Ricoma Machines any good?

tammyj012 · December 22nd, 2011, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by gumbi17

I am looking to start my own business within the next year, and owuld like to get a machine that would do small to medium amount of work. I keep having people tell me about the Ricoma, they say they are cheap on ebay and work well. I had never heard of them and dont know how much they break down, or how durable they are. Can anyone reccomend anything?

I would not reccomend buying ricoma. i bought a multifunction ricoma from florida Nov. 2008. was shipped Dec. 2008. i made one patch and it froze up. I have since sued the company and won. however haven't gotten paid back. They never once sincerly tried to fix the machine, nor did they know how to. It has been a 21,000 dollar big mistake! I have now found out that a repair man thinks that the machine was sold as new in 2008 is actually a 2005 with a serial number plate changed out. BEWARE!

sew4moore · January 7th, 2012, 12:59 PM

I have read these post regarding the Ricoma and believe me when I say this, there is no support from the ricoma main office in floriday. the post from this person, embroidery king must be a big fake....ask him for his phone number and location. you probably won't get it because he works for or has been paid for by ricoma. you can make up any name like embroidery king and post all the false statement you wish.......just be very causious on this brand. they are mostly sell and forget. there salespeople have not even embrodered an item of anykind and no experience what so ever.

Sulp · January 9th, 2012, 11:06 AM

If you plan on starting an embroidery business, do not skimp out on the most important component of the business...The machine. Do a TON of homework before you buy anything. If you are asking about Ricoma it says to me that you don't know much about embroidery, or embroidery machines....And there is nothing wrong with that at all. But don't base your search for machine on price alone. You will wind up being very, very sorry in the end. Industrial embroidery machines are VERY sophisticated pieces of equipment and quality machines do not come cheap. If you find a machine that is half the cost of other, similar brand name machines...Be very careful. There are reasons it costs half as much. I'm not saying you can't find a deal out there, but know exactly what you are paying for. And most importantly, know what type of post purchase service you'll be getting. That's almost just as important as the quality of the machine itself. I don't know what your budget is, but if it were me, I would rather buy a 10-15 y/o Tajima then a brand new "off" brand machine. Or if I was going to buy brand new I'd only look at Tajima, Barudan, Happy, & SWF...In that order...And I'd most likely end up with a Tajima. I've worked on/with, and have experience with Tajima, SWF, & older Barudan machines. And I know people who are very happy (no pun intended) with their Happy machines. But for me, nothing runs like a Tajima. But you are going to pay for it.