Bought a Brother 1500s a couple of years ago from Amazon for about 525 including shipping. (They have gone up a couple of about a hundred since then)The I saw an identical machine by a more upscale manufacturer (Babylock?) with a different name at local dealer for about 1600 dollars. Spent some time with it, opened it, looked underneath, sewed, fooled with all the controls, lifted it (heavy), check out the instruction book. Identical machines. Identical instruction books except for the name. Look around. Dealers do not just repair and service the machines they sell, that is an important part of the business and they want to make money. Never needed any servicing for the Brother, but have had a lot for my Sapphire 850. Always had it done (including warrantee thin) at a dealer other than I one I bought it from.
Last edited by Maggieloe; 07-10-2014 at 02:14 PM.