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Jennie and Me 10-11-2011 08:03 AM


Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

Originally Posted by Charlee
$649.00 with a trade in, $499.00

wow...for all that plastic...sigh...
would rather have a 301 long bed I think!

Exactly what I was thinking...no metal, cheap made, won't last. Gosh, we all sound like machine snobs! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Quiltbeagle 10-11-2011 08:19 AM

It might be a good running machine, but it's not visually attractive to me so I'd never buy one.

borntoquilt 10-11-2011 08:42 AM

"Flintstones meets the Jeffersons" look to me (tried to combine the look!) LOL !!!! How much are these things anyway?

Jingle 10-11-2011 09:11 AM

I think it is pretty, lots of people on this board are not in very good moods. If you don't like it don't buy it, being snotty is not required.

dixiechunk 10-11-2011 09:23 AM

It's all in the personal experience. I have an Alpha Sew that I bought a few years back when I first discovered "The" FW. It is nothing but a piece of ill-machined junk. Others like them, but I would not take money for another one.
As for the limited edition Singer. I'd prefer to play with one and then voice my opinion but with just a quick glance I'd pass.

Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

Originally Posted by clsurz
I have the Featherweight computerized machine and love it. It also has several stitches that can be used with it. HSN was selling it for $499 or some such amount and I bought it at JoAnn's online few months ago for $230 and I wouldn't trade it in for anything. This little machine is a workhorse and amazingly the only thing plastic on it is the case. Everything else is metal.

interesting info for sure...wonder why they made a cheap looking plastic case for it..when the ALPHA sew replica is metal??


jljack 10-11-2011 09:30 AM

I don't know if I like it....still thinking on it!!

Jennie and Me 10-11-2011 10:05 AM

Janice, tell you what, you buy the new one and I'll take the one in your avitar off your hands!! Sounds like a deal to me! :thumbup:

Stitchit123 10-11-2011 11:24 AM


Originally Posted by Maia B
I would love to buy a great commemorative edition Singer, but this doesn't appeal to me at all :( Price?

I hear that I don't like the look of it either

:thumbdown:

OKLAHOMA PEACH 10-11-2011 11:39 AM

don't like the plastic or the throat, but I think it cute, but wont be buying one, will stick to my older models. I do need a smaller portable one, I just keep on looking. Give me metal please, something that I can do minor repair or servicing and not have to take to an expert.

Debbie C 10-11-2011 12:03 PM

$646? Not in this lifetime, sorry. Love my 1948 baby


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