All right.
For the future, or for anyone else with this dilemma, here is another opinion:
So I sent an email to Longarm University to ask the experts. They responded really quickly...even tho it's Saturday.
This is a quote from their (Cindy's) response:
Quote: "Hi,
Thanks for visiting the Longarm U website and for your question.
You ask a great question, one which I hadn't really thought about.
This is what I would do - I would look online as if you were going to purchase a new table and a new machine as if they were separate purchases and see where the carriage is included. If it is included with the (new) machine, include it in the sale price of the machine. If it is included with the (new) table, include it in the table price.
If you have a local dealer of your machine, I would call them and ask them about the carriage.
It is possible that different machine manufacturers have different thoughts on the carriage.
One more thought - some machines are made to work on specific tables. I know that Gammill machines can ONLY go on Gammill tables. You can get different lengths of tables (12 foot, 14 foot, etc.) but I can't put an APQS or HandiQuilter machine on my Gammill table.
FWIW - in my experience, it is better to sell the machine and table as a "complete set" which makes it more "valuable" when selling. Most stand up machines, without a table, won't work. And most tables, without a machine are just big pieces of metal.
I hope this helps.
PS - thanks for the kind words about Longarm U!
Stay healthy, stay busy, keep quilting!
Cindy Roth
Longarm University
www.LongarmUniversity.com
Longarm Classroom
www.LongarmClassroom.com
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