all the financial stuff right there.... not at the main cash registers. <G>
Not sure about dealerships and such, but always remember there are at least 2 sides to any story, and there are probably a lot of details in the background you don't know. <G>
Have fun,
Pati, in Phx