Originally Posted by
Misty's Mom
Does anyone know how to check the sew time and/or stitch count on a Janome 12000 and a Janome 8900? My dealer says there isn't a way, but when I was thinking about trading up, he pushed a couple of buttons before coming up with a price. Of course, I was sitting on the other side of the machine and didn't see what he did.
Bought a used Designer 1Viking in 2005. The dealer was able to tell me that there were 15 hours of embroidering on the machine and I forget how many hours of sewing. The dealer said that was a very low number of embroidery hours. I asked why it was on sale. He said that the woman bought it for the embroidery and then decided she wanted more embroidery than this had to offer. Love my Designer 1. I would find another dealer. Quilters' Guilds are good places to get information about good repairmen/salesmen, etc.