Who to purchase CB 4500 / Cobra Class 4 / Techsew 5100 from?

[Hildebrand]

Another delivery option is to have it shipped just to your local truck depot, thats what I did with my CB4500.  Not sure how much I saved but I just went out on my lunch and they put it in the back of my pickup.  It was on a pallet, and when I got home I took it off the pallet piece by piece which is the same I would have done with home delivery.

[WendlingKnives]

13 hours ago, Hags said:

I paid for home delivery,  not cheap. Call Makersleathersupply.com. they're in Elm Mott Texas. Maybe pick up there?

Guessing you dont realize how big Texas is . If hes in the Valley, hes still a good 6-7hr drive each way from Elm Mott. Gas cost would probably be as much or more than the $400 delivery

[bruce johnson]

2 hours ago, Hildebrand said:

Another delivery option is to have it shipped just to your local truck depot, thats what I did with my CB4500.  Not sure how much I saved but I just went out on my lunch and they put it in the back of my pickup.  It was on a pallet, and when I got home I took it off the pallet piece by piece which is the same I would have done with home delivery.

I have done that with several machines - lathes, mills, etc and it save bucks and time. Lift gate added another $100-150. they did lift gate deliveries by areas and waited until they had enough to make a run worthwhile. It could have sat for 7-10 days at the terminal. I’ve got a Harbor Freight scissor lift cart and that makes unloading even heavy stuff a one man job. 

[CdK]

Thank you to all that responded to this thread. I called the 3 major suppliers and lets just say that my sewing machine purchase will be brown. Shipping to anywhere in Texas is just under $400, which considering where I am located, not bad at all.

[1hp]

just bought one from Zamir sewing in Los Angeles. shipping included in price. no surprises. got my Consew 206 from him many moon ago.