I purchased by Brother Pacesetter new from a local Brother dealer (who has a monopoly in our area) three years ago. Not knowing anything about embroidery machines except that I wanted one. He sold me his floor model with the PE-Design V 1.1 for just under $4,000. After I found out that there are other versions available, he told me to just get an upgrade for the V 1.1. I told him the V 1.1 cannot be upgraded. He insisted it can be. Now I am thinking about purchasing a 2, 3, 4, or 5 version, but I don't know what the advantages are to each version. Needless to say, I will NOT purchase from my local dealer. By the way, I took my Brother in for a check-up before my warranty period was up to make sure everything was in tip top shape. I noticed the carrying case was all scratched and for no reason at all I checked the serial number on the back of my machine. It was NOT my machine that was returned to me. When I told him about the switch, he said he couldn't do anything about it as his computer crashed and can't get an information about whose machine is whose. I get upset everytime I think about it. =20
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20 years ago