Brother PE 500
11-19-2014, 10:45 PM
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I'm glad I found this post. My friend has this machine, bought at Walmart several years ago, and is very pleased with it. I have used her machine several times to put names on items. She had a problem with it and the Brother dealer fixed it, no problem. No put down where she bought it. The dealer said she was glad Walmart had these beginner machines because most users wanted more advanced machines after using the beginner machines for awhile. She sells a lot of machines thanks to Walmart.
11-20-2014, 04:36 AM
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The little brother 4x4 machines have been around for decades now..started with the PE150 i think and they embroider as well as the $$ ones just on a smaller scale. For your intended purpose, it should be just fine. You can easily do attractive labels but true, not much room for long names..in that case you can use initials and fewest words possible. I think it will take up to 5 letters in the medium font? Anyone know?
11-20-2014, 04:56 AM
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I would be careful about buying a machine at Walmart. A few years ago, a friend of mine purchased a Brother at Walmart. She had to take it in for servicing, and the service guy told her he wouldn't work on it. He said Brother makes a lower quality machine specifically for Walmart, and it is not the same quality Brother that is sold elsewhere.
Anyway, good luck with your decision and I would always choose a Brother machine first.
11-20-2014, 05:30 AM
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I have a Brother Project Runway from WalMart. It's about 6 years old. Never been serviced or oiled. Good little machine. Doesn't embroidery, but I just wanted a lightweight machine that I could take to classes & on trips. I would buy it again in a heartbeat.
Now that I'm thinking about the oiling, I think I am going to have to investigate how to oil it myself. What was I thinking? My older machines have to be oiled every few times you use them. I'm surprised the baby Brother has done as well as it has, with the lack of care it has been given.
Now that I'm thinking about the oiling, I think I am going to have to investigate how to oil it myself. What was I thinking? My older machines have to be oiled every few times you use them. I'm surprised the baby Brother has done as well as it has, with the lack of care it has been given.
11-20-2014, 06:08 AM
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She had a problem with it and the Brother dealer fixed it, no problem. No put down where she bought it.
Why wouldn't you use the dealer that fixed the machine and didn't care that it came from Walmart?
Why wouldn't you use the dealer that fixed the machine and didn't care that it came from Walmart?
11-20-2014, 12:57 PM
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I don't think they'll have it in stock until Black Friday or whenever their black friday sale starts.
11-20-2014, 12:58 PM
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I think my sister has the SE400 and she said she can't hook it up to the computer to download different designs onto it. She has to use some kind of a card and card reader for it. Maybe it's not the same model she has...
eta: never mind-her machine is the SE270D.
eta: never mind-her machine is the SE270D.
Last edited by gale; 11-20-2014 at 01:00 PM.
11-21-2014, 01:20 AM
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