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10-22-2013, 06:30 AM

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Lew Schiller

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Location: Denver Colorado

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DonnaC

Well, this is really interesting. A person looking for someone to restore an antique Singer machine. The machine looks to be in really, really rough shape, though.

http://providence.craigslist.org/wan/4143942231.html

I'd bet real money that they stop looking for a restorer when they find out what a restorer will cost...especially on one that looks like that. Unless that one came to Oregon in the Conestoga wagon with great grandma I don't see how it'd ever be worth the cost.
Or am I not seeing something here?

EDIT: Person of low integrity could take a good machine - repaint it using matching decals - swap the number plate - let it sit on the shelf for a month and then call it done for $400.

Last edited by Lew Schiller; 10-22-2013 at 06:33 AM.