CRO

I have a chance to buy this machine for $300 used with no attachments. I own a Janome now so mine would work. I have wanted to upgrade but can't afford much more than this. Owner got it at a flea market and said she used it and it worked great. Is there anything I need to worry about with this machine? Thanks for any input.

bearisgray

brand and model number?

I recommend trying it out before buying it.

mermaid

Did you forget to tell us what kind of machine?

CRO

Well that was dumb!! LOL

http://www.sewingmachinesplus.com/janome-MC4900QC.php

I can't try it as it is in Canada.

Prism99

Looks to me as if the harp size is small (area under the arm), which means it will be difficult to stuff a large quilt through when quilting. I didn't find a lot of reviews of this specific model, but here are some links to comments I found online:
http://sewing.patternreview.com/Sewi.../topic/47012/1
http://sewing.about.com/u/sty/sewing...ner-Review.htm
http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and...0controls.aspx

I did a search on "completed listings" on eBay and found one that sold recently for $450:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...mplete=1&rt=nc

CRO

Thank you Prism. Off topic but how do you find completed listings. I hear it a lot but have never been ever to find it.

Prism99

Go to eBay and enter a search for whatever you are looking for. Once the page comes up with items, scan down the lefthand side of the screen. There will be several different categories of filters there. Under "Show only" you can click on the box for "completed items" and it will pull up only listings that have been completed. The items with a green price show items that were actually sold; the others will be items that were listed but not actually sold. I think they keep these for only the last 3 months or so.

CRO

Thank You!!

bearisgray

one has to be signed in to ebay before one can access completed listings

ManiacQuilter2

I would always want to test a DSM before buying it. Smaller harp doesn't impeded anyone's quilting ability. I quilted my queen size Best of Show winning quilt (my avatar) on my Bernina 1530 which has a slightly under 7". You just need great support for the quilt.