I have never used the auction site, but have purchased three vintage machines from local Goodwill stores since January.
401A in wonderful table ($30.00); 185J (green) in table ($15.00) and hubby just brought home a Kenmore in table(model 153.14300 ($30.00.) I wish I had been with him because me thinks he paid too much, especially since that one had been in the store for two months. Now my Featherweight 221 (1951 Centennial) has three new friends. My mother gave her to me in 1959 and she is still so precious as the day I got her. Still on the lookout for a Red Eye or anything else that looks promising at a decent price.