Would you upgrade a quilting machine without trying it?
You may remember my "what to look for in a quilt machine thread" where I narrowed down some features to look for and was planning to go at the end of May to start testing machines out. Lockdown for in person shopping is May 20th but there is a good chance they will extend it to the end of May, I'm in Ontario.
I was looking to try a:
Viking Brilliance 75Q $3500
pfaff Quilt expression 710 $3200
pfaff Quilt expression 720 $3900
And I was going to look at a place that sells Janome but they don't post their machines online.
Yesterday the quilt shop posted a video stating that sewing machines usually go on sale April/May in anticipation of Quilt Canada and they usually get a huge selection of sales. But this year they only got one flyer with 2 machine in it because of covid and supply issues.
Ladies, the viking Brillance 75Q is one of them. It's on for $2600! My initial budget was $3000 so it really fits!!
Problems/pros/cons: I can't go in during lockdown to try it out. She said in the video it will likely sell fast. I don't know how fast but I would hate to wait until July (like my original plan so I could save) and find out I love it and have to pay full price. They open soon and will likely be willing to do a zoom video to show me but on a Saturday this may be hard and I have to wait until next week...what if they sell out!?
My DSM is a viking emerald 118 and I LOVE it so a Briallance can't be that different right?
As I type this I am itching to just pull out my credit card and just order it today....
Would you buy something untested? In my situation?
I'm kinda looking for enablers but if this is a bad idea you gotta tell me.