Have you purchased a machine on ebay....
#22
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Posts: 459
I purchased a used HQ16 longarm system on ebay! I didn't have a choice, living in an area where finding a used longarm is less likely than finding a diamond on the grass :-) I contacted the seller before bidding to check how she would take care of the shipping. I was happy with the answer. Also, she was a quilting studio owner who was just upgrading her system; living in a remote area, she had to use ebay to sell her machine. It`s the best purchase I made on ebay; the price was excellent, the shipping went well and I'm perfectly happy with the machine. It`s a risk worth taking if you take the time to check a bit the seller background and trust your instinct.
#25
I've purchased three machines on eBay. The first two were Featherweights... no problems with those transactions. The third was a Bernina 1630. I was having trouble getting my 1630 repaired and just wanted one that worked while the other one was in the shop for months.
I always check the feedback score of the seller. This seller had lots of excellent feedback, but I didn't notice at the time that most of those feedbacks were for items that she purchased, not sold.
She was selling a stripped down 1630 that only included one foot and no hard case. That was fine with me since I already owned plenty of feet and had a hard case. The price with shipping was $361.47. It arrived professionally packaged. I wanted to have a maintenance done on it before using since I didn't know the last time it was done. The repairs that maintenance revealed cost me $575.00.
I could have returned it through eBay's guaranteed which would have included the shipping cost to me. Unfortunately, I would still have to pay about $200 for the maintenance and return shipping to the seller. I wasn't willing to spend $200 and end up with no machine at all. I had it fixed. That stripped down machine ended up costing me $936.47.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I notified the seller that I was going to leave negative feedback. I didn't hear anything from her for over a week. I left the negative feedback and heard nothing more for a month. She then contacted me and called me every bad name in the book. Apparently, she felt that she was the injured party. Shakes head...
I always check the feedback score of the seller. This seller had lots of excellent feedback, but I didn't notice at the time that most of those feedbacks were for items that she purchased, not sold.
She was selling a stripped down 1630 that only included one foot and no hard case. That was fine with me since I already owned plenty of feet and had a hard case. The price with shipping was $361.47. It arrived professionally packaged. I wanted to have a maintenance done on it before using since I didn't know the last time it was done. The repairs that maintenance revealed cost me $575.00.
I could have returned it through eBay's guaranteed which would have included the shipping cost to me. Unfortunately, I would still have to pay about $200 for the maintenance and return shipping to the seller. I wasn't willing to spend $200 and end up with no machine at all. I had it fixed. That stripped down machine ended up costing me $936.47.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I notified the seller that I was going to leave negative feedback. I didn't hear anything from her for over a week. I left the negative feedback and heard nothing more for a month. She then contacted me and called me every bad name in the book. Apparently, she felt that she was the injured party. Shakes head...
#26
I've purchased two machines on ebay. One sewing and one embroidery machine. Never had a problem with either. I also sell on ebay. As with other advice, check the seller's feedback. I wouldn't buy from anyone with less than 97%.
#27
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern, Utah
Posts: 973
I have bought a couple on Ebay, one was good and the other poorly packaged and the bottom of the box fell out amd the machine did too. I have contacted the seller and they are going through their insurance. Takes forever, but they are working with me. I do know however that if they don't resolve it I can contact pay pal and they will.
#29
I have purchased 5 sewing machines on ebay without a problem 2 featherweights one for me and one for daughter both very good and also 3 Pfaffs 2 for friends one was 1470 and one a 7510 both people very happy with their machines just this past Christmas a Pfaff 7550 and she loves it I always read feed back very carefully and also ask seller questions and I have delt with some very nice people but all of them has also offered a 30 day warranty and they were all packed very good so I would not worry about it just check and see if the seller will answer your questions
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