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Old 06-06-2013, 11:47 AM
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Oh for Pete's sake!! How many things can you spot wrong with this one,... besides the price.

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...AdIdZ491765032
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Old 06-06-2013, 12:15 PM
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Um, they used a Post-it for a slide plate? The top is ripped off, no spool pin, and the text is all but completely wrong.
"Heavy Duty Industrial Quality Machine" it is not. And the cabinet was not made out of Maple, but Mahogany. And NO! it is NOT in working order.
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Old 06-06-2013, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by grant15clone View Post
Um, they used a Post-it for a slide plate? The top is ripped off, no spool pin, and the text is all but completely wrong.
"Heavy Duty Industrial Quality Machine" it is not. And the cabinet was not made out of Maple, but Mahogany. And NO! it is NOT in working order.
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Yup and some poor fish will be happy to part with some hard earned cash, eh?
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Old 06-06-2013, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane View Post
Oh for Pete's sake!! How many things can you spot wrong with this one,... besides the price.

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...AdIdZ491765032
Interesting that the seller put it in the "Art Collectables" category. . .
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Old 06-06-2013, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn View Post
Interesting that the seller put it in the "Art Collectables" category. . .
That's largely because of a lack of options. Collectables because it's a vintage machine. It's where I sometimes put the 301s and stuff too. The other option is hobbies and crafts. I've seen some people put it in Home appliances, but I wouldn't think to look there. It's relatively irrelevant though, most people just search for "sewing machine" in All ads.

The other one I liked was the "It must be at least 30 years old"
Posted like a 20yo wrote it.
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Old 06-06-2013, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by grant15clone View Post
...I think the manual is $2000 actually....
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Old 06-07-2013, 02:19 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1924-Singer-...item4855a28f64 Ummmm... where are the "red eye" decals????
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Originally Posted by Yankeegirl View Post
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1924-Singer-...item4855a28f64 Ummmm... where are the "red eye" decals????
Maybe they just said that to get people to look? - weird.
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Old 06-07-2013, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Yankeegirl View Post
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1924-Singer-...item4855a28f64 Ummmm... where are the "red eye" decals????

I sent them a response asking why they were falsely advertising it as a "red-eye" when it was a "filigree" pattern.. and included a link to the ISMACS "Ornamentation" site
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Steve do you ever get any replies back from these sellers? I have never got any replies back from my comments to the sellers. Well---I got one!!!!
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