Is it true?
03-23-2012, 11:35 AM
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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They are certainly not an impulse buy, for sure. I would love one but I want a really good one with all the bells and whistles. The only way to justify it would be to get the one that has a payment plan or do it as a business and quilt for others. I have weighed my too most valuable assets....time versus money. Do I want to spend all my time quilting for others to pay off a machine? Nope, I'll send out my really large quilts to a long armer and do the smaller ones on my domestic sewing machine. Now if I win the lottery?....that's a whole different story!
03-23-2012, 11:46 AM
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,312
If you go with a top of the line Gamill and the statler stitcher and all the avaiable options you can be at about $32,000.00
I looked into getting one about 6 years ago , and then quickly figured out that I could send MANY MANY quilts out to pros... who already have the learning curve under their belt , and spend as much time quilting if not more than I do piecing.
If I won the lottery.. doubt I would get one as the cost to send it out to the pros would be a non-issue. But would I end up with a fabric store as my stash... probably.
I looked into getting one about 6 years ago , and then quickly figured out that I could send MANY MANY quilts out to pros... who already have the learning curve under their belt , and spend as much time quilting if not more than I do piecing.
If I won the lottery.. doubt I would get one as the cost to send it out to the pros would be a non-issue. But would I end up with a fabric store as my stash... probably.
03-23-2012, 12:20 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 450
Depends on the car and the longarm. I settled for a used mid-arm and it makes me happy. I couldn't have gotten a car that made me as happy as my new Mustang for what I paid for my mid-arm. But....that was a once in a lifetime purchase (the car). I intend to upgrade the quilting machine.
03-23-2012, 12:40 PM
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Porter, TX
Posts: 530
Depending on the bells and whistles, I've seen prices ranging from $7,000 to $20,000.
However, that doesn't only pertain to long-arm machines. When I bought my Bernina 440 QE, I paid $3,000 (on sale) for it and that was without the embroidery unit, which would have cost me an additional $1,000. The car I was driving at the time also cost me $3,000.
Elizabeth
However, that doesn't only pertain to long-arm machines. When I bought my Bernina 440 QE, I paid $3,000 (on sale) for it and that was without the embroidery unit, which would have cost me an additional $1,000. The car I was driving at the time also cost me $3,000.
Elizabeth
03-23-2012, 01:00 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Lapeer, Michigan
Posts: 739
top of the line Statler Stitcher goes for 30,000.
I just looked at a post on this same page that said Statler is 32,000, they may have gone up since I last looked. LOL
I am happy with my purchased used HQ16 with no stitch regulator. At least I could afford it.
I just looked at a post on this same page that said Statler is 32,000, they may have gone up since I last looked. LOL
I am happy with my purchased used HQ16 with no stitch regulator. At least I could afford it.
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