Originally Posted by
davis2se
I think that we ALL know that manufacturers are "in it for the money". That doesn't change the fact that many, many folks are looking for relatively basic machines with large enough throats to easily accomodate FMQ. Seems to me that when there is a sizable demand for such an item, the manufacturers would looking seriously at filling the need.
I'm not trying to defend the manufacturers; I'm just saying how businesses usually work. Please don't fuss at me, for saying this!
Businesses need to make a good profit, to stay in business. Designing and manufacturing any new product, is very costly. In order for a new production to be worthwhile to the business, it must cater to a HUGE market and produce a HUGE profit. Needless to say, businesses like to steer as many customers as possible, to their higher price items. There IS a huge market for machines with longer throats BUT a good percentage will bite the bullet and pay the higher price, if there's no other way. IF a simpler, less expensive machine were produced, many would still want the bells and whistles BUT a good percentage would probably buy the less expensive machine. . . which means less profit, for the company.
Needless to say, the best business to produce the simple long-throat, inexpensive machine, would be one which doesn't already produce a bunch with bells & whistles. That way, it wouldn't be competing against itself. Perhaps quilters should start petitioning the smaller companies, to produce this machine.
I hope my rambling makes sense, as I sometimes have trouble explaining my thoughts.
