Originally Posted by debs
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Yes, Its true, and in the midst of sewing! I took it in last month for servicing and when they called for me to pick it up, they said something other than what I had mentioned was wrong with it, and they were ordering a part ( a cable ) hoping that it wasn't the motherboard ( expensive ). Well, it has been a month & the cable has not come in, when it was sent home it supposedly would still sew. This weekend when I went to do some major straight stitching it just died in the midst. I have no idea how long it will take for the part to arrive, I have multiple projects lined up for the coming holidays and really need to be sewing daily. So here is my question????
A. Should I just wait & hope for the best.
B. Go out & purchase a cheap under $200 machine and sew away. I've looked at Brothers & they have several under $200 that look like I could do quite well with them.
C. See if the Bernina shop will take my machine in as a trade for what they sell, Bernina, Baby Lock, Juki, etc. What hurts even more is I bought the leather roller foot for the Bernina this past week on sale! Its regularly $80.
I have an old Sears Kenmore cam machine 1971, but it weighs about a hundred pounds and I hate to set it up. Also have an old Singer treadle I haven't cleaned up yet and 2 sergers. The new machines even the under $200 ones even under $100 are so light and do so much.
Also should I just get a mechanical one or a computerized one, I really am not that interested in getting one that does embroidery, but I love doing fancy stitches.
Any comments, suggestions, etc. welcome,
Debs & Hemi
Last year my Bernina 1530, stopped doing anything but a straight stitch. I couldn't even set "needle down". I have this machine at the summer place in NH and I have a Viking in FL. I LOVE my Bernina and if it had a couple of the features of the Viking that I really like I would reverse them. I took it to the repair shop with the intention of checking out the cost for repair or buying a cheaper machine. The repairman had fixed the same problem the previous year. He said the Bernina is a workhorse and finer machine than I could get for the price I wanted to spent. He called the company and they said they could rework the board because they no longer made new ones. He advised that I do that and he quoted a price of $250. I felt that I would only spend about that much so it was essentially my cut off price. I had it fixed and I have not been sorry. Take out the Kenmore and use it until they can fix your Bernina. I don't think you will be sorry.