Sticker Shock!!

[Denis]

Dee, what are prices like for general merchandise on the island as compared to the mainland? I was told things in NFLD are more expensive due to shipping.

I would google quilt shops and sewing machine dealers from the main land, and manufacturers and look for their sales on machines. They often have them. I bought a Janome 6063QC on sale for $1K in '05. You definately can get more affordable machines than this. Once you find a sale for example in NS, you could arrange travel time, visit the shop, test run the machine...always test run the machine!!! then if you like it, you can bring it back with you. There are good machines in the $500 range made by the major manufacturers (Janome, Husq/Viking, Bernina, Elna, Pfaff, Babylock, Brother, Singer, I'm sure I've missed some)

***one more thing, quilt shops often have sales on their demo models. Sometimes it's to simply replaced them or they could be a discountinued model. I really missed out when Husqvarna discountinued their Platinum series as that's what I wanted (Platinum 750/755).