1/ Look for a
Sewing Machine fit for purpose.
2/ Think about what you want the sewing machine to do now and in the future.
3/ If you need any more advise after reading the below give us a call.
4/ Don’t buy cheap unknown brands, it might be rubbish and only evasive sewing machine traders sell them.
5/ Your sewing machine guarantee is valid only with the people you buy it from not any other sewing machine trader or the sewing machine manufacture and its amazing how evasive some sewing machine dealers can be.
6/ Choose your budget and buy it.
Our best advice is buy the right tool for the job! Don’t expect a cheap light weight sewing machine to sew up your heavy weight curtains trouble free, it just wont happen wherever you buy it from, it has to be ‘fit for purpose’.
Think about what you want the sewing machine for now, and what you might want to do with it for the next 10 years and make the right decision first time not second!
If its basic light weight work / fabric you can buy any of our sewing machines.
If it’s light to medium weight work / fabric you need to be spending £150 - £250 depending on how many extra features you want.
If its light to heavy weight work / fabric you need to be spending £250 - £5000 depending on how many extra features you want, how much work you expect to be giving it, how long you expect it to last, how user friendly you expect it to be, and the type of work / fabric you expect to be able to sew.
As you might of gathered from the previous 3 points its not just features that sets different sewing machines apart, its:
Build quality
Quality of design and layout
Life expectancy
Included features
Ability to sew all the various types of material available today.
Think about what you want from your sewing machine, choose it from our website and buy it! If you find it all a bit too confusing give us a ring but please try and know exactly what you need from your sewing machine so we can help make the right decision.
Some things you should watch out for!
Remember the old saying ‘buy cheap, buy twice’. The UK market is flooded with cheap rubbish from cheap Chinese jumpers that look like a rag after washing them for the first time to cheap Taiwanese pots and pans with handles that drop off!
DON’T be tempted by the price tag or claims the sellers make, if the largest sewing machine manufactures in the world like Janome or Brother can’t make a reliable sewing machine to retail for less that £99 then it just can not be done. And those that try ‘in our opinion’ are just trying to exploit the bargain hunter and the sellers are making such a small amount of profit that they just can not possibly give you any help or support after you’ve bought it.
We all know people that only buy very cheap rubbish and have a house full of stuff that doesn’t work!
Buy from the right agents / retailers, this business is fairly unique in that once you’ve bought from a specific retailer you’re stuck with them because your guarantee is with them, not any other dealer / retailer or the manufacture. If you go anywhere else during your warrantee period you will probably have to pay for the service you receive! It’s strange how you only see a company’s true colours and policies once a customer has a problem. Watch out for the small print and exaggerated claims.
