[QUOTE=luvstoquilt301;7052552]I test drove a couple at a quilt show and decided I liked Handquilter16. Then I watched Craigslist every.single.day. After 2 years I found one for $3,500 offered $2,500 and bought it. I love it and there are many many videos to help you learn how to use it. I thought it was like a big Featherweight and that helped me to be fearless.
Wow, you got a deal. I did the same watching Craigslist and lists on the web. I finally got the floor model at a store here in Phoenix, I did get the HQ16 pro-stitcher with it , which I didn't think I wanted (computer), but now that I have it I like it. I didn't feel I got enough help from the dealer that I bought from, but since I bought I found another dealer and a HQ16 instructor here that helped a lot. And a HQ group that meets every other month with a teacher at the store at no charge. I would not make as many quilts as I do if I didn't have it. It has become one of my hobbies, never have done it for hire and probably never will, but love doing it. I quilt for many charities, QOV, Aid to Adoptions of Special Kids, and Christ Child Society and a few others. Even though I paid a lot for it, I am VERY Happy I have it.