Dont give up. On Thursday a stranger emailed me at lunch and asked if I wanted to pick up an old singer for free - I have a 'Dont throw your old machine away ad' on my local CL. When I got to the door his girlfriend handed me a ducked taped green box and said. 'Its just a little one, nobody wants'. I was shaking as I walked to the car and thankfully my DH was driving. I was in shoke holding a white FW on my lap. You just never know what will happen! Good luck.