Featherweight machines holding value
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Featherweight machines holding value
It appears some Featherweights are still holding their value. A booth at the quilt show in Maine had two for sale for $450. I'd love to get my money back on the one I bought for around that price.
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did they sell them at that price? From watching on eBay the last several years, they are holding around $250-$300 unserviced. Fully cleaned and serviced adds around $100 to the cost, but many people won't pay that because they can clean and service them themselves.
However if a person with $$$ that never goes on eBay decides they want one, dropping $450 is nothing.
However if a person with $$$ that never goes on eBay decides they want one, dropping $450 is nothing.
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My take on it is where there's a seat, someone will sit in it eventually, whether they have good sense or not. I held out and mine found me for $50 and I know people who have gotten theirs for less than that.
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Yes, the gentleman that found mine for me only wanted $25. I paid him $40. Proviso was that I was not planning to re-sell...and I haven't. It's a great machine for classes and travel. Good deals CAN be had if you are willing to be patient.
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I REALLY do not see what is so special about them. They are not light to carry around and a couple of the gals bring them to quilt guild and usually have problems with them, they seem to be tempermental
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I guess it is a matter of personal preference. I have two and while it took me a long time to find them I didn't pay all that much. $150 and $40. Neither one is temperamental. I have to remember to hold the thread tails when I start sewing but they are great to take to a class or sew-in at the quilt store. I can clean and oil them myself.
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Funny thing about finding a Featherweight, I held out for a very long time wanting to find one at a garage sale for $25 like several of my other friends did. Never did find one like that - unfortunately. Then I went on this site:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/sewing/singer
and bought one on EBay for $225 (including the shipping cost). A few years later, I bought my next one at an estate sale for $95; and the next two I bought from the same lady who was "just tired of having so many sewing machines," for $50 each.
To me, the moral of the story is that once you have one, the others just follow as easy as pie. I don't know why that is. I gave one of them to my friend and I still have 3. One I keep in my car at all times to take to classes and to the senior center where I sew on Tuesdays. One I use at home and the other one is my spare.
I am not planning on selling any of them, I just love them so much. Their stitch is perfect, I can clean and service them myself (for the most part) and just one more strange thing, when I am sitting in front of them and sewing, I don't feel like I have a big behemoth in front of my face. I know that sounds strange, but the Featherweight just seems so dainty.
Yes, I am in love.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/sewing/singer
and bought one on EBay for $225 (including the shipping cost). A few years later, I bought my next one at an estate sale for $95; and the next two I bought from the same lady who was "just tired of having so many sewing machines," for $50 each.
To me, the moral of the story is that once you have one, the others just follow as easy as pie. I don't know why that is. I gave one of them to my friend and I still have 3. One I keep in my car at all times to take to classes and to the senior center where I sew on Tuesdays. One I use at home and the other one is my spare.
I am not planning on selling any of them, I just love them so much. Their stitch is perfect, I can clean and service them myself (for the most part) and just one more strange thing, when I am sitting in front of them and sewing, I don't feel like I have a big behemoth in front of my face. I know that sounds strange, but the Featherweight just seems so dainty.
Yes, I am in love.
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