by debleerl 30 Jul 2011

Rick (owner/repairman) said $500 for a used 9000 was a little pricy, they sell for $300 at SuperStitch. I know from experience that would include any extras the customer included with the trade in. He said the 9000 is a good machine for sewing and a little embroidery; and parts are still available. The reason it's obsolete is because you can only use pre-programmed cards and the cards are no longer in production. As for my 10001, he assured me that as long as I had a CF card reader and my Digitizer program, my machine would last me a long long time. This made my day. Janome is coming out with a new machine in September with more bells and whistles, so there will most likeley be some used 11000 machines available. However both Rick and Anne (owner/instructor) recommend the MB4 as my next machine. I can only dream:-)

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Comments (6)

by airyfairy 31 Jul 2011

I have an old Bernina and I dread the day it will eventually die on me as I could never afford one of the latest models - I can just dream about it!!!

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by elizabethak 01 Aug 2011

What model do you have? There's a guy here in PE who has spaes. I was told the old factory burnt down and a lt of spares for the older mechanical machine will no longer be available. But I see Bernina did bring out a workhorse - very similar to the 740 and 840 ranges (not talkong about the NEW embroidery machines) Hugs

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by angelmakes3 31 Jul 2011

You said a digitizer program. Does it actually digitize? I have a 1001, and I don't know anything about a digitizer program. Thanks Pat

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by debleerl 31 Jul 2011

My machine came with Customizer which has a very simple digitizing segment, but I purchased Digitizer Pro 2.0 as my dealer was able to offer a special price. Now the new machines come with 3.0. I have not been able to afford to upgrade but 2.0 does a nice job of digitizing. Some features in the new version are nice but not worth the price.

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by killiecrankie 31 Jul 2011

I've still got a working Janome 8000 but after about 10 years the board which lights up so you can select the stitches etc stops working & they stopped making the that board about then, therefore the machine is completely USELESS.
So the first thing I would ask Janome is, how long will they continue to make the parts for any model.Machines are very expensive so you expect to be able to continue to use them even though they are out dated models , which you like to use.

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by vickiannette 30 Jul 2011

great answer.

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by greysewist Moderator 30 Jul 2011

Thanks for expanding on that. I found it interesting :)

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by debleerl 30 Jul 2011

You're welcome. What kind of machine do you have?

by greysewist 31 Jul 2011

My original embr machine was a Janome MC 5000 (still lurks in the cupboard!). Current ones are Janome 300E & 350E. My regular (workhorse) machines are Pfaff 1222 & Performance 2058 and more recently JukiF600 Exceed Quilt & Pro.