The Amaya is a good machine but my question is are you ready to spend that kind of money on a machine you say will only run a couple hours a week? You have to ask yourself is it worth it and will your investment pay off? If you plan is to run it less than 10 hours a week, you may want to call your Melco sales rep and ask if they have any used machines in stock. (Used machines do come with a warrenty.) I do embroidery part-time and I purchased a used machine from someone who went out of business. My machine is now paid off because I didn't pay full price for a new machine. If I bought a new machine, I would still be making payments on it. My business is now profitable because of the business decision I made by not buying a new machine. Steve > >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "stitcher" > >>> >> <stitcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> > >>> >> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:49 AM> >> Subject: [amayausers.com] > >>> >> Need advice> >>> >>> >>> I'm thinking of buying an Amaya XT and need > >>> >> some advice if I'm doing the > >>> right thing or not. I have 3 home > >>> >> machines which all> >>> work fine, but I want a machine with a > >>> >> "jacket-back-size" field. I know > >>> the XT has a 16 x 19 (or > >>> >> thereabouts) size field and I> >>> realize it is an expensive machine > >>> >> for someone not doing a lot of > >>> selling. But I want to make large > >>> >> cross-stitch pictures and> >>> splitting a design just doesn't work.> > >>> >> >>> My question is: Do you think this machine will accomplish what I > >>> >> want > >>> (30 to 50 color changes). I don't care about speed.> >>> I > >>> >> want quality and size. Would this machine be "too much machine" for a > >>> >> > >>> neophyte to handle? I'm not mechanically oriented,> >>> but then > >>> >> again this machine won't be running more than a few hours a > >>> > >>> >> week.> >>>> >>> Other than you probably think I'm just plain NUTZ, > >>> >> could you give me > >>> your opinions?> >>> Thanks,> >>> Stitcher> >>> > >>> >> ===========================================================> >>> The > >>> >> AmayaUsers Mailing List> >>> Website: http://www.amayausers.com> >>> > >>> >> Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards> >>> > >>> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list> >>>> >>> > >>> >> =========================================================== _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/connect.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_newways_112007