Hypothetically, if you needed to downsize your collection ...
#1
Hypothetically, if you needed to downsize your collection ...
and preferably fairly quickly, how would you go about it?
The local buy and sell is full of tire kickers and lowballers who don't appreciate a cleaned and serviced machine. Ebay has a lot of fraudsters and I don't know if I want to handle that sort of experience at the moment.
What about with relatively limited time to devote to it? (i.e. an hour or so each to box a machine for shipping may be unrealistic... though that may be less than the time to "host" people in the house to look at the machines and want me to teach them to sew.)
I created a bit of a space crisis by making a purchase that will be arriving in 3 weeks that I would love to finance a bit this way and want to see a bunch of these machines that I brought back to life go to good sewing homes.
I'm going to put out some emails to some vintage machine lovers around my area to let them know that some of the machines are going, but I don't expect a lot out of that.
The local buy and sell is full of tire kickers and lowballers who don't appreciate a cleaned and serviced machine. Ebay has a lot of fraudsters and I don't know if I want to handle that sort of experience at the moment.
What about with relatively limited time to devote to it? (i.e. an hour or so each to box a machine for shipping may be unrealistic... though that may be less than the time to "host" people in the house to look at the machines and want me to teach them to sew.)
I created a bit of a space crisis by making a purchase that will be arriving in 3 weeks that I would love to finance a bit this way and want to see a bunch of these machines that I brought back to life go to good sewing homes.
I'm going to put out some emails to some vintage machine lovers around my area to let them know that some of the machines are going, but I don't expect a lot out of that.
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Phew. I'm glad you're having a space crisis and not having to leave the country in a hurry
What about ebay, local pick up only? Ebay.com is free to list -- not sure about ebay.ca -- so it may be worth a try. It may cost an extra .10 to promote your items on ebay.com. I think the fraudsters are less likely to do local pickup, but make out 2 receipts and ask them to sign yours, just in case.
What about ebay, local pick up only? Ebay.com is free to list -- not sure about ebay.ca -- so it may be worth a try. It may cost an extra .10 to promote your items on ebay.com. I think the fraudsters are less likely to do local pickup, but make out 2 receipts and ask them to sign yours, just in case.
#4
OK, spill Tammi. What is it? I'm very excited for you, and have little advice about getting rid of machines in Canada. Here, I put them in Gumtree as classifieds, and they usually sell.
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1) Open a cafe. No wifi. A sewing machine on every table.
or
2) Invite Mike over from Australia. (And since you elected not to open a cafe, then get him to bring some coffee from Oz. It's good stuff there.) Send him back with all your stitchers, and he can sell 'em on Gumtree.
Also, congratulations on your new pet kangaroo! They do take a lot of room. I know why it is taking three weeks... Mike has to bring it all the way from Australia for you! Those things take time.
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I vote for Cecilia's answer.
I would say craigslist. There is a local sewing shop here(ish) that isn't just quilting. They do random upcycling and and vintage patterns and the like and as far as I know, they don't have a machine brand they sell. I have considered offering them a consignment deal on cleaned up machines. Or maybe they have a bulletin board or something.
I'm just thinking out loud, obviously.
I would say craigslist. There is a local sewing shop here(ish) that isn't just quilting. They do random upcycling and and vintage patterns and the like and as far as I know, they don't have a machine brand they sell. I have considered offering them a consignment deal on cleaned up machines. Or maybe they have a bulletin board or something.
I'm just thinking out loud, obviously.
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Kijiji is Canada's CL, and I think what Tammi was saying is that she gets dud responses from there. In Canada, CL is ever dudd-ier than Kijiji. (my own experience, not scientifically explored...)
Tammi, posting them here would be a fabulous idea! I mean, after Mike has come and taken his pick. Or, we could all come visit you! If you have a pink Atlas or a green Grasshopper, I want it. My life is empty and meaningless until then. ;-)
Tammi, posting them here would be a fabulous idea! I mean, after Mike has come and taken his pick. Or, we could all come visit you! If you have a pink Atlas or a green Grasshopper, I want it. My life is empty and meaningless until then. ;-)
#10
Phew. I'm glad you're having a space crisis and not having to leave the country in a hurry
What about ebay, local pick up only? Ebay.com is free to list -- not sure about ebay.ca -- so it may be worth a try. It may cost an extra .10 to promote your items on ebay.com. I think the fraudsters are less likely to do local pickup, but make out 2 receipts and ask them to sign yours, just in case.
What about ebay, local pick up only? Ebay.com is free to list -- not sure about ebay.ca -- so it may be worth a try. It may cost an extra .10 to promote your items on ebay.com. I think the fraudsters are less likely to do local pickup, but make out 2 receipts and ask them to sign yours, just in case.
Are you sure you want to know? This kangaroo isn't vintage... in fact it's not even born yet...
Tammi, you have two options and only two options:
1) Open a cafe. No wifi. A sewing machine on every table.
or
2) Invite Mike over from Australia. (And since you elected not to open a cafe, then get him to bring some coffee from Oz. It's good stuff there.) Send him back with all your stitchers, and he can sell 'em on Gumtree.
Also, congratulations on your new pet kangaroo! They do take a lot of room. I know why it is taking three weeks... Mike has to bring it all the way from Australia for you! Those things take time.
1) Open a cafe. No wifi. A sewing machine on every table.
or
2) Invite Mike over from Australia. (And since you elected not to open a cafe, then get him to bring some coffee from Oz. It's good stuff there.) Send him back with all your stitchers, and he can sell 'em on Gumtree.
Also, congratulations on your new pet kangaroo! They do take a lot of room. I know why it is taking three weeks... Mike has to bring it all the way from Australia for you! Those things take time.
DH keeps saying I should open a museum and charge admission. I lean more towards a vintage stitch and b*tch day... Cafe could be fun though... I'd have to import Mike to be the Barista though.
I vote for Cecilia's answer.
I would say craigslist. There is a local sewing shop here(ish) that isn't just quilting. They do random upcycling and and vintage patterns and the like and as far as I know, they don't have a machine brand they sell. I have considered offering them a consignment deal on cleaned up machines. Or maybe they have a bulletin board or something.
I'm just thinking out loud, obviously.
I would say craigslist. There is a local sewing shop here(ish) that isn't just quilting. They do random upcycling and and vintage patterns and the like and as far as I know, they don't have a machine brand they sell. I have considered offering them a consignment deal on cleaned up machines. Or maybe they have a bulletin board or something.
I'm just thinking out loud, obviously.
Kijiji is Canada's CL, and I think what Tammi was saying is that she gets dud responses from there. In Canada, CL is ever dudd-ier than Kijiji. (my own experience, not scientifically explored...)
Tammi, posting them here would be a fabulous idea! I mean, after Mike has come and taken his pick. Or, we could all come visit you! If you have a pink Atlas or a green Grasshopper, I want it. My life is empty and meaningless until then. ;-)
Tammi, posting them here would be a fabulous idea! I mean, after Mike has come and taken his pick. Or, we could all come visit you! If you have a pink Atlas or a green Grasshopper, I want it. My life is empty and meaningless until then. ;-)
ETA: Oh! No, no pink Atlas or grasshopper at this point, sorry. I'll keep an eye out. Shipping to you would be only painful, not fatal, since it didn't have to go across the border...
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