Originally Posted by jamessundie
She likes the Janome MC9500 but its alot more than I expected.
Some of the gals at work have janomes and they love their machines. As far as the price: It is negotiable. I treat sewing machine shopping very much like car shopping. I have never paid retail for a machine and sometimes it means driving a little further to get a better deal. Some sewing machine dealers are like used car salesmen and they think the consumers are stupid. Any savvy dealer knows the market and knows what the savvy consumer will do - that is go somewhere else. A little profit is still better than no profit. That argument has helped me in the past.