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From: Sherri
Date: 04-15-2005, 02:44 PM (1 of 7)
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I live in a fairly remote area of Canada. It is very annoying to me that most sewing machine manufacturers will not allow there distributors to post the price of a machine on line. It drives me nuts. I can't go to a bunch of different stores or wait for sales and I want to comparison shop. If I email shops for the price I face being Spammed for months with every advertisement on the face of the earth. OK vent over. Sherri Wanting a new serger in the NWT My website
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User: Sherri
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-15-2005, 03:34 PM (2 of 7)
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You're right, the machine manufacturers aren't allowing their shop keepers to put prices online. It's to keep the shop owners in business. (and to make sure the machines aren't bought online, much) Since machines and their prices vary so widely, it's not easy to get all the prices anyway. (plus here in the U.S. it costs us a bit less to buy things) Have you tried CALLING and asking for prices ??? www.allbrands.com has prices on all their machines to give you an idea of whats in store.... www.google.com ask a question and it might tell you what you wanna know. (they often give you millions of choices) Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: Sherri
Date: 04-15-2005, 05:32 PM (3 of 7)
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I really don't feel manufacturers are doing there shops any favours by not allowing shops to sell (or give prices online). Allowing pricing online would allow shops to appeal to isolated shoppers like me. I buy a lot online from fabric to furniture to electronics. I can buy from all sorts reputable manufacturers (SEARS, the Brick, Future shop, Best Buy...) . I think this policy makes sewing machine manufacturers look short sighted. All Brands is very American their international shipping is out of order for what they are offering and American pricing is no where near Canadian pricing. On top of that I wouldn't be able to get Service from there. Google has lots of places that sell sewing machines but none that offer online pricing. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
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From: wghmch
Date: 04-16-2005, 12:31 AM (4 of 7)
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Any shop, whether on line or not, wants an opportunity to talk to their prospective customer, in order to explain what they offer to give you the best value for the money. They have all learned that if they show the prices, generally, the prospect will contact only the lowest priced stores, and the others will not even get the opportunity to explain what the differences are in what they are providing. Bill Holman |
User: wghmch
Member since: 03-04-2003 Total posts: 249 |
From: Kylnne2
Date: 04-16-2005, 05:14 AM (5 of 7)
| I have heard that Canadian prices are much higher than in the states but in the states the prices really are all over the map. One dealer might have a machine priced as much as $1000 more than a dealer in another state. I paid $799 for a machine and a person in another state paid $1499 for the same model and another price was given for the same machine at a site on line. I don't remember this pricing being so out of line in years past. If a new machine came on the market and was advertised at a certain price it was ususally that price nationally..no difference in price if you drove to the dealers that was 50 miles away. |
User: Kylnne2
Member since: 07-10-2004 Total posts: 629 |
From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-17-2005, 08:23 PM (6 of 7)
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www.kenssewingcenter.com has some machines on sale, layaway sale (no one picked them up and they're selling for the price LEFT), and refurbished. I don't know if they ship to Canada, they have a toll free number (or local number) you can e-mail and ask....(they're down here in the south, Alabama, it's a WELL known shop in AL) Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: Hippiegirl
Date: 04-18-2005, 12:46 AM (7 of 7)
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I really don't feel manufacturers are doing there shops any favours by not allowing shops to sell (or give prices online). Sherri The dealers give classes and support and they want to educate people on the machines as well. You can't get that from the internet hardly at all. I surf the net and if I were a sewing machine salesman Hippiegirl would be very fustrating to me. The chances of them selling someone a machine they actually talk to is greater than if they just posted a price. I can say that after going to several locations of one store and getting different stories on what prices they can do, I have lost some trust in the local stores. I'm learing I could probably haggle and do a pretty good job. I like my dealer, but I've been told differently on the policies about repackaged machines used for a trade show and selling a once used machine for 1500 less after the dealer used it once. I was told I could not put that machine on layaway and then the next sales rep at another store told me I could. After getting the conflicting stories, I gave up. It fustrates me to no end. It's almost like buying a car nowadays. Takes longer than buying a car to me. I'd go with Kenssewingcenter.com. They are really nice. I've only talked with them on the phone, but they are really nice. hg |
User: Hippiegirl
Member since: 03-21-2005 Total posts: 77 |
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