Originally Posted by
tessagin
A guy that knows my DH wanted to know if I wanted to purchase a machine his sister had. Same words, worked and in good condition. When it comes to any kind of purchase, DH always asks, "Well does it work NOW and what is it's "CONDITION NOW". The guy wanted $500.00 because it was an antique. Right off the bat NO. It was a mess. Not at this time or any other time. We also don't buy anything sight unseen.
That's definitely good practice. I don't know why I suspended my judgement for this particular set of machines. I'm usually quite careful. The only thing I can think of is that the machines came in under my "squeamish" threshold. But I did have a niggling feeling that I shouldn't be getting the one machine, and I was right.
Originally Posted by
linda faye
Such great advice from everyone. I remember advice from long ago which is still relevant today: Buyer Beware.
Too true. And as mlmack says, more so today. It's a shame really that we can't just trust one another, but some people make it so hard to.