Originally Posted by
Onebyone
My friend traded in her Bernina(new) 830 which was out of warranty on a new Brother Dream machine. She got the full price she paid for the Bernina deducted from the Brother but still owed some for the Brother. She was happy with the trade.
Originally Posted by
Battle Axe
Jordan Fabrics in Grants Pass, Oregon (has a lot of great videos on U tube) has a Juki. It sounds wonderful.
Onebyone - sounds like a good deal, I hear the Brother dream machine is a great machine!
Battle Axe - actually most people love their Juki's (straight stitch especially). The F600 gets rave reviews, and most like their DX series machines as well. I really like the DX5, lot of great features. But I somehow managed to get 2 in a row with issues out of the box. I don't know if they came from the same lot and there was something wrong in general with QA on that lot or what. But yes, in general most people are very happy with their Juki's.
And I should qualify my comment about never buying from a dealer. Because I would consider one IF I had an agreeable return policy in writing prior to buying (such that one sees from say, Sewing Machines Plus - 60 days to return). I think many people have great dealers to work with, and I'm not saying there can't be value there. But I would never again risk my $$ like this. I feel rather embarrassed that I didn't realize I was risking my $$. But onward and upward at this point, we'll see what happens.
That said, I think as rryder said, there are so many other machines out there mid-tier that can be had from Amazon and such that would refund money on a machine not working as it should out of the box.