What you see here are two advertisements for the exact same sewing machine. Yes, this is the machine I want when I go to replace my Janome 8900. The Canadian offer is a much better deal as the $6999 price in Canadian dollars converts to $5,054.92 in USD and the bundle includes the ASR (stitch regulator). The US offer with the 50% discount to add on the ASR means I would pay close to $7,000 on the exact same machine with ASR if I were to buy it at one of the three Janome dealers here in greater Atlanta.
I’m not aware of any differences in the 9480 models marketed in the USA and Canada. That extra $2,000 is purely due to tariffs.
Despite what we were told about other countries paying their fair share when the tariffs were implemented, said tariffs are being passed directly along to we the people. This is just one example. Janome’s merely following what all the other sewing machine manufacturers are doing. I get that. As the customer, I’m choosing not to play that game. I’ll purchase when prices return to normal or buy used.
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