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The final straw
was the Janome rep at the NEC NOT letting me try the machine for myself,
pushing the embroidery machine (at twice my stated budget!), and then,
when she asked me what others I'd been looking at, walking off with a
short sharp sigh of impatience when I mentioned Bernina and Husqvarna!


Cor blimeys!! Sounds like a car salesman or a real estate salesman!!


I tried them in other shops around the country, floor demo models and
ones out of the box, and they were all very disappointing. The Berninas
and Husqvarnas were all lovely. In the end I chose my Lily because it
felt like it had been tailor made for my fingers! The Bernina rep at
the show said he thought I'd choose one or the other on final fit, and
he was right. ALL the reps except the Janome rep were more than happy
for me to look at their machines, play with them, and talk to them, an
none tried to push a sale except her! The rest all thought I'd do very
well to buy locally. The Janome rep was pushing for me to buy then and
there.


If one is expecting to spend a small fortune on a machine, then one should
be able to play etc to ones hearts content.. The Janome rep was killing
her own business.. silly woman!

The friend who bought the dozen lower end ones (one or two up from the
bottom) thought they were the best machines in her price bracket,
despite having bought the Bernina embroidery machine two years earlier
because her experience with Janomes was much like my own! I'm glad
people do find good Janomes: for the price, they SHOULD be good! I just
have yet to find one I'd give house room to!

Can't say I have ever tried a Janome.. but I know what you mean about the
plasticiness of some machines.. Appalling!

Mavis