Originally Posted by wordmama
I have a #1+ that I've had for over 10 years. It has performed very well for me. It does not have a knee lift, though. $250 sounds like a steal. Mine retailed at $4000, though that's not what I paid. Actually, my DH bought it for me when I was pregnant with my first son.
Also, my machine is very heavy and not easy to take to classes. If you are doing embroidery, it's kind of hard to find the cards that you use for this machine. (I don't do much, mostly quilting). The next in the line, the DesignerI, used floppy discs. Now it's just direct download from the computer.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, yes I thought it was a good price. It's supposed to be in good condition and comes with a bunch of cards, hoops and feet. I don't plan on using the embroidery function. I used to use my 9000 for embroidery, but since my kids are now older, I just use it for quilting. I mainly want this back up for quilting only. I think it will be a great, inexpensive back-up machine.