Originally Posted by
Sunlover53
I found this article by someone who did a lot of research on sewing machines. The title explains a lot. Very extensive if you have the time to read it all. This was written in 2007 but I'm sure a lot of this article is very true.
http://www.evidently.org/2007/02/too-much-information/
Very interesting and enlightening article. I bought my Janome 7700 from a dealer who had been in business for a long time and closed his doors six months after my purchase.
Said dealer, at least, has continued to honor our 3-year maintenance agreement and aside from the fact that I have to take my machine twice as far for service, it has worked out fine. I've always "hated" Janome for their lack of requiring dealers to be nice to people like me but now I see that is an industry-wide failing and not just Janome.