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    Old 06-19-2014, 06:40 PM
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    Originally Posted by SteveH
    Love the center bed decal. Neat flower.
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    Old 06-20-2014, 02:44 PM
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    Originally Posted by amcatanzaro
    This just hurts. My sewing newbie friend Hazel lives in Adelaide and I sent the link to her. She filled her car with vintage and antique sewing machines and he wanted $30. "I also bought an old Wertheim hand crank for $2. All the decals have worn off but it's a nice machine." She followed this up with photos of these machines. I can't post them (every time I look I get a bit teary but the machines were in really nice condition).
    Last night she wrote "After saying to the chap that I would contact you to see if you were interested in any I rang him up today and he had taken the rest to the scrap metal yard!!! He had told me he would keep it all for a another couple of weeks. I was disappointed as I was going to buy a few more."

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    Old 06-20-2014, 04:05 PM
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    So sorry you missed out!
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    Old 06-20-2014, 05:53 PM
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    Originally Posted by Monroe
    So sorry you missed out!
    My GF isn't
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    Old 06-21-2014, 04:19 AM
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    http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/4519324370.html

    Hyperbole alert.
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    Old 06-21-2014, 04:27 AM
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    Originally Posted by mlmack
    "It works Perfect I have no idea how to use it" HMMMMMMMM
    It was likely a $29 machine when it was new - grandma was an astute investor of course.
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    Old 06-21-2014, 04:40 AM
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    Originally Posted by manicmike
    This just hurts. My sewing newbie friend Hazel lives in Adelaide and I sent the link to her. She filled her car with vintage and antique sewing machines and he wanted $30. "I also bought an old Wertheim hand crank for $2. All the decals have worn off but it's a nice machine." She followed this up with photos of these machines. I can't post them (every time I look I get a bit teary but the machines were in really nice condition).
    Last night she wrote "After saying to the chap that I would contact you to see if you were interested in any I rang him up today and he had taken the rest to the scrap metal yard!!! He had told me he would keep it all for a another couple of weeks. I was disappointed as I was going to buy a few more."

    Okay, just a thought, but can you find out where he took them and see if you can retrieve them from the dump? Might be worth asking.
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    Old 06-21-2014, 06:02 AM
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    Originally Posted by QuiltFaerie
    Okay, just a thought, but can you find out where he took them and see if you can retrieve them from the dump? Might be worth asking.
    Might be worth it if it weren't in Adelaide (which is 600 miles away). It wasn't even worth the drive before he threw them away!
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    Old 06-23-2014, 12:31 PM
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    http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/wan/4534869660.html
    Monogram????????
    I wonder if they want one with out a cord?

    http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/atq/4534543329.html

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    Old 06-23-2014, 12:43 PM
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    Monogram? My sewing projects are readily identifiable with out one, probably even in the dark
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