$10 sewing machine!
 

So I seen someone selling a kenmore 385 sewing machine for $10 online locally... They said it didn't work... So I figured for $10 be it....... Brought it home...adjusted all the tensions and it works GREAT! No it is nothing fancy. Just basic machine, but for $10 I was happy! Had to share :)

Great find!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great find! Post a picture!!

Lucky find!

Congrats on your find, and happy sewing!

You certainly got the bargain of the day. Enjoy!

great deal. perhaps it was someone like me. when something gives me fits, i give it away. clears my mind! no more stress.

Great find, enjoy the kenmore.

Wooo Hooo!!!!

Yippee! $10 well spent!!!

Good for you! I got a kenmore for $35 and its now my favorite machine. Well done!

Wow, Good for you. nice bargin

Wow! That is awesome! Congratulations! I'll bet it really made you feel great to know that you were able to adjust the tensions and to get it sewing again.

Great find! What a bargain.:thumbup:

Awesome! I am green with envy :)

WOW!!! Great buy. Congrats.

Great find, so glad you got it. Enjoy!!!

Wow. What a treasure! What a great bargain.!

Isn't it just like our throwaway society for someone to get rid of a machine rather than put just a little effort into it? Good for you for turning a potential dumpster denizen into a happy, useful machine. Enjoy!

Great deal! Enjoy your machine.

Wonderful. So glad the machine was rescued and has a new home.

Great find. Some times thats all it takes to get a sewing machine working.

Kenmores aren't being made anymore. Loved your deal!

I bought a Kenmore for $5 at a second hand store, but didn't have a chance to use it when the store called me and asked me if I was willing to sell it to another gal who needed a machine to sew something special on and didn't want to ruin her machine, so I said 'yes'. She came with thread and fabric and I said for $5 she couldn't try it out. I turned it on and let her look at it sew only that way. I told her that's how I bought it and if she wanted a $5 machine, that is how she would get it. If she wanted to waste my time, I wanted $20. So she paid $5. She told the second hand store it ran beautifully for her and she received a bargain from me. I'm glad she bought it for $5. I was busy that day and didn't have a half an hour for her to to waste trying all the stitches. And $5 isn't too much to lose if the machine didn't work. I showed her that it sewed without thread. I know there is a difference, but I didn't have the time.

Good going, I have a Kenmore from late 70's and it is a really sturdy machine, not too many stitches bur has sewn with little problem for 30+ years. Now I am adicted to vintage, but have all I can have at this time. Enjoy her and post a picture.

A working sewing machine for ten bucks?????
What a great deal!!
Go buy a lotery ticket!!

Great deal! I have an old ken more I bought at a garage sale for 5.00, cleaned it up and it's stil going strong.

bet you are glad you saw that deal~

I'd say you got a real bargain. Congratulations.

awesome !!!!!! Love a good bargain .. congrats !!

That's wonderful!

Nice! I do it all the time at estate sales. The sewing machines are always the last to go. So wait til the last day, hunt out the ones that have lots of attachments and the original manuals, clean them up and sell them on eBay! I generally make $50-100 each! Want my big tip? Advertise the older ones as "Heavy duty" and put a picture of a few layers of denim that you've stitched. When I started doing that, I added $20-50 of profit to every machine! And it's not false advertising-it's GOOD advertising!

I know what you mean, my pfaff 1222 has died and the day it did I looked on craigs list and wow top of the page a 1222 pfaff for $20.00 needs repair. Had my daughter pick it up that day and brought it home to me. Cleaned and oiled it threaded it up no problems sews great and I am such a happy camper. Enjoy your find.

Awesome!! Happy sewing.

I use to sell books on Ebay, first editions and out of print hard to find books. This was before the yard sellers and thrift stores got smart and checked Ebay for the going price. I would buy the book for a $1 or two and sale it for hundreds. My best sale was over $800 for a book I bought at a yard sale in excellent condition for .25. I don't do it anymore, it's too much work to keep track and I don't need or want a job. The rare books are harder to find but I still keep my eye out when I go to estate sales and thrift shops. I give the books I find to a group that resells for the children's hospital here.

Don't ya love it when you find an awesome bargain like that!! I was at a yard sale a couple summers ago and saw a machine in a cabinet and bench. I asked if it was for sale and they said yes, that it was $10 because it didn't work. I bought it and took it home. It was a Singer Rocketeer and it did work!! It is my most favorite find of all.

The maintenance man at the school where I work buys storage units and sells the contents. He has a standing order from me for any sewing machines he finds! I got my last Kenmore (my favorite brand) from him for $20!

Good for you!

That is great! I'd a done the same thing...and then had it ready for my 6 yo grand daughter to use. She is my new quiilting buddy. I plan to watch yard sales this year and get her one. Hope I can get a deal like yours!