a1crafter

I purchased a Singer on ebay. It arrived yesterday and was not as the photo showed on the site. The plate over the bobbin was missing, the bobbin winder was broken off, no back plate on the machine and the light was in pieces. There was no bobbin in the machine so I can't test stitching, but the wheel turns. Sounds a little rough, but it needs to be cleaned i'm sure. I have not purchases through ebay before and I'm unsure of the procedure to report the discrepancy. I emailed the seller. He does have insurance for the shipment. I wish it had been packed like Billy does them. Can anyone advise as to how I proceed. If this is in the wrong posting spot I apologize. I am new to all of this.

QuilterGary

I picked up another 201-2 last night. Ser # AH635142 date 5/20/48. The man said it started breaking thread so he just bought a MW instead of having it fixed. I wanted to tell him he made a mistake but was afraid he would not sell me the 201. It is in a nice shaker style cabinet that does not need refinshing. I was happy.

purplefiend

I live in fear of sellers who have no idea how to pack a sewing machine. Try to work with your seller, if that doesn't help, file a complaint with paypal. What model of Singer is your machine? Can you please post the auction #number so we can see what you were supposed to get?

HanNatNana

So sorry your machine arrived damaged. As Purple said if your seller won't cooperate file a complaint with Paypal, all the info is on their website just make sure you do it sooner rather than later because if it's past the cutoff date they won't want to know you.

In the meantime, take photos of the damage and keep a copy of the eBay listing along with those photos so you have the 'before' and 'after' shots. If you still aren't sure of the procedure to follow, they have a toll free number you can call and they will assist you.

I think the insurance only covers for actual damage while in transit...at least that's how it works here (Australia) it won't cover 'item not as described' on eBay. That's where Paypal steps in. At least Paypal now refunds postage costs when something like this goes wrong, which is a huge improvement.

Again, sorry it's turned out like this, it's not nice when someone ships a faulty (or damaged) item, no matter what it is!

Bronwyn ;-)

SewExtremeSeams

No questions are stupid... isn't that the motto of this shop? Yup, I am pretty sure it is. I have found that it helps if you open the VSMS two times. That way you can read the directions here and work on your 'User Pages' on the other one. In fact, I have started leaving an open site of VSMS so I can access my profile more easily to save info. Especially concerning Vintage Machines you want to be able to save and access a lot of important info. And, yes, you can save a particular page of VSMS. Just make sure you write a blurb as to what that info is, hit colon, two spaces and then right click/save your URL of that specific page.

OK, create a page in your 'User's Pages'.

Type in the info you want on that page. Go to the bottom of that page where it says 'Save" and click it.

Next time you want to save something to that particular page, you open up User's Pages, click on the title of the page you want to save items to and at the top it will say 'Edit Page'. That means you want to open it so you can add info. If you don't click 'Edit Page' you won't be able to add anything to it. Then, you always hit save once you have put your info on that page.

Something I just noticed, which I think is very weird... Last night in My Profile it was saying 'User's Pages', now this morning it is saying 'My Pages'. I don't understand why that is but I know I checked it out several times last night because I thought in the past it was saying 'My Pages'. Oh well. They are one and the same. Whew!

You, or anyone, can look at the 'My Pages' on My Profile but only I can edit/add/delete anything on it.

Please let me know if you have any more questions. It is worth working through so you can take advantage of using this feature. Much more convenient that Bookmarking.



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BoJangles

I watched the u-tube that Monica sent on the spring belts. It looks really interesting, but I wonder how hard that spring belt will be on the wheel and treadle groove after continued use? The gal who did the video had put a piece (I think it was leather) to quiet the machine down on the wheel belt groove. But, I still wonder about the affect on the machine after continued use with a coil spring?

Nancy

SewExtremeSeams

Happy Birthday Randa! How sweet of your daughters to give you something so special and that they were so excited to give it to you. :-D

BoJangles

Randa, I am a couple pages behind so you may have already been told this, but do you realize that blue around the badge is for the 'centennial' model. Even though Singer started in 1851 and their Centennial models were 1951, they started appearing in the mid range of the AJ series in 1950. Congratulations, what sweet daughters you have!

Nancy

okiepastor

Don't pass up a Precision if you see one--great machines, and usually pretty easy to find....!

Lori Peercy

New here but just bought a treadle sewing machine serial number is 3218618 and it needs a new belt where do I go to find one of those?