The term "working condition" doesn't really mean much. I've seen cases where "working condition" meant the light works. I bought a machine at a local thrift store and they told me it worked.......it didn't. (I finally got it going, but it took awhile) Same store I was told a machine didn't work..........and it did. So now when I go into that store and they tell me that it works, doesn't work, or they haven't tested it yet........I take it all with a grain of salt. They don't ever charge me much anyway, so it really doesn't matter. If it's an older machine, I'm interested.