I kind of agree about the Singers - but I really wanted a 201 and to fix up the treadle with the rusty Red Eye - so I upgraded the Red Eye, then upgraded the treadle - then found more . . .
And before I knew it, I had a hole heard of Singers. And I would have been find had I stopped there.
But I didn't, DH found a Two Spool and we bought that, and then I found my New Queen - it was that one that broke the ice, because before that I was firm on not buying any top clamp attachment machines. And now that is what my collection is more than anything.
But I did just win another on eBay this am - one I'm quite excited to get. Not my missing Eldredge though, but something almost as hard to find.