Can't find a decent vintage machine anywhere in town!
I swear it's like someone descended on this town and bought up every single used machine available.
I am used to always seeing at least ONE used machine in every thrift shop.
Now that I'm actively LOOKING for an inexpensive used machine to buy...I can't find a single one!!
My friend's 7 year old daughter wants to learn to sew. I don't want her on my expensive computerized machines because she tends to get stubborn and not listen periodically; so I thought a nice used/vintage/non-computerized machine would be the way to go. I usually see them for about $35-$40 and at that price I could even let her keep the machine as a "graduation" present if she seemed to really get into sewing.
I went to every thrift shop I could find, within a 40 mile radius over this past 3-day weekend, and I came up empty handed. The only machines I found were two severely overpriced Singer clones in beat-up cabinets. (Talking about rusty, beat machines with parts missing, and each was well over $100. No thanks!) So weird!! Not even any of the 90's plastic machines were to be found.
So, which one of you is swooping up all the machines in Sonoma county? LOL