Originally Posted by
Prism99
Dealer support can be important, but remember that dealers can go out of business. That's what happened a year after I bought my Bernina 1230 (fifteen+ years ago). I was really glad I had gone in for the free courses on using the machine.
I agree! My Janome dealer sold out their store and moved just a few months after I bought my 6500P several years ago.
Thank goodness I have had no issues with my machine. There is a quilt shop 50miles away that will service the machine, so I have that option. So far I keep it clean, do not use C&C because of the lint issue and it is doing well.
My vintage featherweight, my 301 and my 99K all put the new machine to shame as far as thick seams, beautiful stitches and are just plain fun to use.