LONGARM
06-26-2011, 03:48 PM
#31
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PROFESSIONAL Longarm Quilter NW Indiana
Posts: 3,398
Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
Ask yourself these questions.
Do you have the money without going into debt?
Do you have room for it?
Do you have the mechanical ability to learn to maintain and repair the machine when parts need to be replaced and things go badly?
Do you have the time to devote to learning how to use and maintain the machine?
Do you think you would like to quilt 100 quilts?.
Do you have the money without going into debt?
Do you have room for it?
Do you have the mechanical ability to learn to maintain and repair the machine when parts need to be replaced and things go badly?
Do you have the time to devote to learning how to use and maintain the machine?
Do you think you would like to quilt 100 quilts?.
08-06-2011, 05:44 PM
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: High River, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 563
Where do Longarm quilters get computer designs? I won't be doing any freehand to start with but maybe down the road.
Where do LA get all there supplies? Do you get them at a discount for buying in bulk?
Where do LA get all there supplies? Do you get them at a discount for buying in bulk?
08-06-2011, 07:14 PM
#33
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bucks County PA
Posts: 1,241
Originally Posted by Aully
Where do Longarm quilters get computer designs? I won't be doing any freehand to start with but maybe down the road.
Where do LA get all there supplies? Do you get them at a discount for buying in bulk?
Where do LA get all there supplies? Do you get them at a discount for buying in bulk?
I get all of my thread, rulers, needles, machine parts, and batting through websites and mail orders. The increase in shipping prices has been the number one reason for my prices going up in the last year.
I've never gotten a bulk discount but I am in business, so I buy wholesale.
I live in PA and there is a use tax here. That means that even though I buy batting from VA and they don't charge me VA sales tax, I am required to pay PA use tax on the purchase. It's as if I bought it here. Just one more little inconvenience of the business. The taxes and accounting are the one part of the longarming business that I loathe and detest. =sigh=
08-07-2011, 03:43 PM
#34
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PROFESSIONAL Longarm Quilter NW Indiana
Posts: 3,398
Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
The taxes and accounting are the one part of the longarming business that I loathe and detest. =sigh=
08-08-2011, 04:07 AM
#35
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bucks County PA
Posts: 1,241
Originally Posted by quiltinghere
Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
The taxes and accounting are the one part of the longarming business that I loathe and detest. =sigh=
So I'm on my own with my Excel spreadsheets. Thank goodness I worked for a financial corporation for three decades and can formulate a spreadsheet. It makes accounting easier. But not easy.
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