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01-04-2011, 02:51 PM

#11

featherweight

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Originally Posted by brighmet

I have 3 walking feet. I had to buy a different one for 2 of my machines, and Viking just came out with one that has changeable feet so I can do decorative stitches with it. I really could not live without them. I thinjk once you buy it you will use it alot.

Oh, I have got to have one of those... Is it a 150.00???

01-04-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Lystra

I just bought a Bernina and paid the extra for the walking foot then I looked on ebay and regretted not getting it from there. It's the exact same thing but half the price. Check out the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/WALKING-FOOT-BER..._DefaultDomain

If you read the ad, it's a GENERIC walking foot and NOT a Bernina foot. The photo is very misleading!

01-04-2011, 02:54 PM

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Lystra

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Wow...it looks exactly like mine...I love my walking foot so maybe it was worth the extra money! thanks for pointing that out.

01-04-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Candace

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Originally Posted by Lystra

If you read the ad, it's a GENERIC walking foot and NOT a Bernina foot. The photo is very misleading!

Yes, they don't tell you it isn't made by Bernina until the very end of the discription.. Kind of deceiving.

01-04-2011, 03:01 PM

#15

jaciqltznok

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you can buy a GENERIC foot, it does not have to say BERNINA on it! Brewersewing sells them under THEIR notion name of Nifty Notions...

01-04-2011, 03:21 PM

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Candace

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Of course you can buy a generic foot. A generic, cheap foot that people here are constantly saying break... The gist of this thread is that you get what you pay for. Misleading advertising aside(linked ebay ad above that uses a Bernina picture and they're not selling a Bernina foot), if you buy a Bernina branded foot for a Bernina machine, you will get quality. Though you may need to sell a kidney to do so.

01-04-2011, 03:23 PM

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sewwhat85

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they get you coming and going dont they.

01-04-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

you can buy a GENERIC foot, it does not have to say BERNINA on it! Brewersewing sells them under THEIR notion name of Nifty Notions...

I have an older Bernina 830, it's over 37 years old and several years ago my husband purchased a generic walking foot for it off ebay for $19.95. Sorry can't remember the name of the seller but I'm sure lesser prices WF are out there. This foot works great and does what it is suppose to.

01-04-2011, 05:30 PM

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Connie Merritt

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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot

I think Bernina does everything they can to make sure that you can't buy anything generic for their sewing machines except needles. :(

For $150, you can almost buy a nice little Brother machine with a walking foot, darning foot, lots of accessory feet, 60 stitches and hard plastic carrying case! You need a secondary machine, anyway, right? ;)

I agree. I own a Bernina and that is only the beginning of the cost to start/finish a project. I also spent $100 on 2 books about the additional feet and exactly what they do (which I might add was good information). If I had it to do over again, I would not purchase such an expensive machine. Sooooooo, I deal with it as it is and know that I won't buy any additional items for it. It also annoyed me as to the so called "instructional class" they gave FREE. Opps, got off track here. Sorry.