Originally Posted by
beaglelady
For anyone with a Crescendo - is the instruction manual easy to understand? It sounds as though if I order the Crescendo the dealer and I will be learning together as she is not familiar with that machine.
I am leaning toward ordering one as it sounds by the responses I have got that it is the better machine. (Thank you for your help) I think the laser would be good as my eyes are getting lousy as I get older. I will ask to sew on the Ellisimo Gold today so I can get a feel of what a Babylock is like. I live in a fairly small town and it is a 10 hour drive to a large city and I would like to buy from the local dealer if possible.
Beaglelady...
The BL manuals are *great* compared to Janome... unless Janome has improved that in the last year or so.
Also ask to see the "Inspiration Guide" binder for the BL... and just know that this is a common "throw in" to the package to get you to buy. The price on those guides is about $100-120 .. but it seems to be added in a package quite often. Also, (for BL again) ... ask about having the accessory zip up case that comes with about another 20-25 feet thrown in. That usually has about a $500 price - but again, it's another perk for packages.