Here is another posting from the ISMACS newsletter for those of you who live in and near western PA about some inexpensive machines this man has.
Blessings to all,
Sandi
Subject: Re:Collecting vs hoarding
From: "Chuck Galbach" <
[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 07:34:50 -0400
Hello,
There is another aspect to the concept of hoarding machines. I am hoarding
about 160+ machines, mostly in my (dry) basement (and mostly Singers). I can
assure everyone that probably 2/3 or more of my machines would have been
recycled at a scrap yard if they were not in my basement. And - most of
those are decent looking and able to sew. The reason I can say that with any
confidence is that they came from a couple of local charity thrift shops
that used to routinely put them in a junk pile behind their building for a
lady junk collector to take them to a junk yard. One place actually paid
this lady a few dollars on a particular day each week to haul this and other
non-saleable stuff away to the junk yard. When they found out that I would
actually pay them for machines, they let me have them instead. Many of the
machines I got from these places cost me very little. I didn't always take
or keep the cabinets (they take up more space than I've got). But my
hoarding has kept a lot of machines out of the scrap yard and available for
potential future use. There are some machines here which are more
collectible, for which I paid a good bit more and which I am inclined to
keep. But, if anyone is in western Pa in the USA and is interested in the
inexpensive machines, they are welcome to contact me offline and stop by (I
don't pack and ship anything).
Charles Galbach