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Passed on an older machine - comments?

Old 07-23-2011, 10:18 AM
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I have no pictures to post, but I thought I'd ask about what I passed on today. It was a New Home machine in a Queen Anne cabinet. The cabinet was pristine, as was the machine itself; there was a good deal of wear on the bed decal. It also had a decal on the post(? - left side of machine) facing the needle that had reference to "world exposition." The machine appeared to be very similar to my Singer 15 "clone," but was a strange olive-brown color. It was electric with a .7 amp motor.

Since it didn't look like my Compac would fit in the cabinet, and I have a good machine very similar to this one, I passed. The price was $50, but they marked it down to $35. Kimberly kept asking if I wanted it, but it would be a duplicate and we'd have to find a place to keep it, so we left it there. I wish I had thought to snap a couple of pics with my cell phone.

Anybody have any comments on this machine?

Thanks,

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Old 07-23-2011, 10:22 AM
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Personally, I probably would have gotten it, just for the cabinet. LOL
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Old 07-23-2011, 10:29 AM
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If you already have one and have no room for it, you did good. It's only a "bargain" if it's something you need or want. Now you can spend the money you saved on fabric instead
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Old 07-23-2011, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by sewmary
If you already have one and have no room for it, you did good. It's only a "bargain" if it's something you need or want. Now you can spend the money you saved on fabric instead
So true.
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Old 07-23-2011, 11:02 AM
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I was crusing e-bay so did a search. This is the machine:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-COLLECTA...item27bcbf514e

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Old 07-23-2011, 11:10 AM
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if I could get a working machine in a cabinet for $35, I would do so, even if just to resell it.

I am amused by the minimalist approach taken by the ebay seller. They could not figure out how to do a bit of sewing with a scrap of cloth, so they could say, it makes a good stitch? I would not pay $60 for "the needle goes up and down".
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Old 07-23-2011, 11:15 AM
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If it didn't say, "Take me home", then you did right to pass.
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