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Posted by Kate Dicey on May 21, 2006, 4:29 am
Pogonip wrote:
> Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:
>
>> Pogonip wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The same can be said for a Ford, a Chevy, a Toyota, or a Saturn. If
>>> there is a carburetor, it's most likely made by Aisin, and other
>>> parts are made by other companies. Same with a computer. Or most
>>> anything you name. Manufacturing has changed.
>>
>>
>>
>> True, but I am just saying that it is no longer true that *any*
>> machine made by Singer these days is undoubtedly a good one. You
>> can't trust the low-end models, because they are made by the cheapest
>> bidder.
>
>
> No, just as you can't trust the low-end of any name-brand appliance's
> products. Refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, washers, dryers, etc.,
> often have different manufacturers for different models in their line.
> Sometimes the low-end is well built with fewer features, sometimes it's
> junk.
You really have to do your homework these days. Shop about and ask who
is doing the better little stuff this year. Last year when I bought the
Singer 117 Featherweight II for mum, it was the best in its class. This
year the same shop is stocking the Frister & Rossman Cub SP to fill that
gap as the newer 'improved' Singer 118 just isn't as good or as friendly
to use as either the 117 or the F&R.
>
> I have no recent sewing machines except my Singer xl6000 and my Pfaff
> 1475. No Touch & Sews or Stylists, either. I do have several FWs,
> 401s, 99s, 66s, a 115, a 15, a bunch of 301s, 306s....I wish there were
> some way to transport some of these to people who come here asking about
> inexpensive machines. The Pfaff 320, the Elna Supermatic would be great
> for some of them. I need that scanner Kate and Jean have.
I think the feds bust it... They've gone over to a hand-held gadget
like an iPod! ;)
Some folk keep buying the same brand because they know no different. My
parents fell into this trap with the machine they bought for my for my
21st birthday: they got a mid-range Singer, and it was crap. A real
Friday Afternoon Special, built at Kilbowie after they went over to
assembly only of parts bought in from wherever would do them cheapest.
That machine was a real disappointment to us all, and I've been very
wary of all manufacturers ever since. 4 years later I sold it and
bought the Frister & Rossman. I never looked back!
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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