I see Touch & Sews at the thrift shop more than any other machine type. They don't tempt me though. I've heard so many negative things about them, and there's something about their looks (esp. the golden ones) that I just don't like. I even passed up one that was marked $7.50, although later I sort of regretted it. I should have bought it just to play with, I've never used one so I should at least TRY one. It might have been broken though, I didn't really give it much of a look.
When I see them in cabinets I look; I want a small cabinet for my Rocketeer. I spied a golden T&S in a small cabinet recently and got all excited at the $30 price tag, but then I realized the cabinet was horrible. It wasn't wood!!! It was thin plastic, molded and colored to look like wood. You know how pleasant it feels/sounds to open & close a nice wood cabinet? This was the opposite of that experience.
Too bad, it was just the right size.