Long arm, mid arm comparison
#31
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Location: Clay Springs AZ
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The only problem I see is that you only have one shop near you and for servicing you should buy from them.
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
#32
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Location: currently central new jersey
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when i last saw it, last year at a show, no. they have come out with a new one, the ainsley, with a 26" throat. the ainsley is fully packed and runs by itself. way expensive. they can computerize the lizzie 18 one but it doubles the price of a new one. pm me for prices.
#33
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I had to go to drop off my 9000 for service and saw the Ansley. Wow. No one was there that could give me a demo, though. Rather frustrating again! I guess one of the partners of Tin Lizzy/Ansley will be giving a demo one night in Feb. and they told me I could see about going to that. It's tough trying to buy one of these machines. LOL. Of course, I have a year to ponder it and it's probably good I don't get overly excited now;>
#34
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the best advice i can give anyone is this: if you can go to any big show, do it. the major makers are there, all vying for your money. they all beg you to try their machines. of course they want to sell you the top end one, but you don't have to.
just keep trying them all out. go around as often as you like. let them all know you're looking at all the others. ask them what they'll give you in addition to the machine you want. free. i got 100 extra needles, 30 extra bobbins and no sales tax. plus, we bargained on the price. and he came down. a good haul. also, because i bought right at the show, there was no middleman, so the price was the best to begin with. i took my time and shopped around for a year, trying out every machine i saw. be nice, but be professional. get your money's worth.
get forever tech help, online or on toll-free phone.
just keep trying them all out. go around as often as you like. let them all know you're looking at all the others. ask them what they'll give you in addition to the machine you want. free. i got 100 extra needles, 30 extra bobbins and no sales tax. plus, we bargained on the price. and he came down. a good haul. also, because i bought right at the show, there was no middleman, so the price was the best to begin with. i took my time and shopped around for a year, trying out every machine i saw. be nice, but be professional. get your money's worth.
get forever tech help, online or on toll-free phone.
#35
Last year it was at Some convention center in Kansas City MO. It is called the International Machine Quilters Show
http://www.imqa.org/
http://www.imqa.org/
#37
Originally Posted by Rose Marie
The only problem I see is that you only have one shop near you and for servicing you should buy from them.
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
#38
Originally Posted by Rose Marie
The only problem I see is that you only have one shop near you and for servicing you should buy from them.
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
#39
Originally Posted by dunster
Originally Posted by Rose Marie
The only problem I see is that you only have one shop near you and for servicing you should buy from them.
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
How can you get help or instructions if there is not a place near you to get it fixed if something goes wrong.
Has anyone else had this problem?
donna
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Exactly! Finding a dealer is one thing, then them having someone on staff who actually knows how to demo the thing is another story. I would much prefer to buy local for support as Rose said. But, it looks like that's not going to happen.
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