quiltingcandy

I was looking at the Janome website and noticed the 6600 is "Retired".

annesthreads

Oh no! That seems a strange decision, leaving a big gap in their range - the 7700 and upwards are more complicated (and cost more) than I want or need.
Looks as if I'm going to have to decide pretty quickly whether to get a 6600.

gale

where does it say the 6600 is retired? I don't see it in the list of retired machines on their site.

http://content.janome.com/index.cfm/Machines/Retired

annesthreads

Thanks Gale - that's reassuring. I'm trying to get to the bottom of this rumour with a few questions asked elsewhere. I see that the 11000 IS on the retired list, which is understandable, but I really can't see why they'd pull the 6600, one of their most popular and highly thought of machines. As far as I'm concerned, the 7700 wouldn't be a replacement or equivalent, as it's so big, complex and expensive.

mea12

Janome is notorious for introducing new models that are the same as old models with a face-lift. I bet they will have a 6600 equivalent and you should still be able to buy NIB 6600's for several months up to a year after that and will pay far less. So all is not lost.

annesthreads

Hope not. Anyway, I've emailed Janome UK to ask what the situation is.

quiltingcandy

Obviously I misread the website: http://content.janome.com/index.cfm/...ilting/MC6600P

If you look at line above the Memory Craft 6600P where is says: Embroidery, etc at the end it is Retired.

I am very sorry that I mislead anyone.

annesthreads

Ah, I see what you mean. Not to worry -you weren't the first to say this, which is why I'm checking with Janome!

gale

I can see how that would happen. It's their menu that's on every page but you're right-it is easy to mistake it for the category of the page you're looking at.

annesthreads

A follow up to this - I've had a reply from Janome to say that the 6600 is still current and that they're not aware of any plans to discontinue it in the UK. So hopefully the same applies to the US!