Originally Posted by bobquilt3
Just came from the store where I bought this machine about 3 years ago. Really like the Sapphire and use it for piecing more than my Bernina. Was told that "because of Viking's declining quality" they had switched to Baby Lock machines. Has anyone heard this or did they just get a better deal with the Baby Lock people?
Yes. The dealer that I got my 535 from no longer sells Husky. Found that out just this spring. He said that since they were bought out by Singer and they closed the Swedish factory and moved everything to China he's had a very hard time getting parts for the machines. My guy already had Baby Lock so he's looking at picking up either Pfaff or Bernina as his "high end" machines (the store across the street from him sells Janome).