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featherweight

01-04-2011 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by brighmet

I have 3 walking feet. I had to buy a different one for 2 of my machines, and Viking just came out with one that has changeable feet so I can do decorative stitches with it. I really could not live without them. I thinjk once you buy it you will use it alot.

Oh, I have got to have one of those... Is it a 150.00???

Candace

01-04-2011 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Lystra

I just bought a Bernina and paid the extra for the walking foot then I looked on ebay and regretted not getting it from there. It's the exact same thing but half the price. Check out the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/WALKING-FOOT-BER..._DefaultDomain

If you read the ad, it's a GENERIC walking foot and NOT a Bernina foot. The photo is very misleading!

Lystra

01-04-2011 02:54 PM

Wow...it looks exactly like mine...I love my walking foot so maybe it was worth the extra money! thanks for pointing that out.

featherweight

01-04-2011 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Candace

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lystra

If you read the ad, it's a GENERIC walking foot and NOT a Bernina foot. The photo is very misleading!

Yes, they don't tell you it isn't made by Bernina until the very end of the discription.. Kind of deceiving.

jaciqltznok

01-04-2011 03:01 PM

you can buy a GENERIC foot, it does not have to say BERNINA on it! Brewersewing sells them under THEIR notion name of Nifty Notions...

Candace

01-04-2011 03:21 PM

Of course you can buy a generic foot. A generic, cheap foot that people here are constantly saying break... The gist of this thread is that you get what you pay for. Misleading advertising aside(linked ebay ad above that uses a Bernina picture and they're not selling a Bernina foot), if you buy a Bernina branded foot for a Bernina machine, you will get quality. Though you may need to sell a kidney to do so.

sewwhat85

01-04-2011 03:23 PM

they get you coming and going dont they.

adrianlee

01-04-2011 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

you can buy a GENERIC foot, it does not have to say BERNINA on it! Brewersewing sells them under THEIR notion name of Nifty Notions...

I have an older Bernina 830, it's over 37 years old and several years ago my husband purchased a generic walking foot for it off ebay for $19.95. Sorry can't remember the name of the seller but I'm sure lesser prices WF are out there. This foot works great and does what it is suppose to.

Connie Merritt

01-04-2011 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot

I think Bernina does everything they can to make sure that you can't buy anything generic for their sewing machines except needles. :(

For $150, you can almost buy a nice little Brother machine with a walking foot, darning foot, lots of accessory feet, 60 stitches and hard plastic carrying case! You need a secondary machine, anyway, right? ;)

I agree. I own a Bernina and that is only the beginning of the cost to start/finish a project. I also spent $100 on 2 books about the additional feet and exactly what they do (which I might add was good information). If I had it to do over again, I would not purchase such an expensive machine. Sooooooo, I deal with it as it is and know that I won't buy any additional items for it. It also annoyed me as to the so called "instructional class" they gave FREE. Opps, got off track here. Sorry.

Lystra

01-04-2011 05:37 PM

can you tell me more about the instructional classes? I'm supposed to start one the 27th....is it worth my time?

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