February 14th, 2009, 08:19 PM
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Re: meistergram machines
Meistergram is a brand that was taken off the market when the company went out of business quite a long time ago. Originally it was a zigzag embroidery machine - good, fast operating unit. My company actually produced the first digitizing software for that machine.
In the liquidation, the parts and brand name were sold to a guy out of the Carolinas. Miestergam was marketed with a private label Renaissance machine (called vital link) with limited success. Then Consew (mechanical sewing machine company out of New York) purchased the marketing rights to the name and about a year or so ago they started selling an inexpensive machine (Tang - which was attempted to be sold here a couple years back under the name Axiom, then again as Renaissance's multihead line - neither of these companies were able to get any traction with the equipment).
Essentially, its the newest machine manufacturer in the market. You can get them at a bargain but only time will tell how long they'll last selling/supporting it. Of all the Chinese machines they are the newest addition - only a few are still viable (Brother, Prodigi, Happy, Tajima). Remember, there were a lot that went out of business including Renaissance, Aemco, Feiya and I'm not sure if Phenoix450 or Ricoma are even around anymore. It's not so easy to establish a brand of machines, its a big undertaking with parts, R&D, service, support, classes, software, and marketing. Most just make the mistake of trying to buy/resell - it takes a lot more than that to be long term...
My company private labeled and supported Consew as they got into this business for about one year. Since then, they've attempted to go on their own with this product line. I think their "top" tech is an independent contractor so its a bit iffy how secure that support structure is. If you would rely on the dealer for long term support - I'd check the history, if its the same dealer that they used before, I think he's been with Happy, SWF, Prodigi, Feiya, Ricoma, Phenoix450, and Meistergram - I've heard he's going with Brother next. This is over the last 5-6 years.
These are not necessarily bad qualities - the company in New York is well established in sewing machines, the dealer in MN has sold many brands, the machines seem to run OK, and the prices are very good. These are just simple facts of the brand and its history/representation. I don't mean to come off like a bad mouthing competitor so I hope that no one takes it that way.
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