Originally Posted by
Innov8R
I suggest you write an account of how you acquired this machine and tuck it into the case for some future owner down the line. It would be a way of preserving the good deed even after you are gone.
Another great idea! All my machines (and I don't have THAT many) have back stories that are interesting, and I have been considering whether to document them in a blog.
The receipt was included. She bought it in 1986 for $440. In 1986 our family of 3 was getting by on less than $8000/year and that would have seemed like a princely sum to me.