Went sewing machine shopping today .... what a bunch of junque
We went out hitting the thrift stores today.
First one is one of those "Buy, Sell, Trade" kind of places. We found a bunch of machines, none of them we could touch.
2 - Featherweights in their cases = $350.00 each. They stunk bad and neither were complete.
1- Singer 99 in a bentwood case, knee bar controller. Complete with accessories, and knee bar. But the case was water damaged and the machine was filthy. Nothing that couldn't be repaired, but the price = $135.00
1 - Japanese HA-1 15 clone, no box, no nothing, bad wiring (just what I was looking for) = $140.00.
1 - Franklin 1911 in a case, no motor, missing the front slide plate, bad wiring = $80.00
Several older treadle heads. The kind with the tension on the top of the arm. All of them pathetic but rejuvenatable. No prices, and I was afraid to ask.
These prices were so far out of line I didn't even bother trying to negotiate them down.
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Second thrift store = zero machines.
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Came home and checked Craigs list. Nothing much of interest but one old Newhome with the top tensions, cloth wiring, ancient foot controller and all it's side plates in a bent wood box minus the handle. $25.00.
That one I'm considering contacting the seller.
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I sometimes wonder what folks like those running the first place are smoking. They gotta be stoned.
Joe