Originally Posted by Carol W
I have the Janome. Price was an issue for me also. I went to my LQS and told them I was interested in an embroidery machine. When someone "traded up", I got a call saying they had a preowned Janome 350E. It was a great price and I bought it.
People are always buying the next best thing. You might be able to buy a preowned embroidery machine for a good price.
this is so true. I just bought the viking ruby this weekend. Because of going to classes at the LQS I knew the previous owner and knew it was well taken care of and the shop owner said the lady only had it a few months plus I got a warranty and lessons which are important for something like this. Last night when I went into the management part of the machine I saw that the previous owner only sewed 7 hours on this until she went up to the next level; how great for me is this.