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11-21-2015, 09:53 AM

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Onebyone

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She paid about $80 for it (about 1 1/2 years ago), and the timing was off. I took the needle plate off to see what timing setting was off, and the thing had a plastic hook!!!! I told her to throw it away, it wasn't worth fixing.

I'd say she got her $80 dollars worth for a 1 1/2 years of sewing.

One of my guild members buys a $100 or less sales sewing machine, sews it to the ground and then buys another, usually every couple of years. In ten years she hasn't spent much over $500 and has a new machine to sew on. No big investment, no feeling heartsick if the machine bites the dust or needs a major repair.

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