I bought a vintage portable sewing machine on EBAY a while back and the seller was a bit of a pain. The attachment tin was crushed in transit by the machine and the clip on slide plate was missing when received. She eventually did "find" it- supposedly hiding in a plant by the front door. I was unable to make it jump off, esp all the way from the dining room to the doorway at my house. I find it suspicious when so many machines have missing cords- a way to avoid testing them? Some folks overtly sell them separately.