Originally Posted by
OurWorkbench
I went back to college as a non-traditional student about twenty years ago. I'm guessing that if they still sell textbooks, that you may only be able to buy one, maybe two used books for what you will probably able to get for the sewing machine.
I, also, was a non-trad a couple decades ago. Then, I could pay for tuition and books with a Pell grant. I talked to a friend yesterday in a local "community" college (I don't think they use that term now). One loose-leaf textbook ("to make it cheaper"), with the online access code, was $388! Most clean and functional vintage machines around here sell for $60 to $100 unless they are one of the "collector" machines (FW, Bernina, a few others). My whole collection wouldn't pay for a semester of books!