This message was posted by The Embroidery Authority 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/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/11/60/2.html#000018 He must have talked with the wrong three people. I have serviced just about all make of commercial embroidery machines. Meaning I have met quite a few different owners of said machines. Everyone is going to have their own unique opinions and personal experiences with the equipment, software and the company/sales person from whom they bought it from. I don't think three people is enough to speak to when purchasing something as big as investing in an embroidery machine unless they all had the same positive/negative comments about their experience. As long as you have access to supplies, training, tech support, and above all, customers, you should do fine if you believe in committing yourself to your trade and will do a quality job. It almost doesn't matter which machine you choose if you have a grip on everything I just mentioned in the previous sentence. I've even met some people out there with ****** machines and they just love them and have been running them much longer than I would have given the machine credit for. Of course, chances are you will do much better if you stick with one of the top three manufacturers. And in my opinion, Melco is definitely in the top three. Best of luck to you. Ed =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================