Originally Posted by nanna-up-north
Very nice!! It's good to hear of good eBay purchases. I always worry about a sewing machine not working or being broken during shipping. You got a good one..... so happy for you.
I got a Singer 201-2 this year on ebay. Because of a goof when it was relisted especially for me to buy (had been listed w/ art deco cabinet as a pick-up only & I already had Mom's old cabinet - just needed her old machine for it), the seller revised her listing to say s/h would be $199.00 so no one else would bid, then sold me the machine for $1.00!! I was sweating bullets for the few minutes it was relisted hoping no one else would figure it out and outbid me.
My point is - this seller has become a long-distance friend, she was very accomodating to keep the cabinet & sell me the machine w/ attachments (she does not sew & will use the cabinet for other crafting), it was double-boxed very well (even threw in a thick blanket as a protective wrap over the machine) and it has arrived in great shape no worse the wear for having travelled from Ohio to Montana.