I agree on that one. I thought it was very expensive too. I guess the thing Im worried the most about is last November, I purchased a top of the line home machine that has been a lot of trouble. Im still working on paying for that machine, and now thinking of making this much larger purchase. I do feel I will be a lot more productive with the Amaya though. Theres so many different machines to choose from, but I have to say when we went to visit the Rep. in our area, I just fell in love with the Amaya. Is everyone getting pretty good quality on lettering? Especially small lettering? I have to say thats my biggest complaint on my home machine. Dawn Purrfect Stitch Embroidery -----Original Message----- From: eta [mailto:eta@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:44 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya Yes. But not the digitizing version. We thought it way too expensive for what we want to do at this time. But he Design Shop @ level 2 for editing is critical. The entry level is just ofr lettering and does not allow editing. -----Original Message----- From: Young, Dawn [mailto:DYoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:40 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya Did you also purchase the Design Shop? Dawn Purrfect Stitch Embroidery -----Original Message----- From: eta [mailto:eta@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:23 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya Warm up the tootsies! We just got back from the 4 day training in Denver. It was very enlightening and we learned a lot. I think you will like the staff there. They are very down to earth ordinary kind of people with lots of experience and are very willing to help. We bought our Amaya in June. But, given we didn't have anything else to compare it to, did not know what to expect. Logically it made sense. It was cheaper than the competition (Tajima and Baruden). It sewed much faster. 1100 to 1200 stitches per minute compared to 700 to 800 on the competition. That was a plus. Melco's approach to using software controls rather than hardware controls made sense to us given we have a computer bent. The issue really boiled down to whether we could learn a new software package and the finer points of embroidering on the machine. The software was easy. Embroidering is the challenge now. Unless you have a lot of experience in embroidery technique you may have a bit of a difficult time in turning out acceptable garments at first. Maybe I am too picky. But that is where we are. So far this embroidery thing is a hoot. -----Original Message----- From: Young, Dawn [mailto:DYoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:00 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya Good morning Wendy, I was very happy to see this question out here this morning. I too am trying to make a decision on purchasing an Amaya for a small home business. I currently have a deposit on one, but Im getting cold feet. Im looking forward to reading the replies to your questions. Dawn Purrfect Stitch Embroidery -----Original Message----- From: wl solomonson [mailto:wlsolomonson@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:54 AM To: Amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Amaya Greetings, I am wondering if anyone on this list would be willing to share any info. on the Amaya. I am looking at a machine for a start-up shop and would like some honest feedback on the Amaya and Melco training and tech support. You may e-mail privately if you wish wlsolomonson@xxxxxxxxxxx Thanks for any and all input. 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