Does anybody have advice...
#12
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
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The window of return at Costco is forever. I was there one day when the lady told me people returned a washer and dryer after 5 years because they didn't like them!!
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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An award winning quilter was at our guild doing a workshop. Someone asked her what machine she used. She hesitated and said Ok but this will make a lot of people mad. She said she was fmqing a quilt on a deadline and her expensive big brand name machine quit working. She was in a panic so at midnight she was at Walmart buying a Brother machine and she was still using it after four years. She said her expensive machine is sitting in a closet unfixed. She said the Brother machine cost less then the maintenance charge to clean her big machine.
#16
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
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I was always leery about buying online but I took the plunge on another model of the Brother machine from Costco. I use it mostly for adding large borders and binding onto my quilts as I have it sitting at one end of my cutting table. I even bought another one of the same model for a friend who's learning how to make a quilt. He likes it too. My model was the XR3140 and I was able to purchase the 2nd one for $40 less one week after I ordered mine. Haven't had any issues with either machine.
#19
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Oxford, CT
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Please don't buy a cheap machine at costco! Go to your local dealer & tell them what you'd like & your budget. They WILL help you find a better quality machine & actually care about you as a person. The fact that you can return a cheaply made machine when it breaks (& it will) is no benefit. Talk to your local dealer. They actually care about your success & satisfaction
#20
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Location: Mableton, GA
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Please don't buy a cheap machine at costco! Go to your local dealer & tell them what you'd like & your budget. They WILL help you find a better quality machine & actually care about you as a person. The fact that you can return a cheaply made machine when it breaks (& it will) is no benefit. Talk to your local dealer. They actually care about your success & satisfaction
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