This message was posted by Aaron on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/27.html#000006 I like all my machines. They all have good/bad things. I mostly use the Tajima for caps but in buying the 3 new XT's my hope was to sew caps on them as well since I have been getting several cap orders over 250 pieces. I am more familiar with the Melco machines and software so they are easier to setup but the Tajima does run hats very consistant for me at 600-700 SPM. Now I can run caps on the XT's at 800-1100 that will be nice for production. I use my single head EMT's for smaller jobs, names, etc and I would have a real hard time giving them up although replacing them with XT's over the next several years is definitely an option. As far as advertising I took my ad out of the yellow pages 8 years ago cause all I ever got calls for was small monogram jobs which I will do but prefer the larger jobs the way I am setup. My biggest advertisement has been word of mouth but that could be different in your area. I also talk to alot of people and hand out cards wherever I go. There are lots of people out there that don't even know about having local embroiderers or just dont think about embroidery until you mention it and show them samples. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================