Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
If I have the manual, I provide it. If I can find it online, I usually will email it or a link to it to the buyer. When I first started collecting, I used to buy accessory boxes. I didn't realize how many I would end up with later on. I try to put together a kit close to what the original box was. I usually provide a few needles, some bobbins.... basically, you should be able to go home and sew with it, if you have thread. I'm also finding that I've been teaching people how to use every feature that the machines have, but I can't really package that...
I spent over an hour one time with a lady showing her all the bells and whistles on a 401 and she bought a Janome I had there - go figure. Didn't have to show her a thing. Her loss... LOL... I do the same I put together some sort of a kit. I'm always on the prowl for the quarter packs of pins, a stray tape measure, a stitch ripper a screwdriver, some bobbins, needles, small scissors, what have you. Some times I put in a magnet or a pin cushion. Some different feet. If I have a machine that is harder to sell an I put in a buttonholer or something. Yeah, go home and sew something. Why else would you buy one???