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Old 02-08-2011, 08:10 AM
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mpspeedy
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I live just a mile or so south of the PA border in Maryland. I do a lot of my shopping etc. in Hanover PA. There is a great Bernina dealer there that I deal with all of the time. He is one of a family of Mennonites who are in the sewing machine business. He is also a farmer. He, his wife and all of his children work in the shop. They use a computer for their business but his children are not allowed on the general internet. In the last month he made a deal with a cell phone company to use his silo as a cell tower. He is able to give his customers really good prices on sewing machines because his extended family are also in the business and they are able to purchase in balk. Since the shop is located on his property and farm he has no rent etc. I don't know if he pays his family members for working in the shop. His wife and daughters still dress in solid colors with stockings and practical shoes and wear their long hair in a bun with a prayer cap. They are all very good business people and certainly reliable. I will have to ask them about the Walmart fabric the next time I stop in there for some sewing or embroidery supplies.
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