Singer 301 on Craigs List, $260 - is this a good machine
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I would contact the seller and make an appointment to see the machine, bring a friend with you, not necessarily a quilter, just to be safe. Bring cash, and it you like it, offer $200.00, and then see if he will negotiate. Only have $200 in your pocket, and let him think that is all the cash you have. Give your friend $60, and borrow from that person to make up the difference. Negotiation is an art, and I have been on the selling end and have had it happen to me, and it works.
#14
If I lived closer, I would have bought it already. No question about the asking price.
You can walk into Walmart and pay $300 for a machine that is going to give you fits every day of its short life and end up in a landfill before you know it.
Or you can pay $260 for a classic machine that in all likelihood will need only cursory preventive maintenance and oiling to keep it sewing, trouble-free, for many, many years?
Take some fabric, thread and needles with you and see what the machine does. Inspect the electric systems, take a look at the included accessories and if you like it, buy it.
He's asking a very reasonable price for a machine in this beautiful a condition and recently serviced.
You can walk into Walmart and pay $300 for a machine that is going to give you fits every day of its short life and end up in a landfill before you know it.
Or you can pay $260 for a classic machine that in all likelihood will need only cursory preventive maintenance and oiling to keep it sewing, trouble-free, for many, many years?
Take some fabric, thread and needles with you and see what the machine does. Inspect the electric systems, take a look at the included accessories and if you like it, buy it.
He's asking a very reasonable price for a machine in this beautiful a condition and recently serviced.
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