I'm getting old. I have no idea why I posted this in "Giggles"!!!!! :shock:

Getting old isn't for people without a sense of humor...

Hey - come on - it's "Very Cool!!" Who wouldn't pay for very cool???

I don't think I have ever paid $325 for anything that was "very cool" and I do like very cool things!!!!

Just to be clear I was being sarcastic lol. As a selling point very cool is not high on the list of attributes I would list when trying to sell something.

I know! I, unlike Sheldon Cooper of the Big Bang Theory show, get sarcasm! It is interesting what some people think will help sell their items at any price! Have you ever seen the show Flea Market Flip? People make some pretty ugly things and then price them at hundreds of dollars!

Ads like this always gets me going. http://rockford.craigslist.org/atq/3793212942.html If you don't have a picture of what you are selling, don't post a picture. A picture shows condition and a lot more.:mad:
~G~

I don't understand posting a picture that is similar to what you have but completely different

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/3858091118.html - Not buying at this price
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/3837959424.html - not buying this one either
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/3805005885.html - despite this awful picture, I'd consider this one. Only one issue - DH!!!!!

Chris

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/atq/3868323797.html - It's actually the prettiest table i've seen in a while...

Knock Knock, auntpiggy? - Knock Knock, auntpiggy? - Knock Knock, auntpiggy? I love Big Bang lol. I have never seen Flea Market Flip - sounds interesting - funny how people think isn't it?

Huge BBT fan! We named our rescue shepherd Sheldon Cooper and we call him Cooper.

That is divine! Wow - anyone nearby going to snap that up? - I would!!

What even nicer about the cabinet is the flip up back flap to make a larger sewing space.

http://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/atq/3830026885.html
for the money I would want the light to work, too. LOL Looks just like one I sold for about $50 a while back. Maybe I need to raise prices...

I saw a ton of good deals in Cincinnati - wow - too bad gas is $4.25 a gallon.

For that price, I'd expect it to make me breakfast in bed!! I can't sell them for more than $50 here either, but then I can't sell a fully serviced, extremely clean 301 with full demo (for some reason, most of the people who buy machines from me want me to teach them to sew too) for $100 either.

I know. Nobody wants to pay for a decent machine. They will go to WM and get some plastic wonder though. WM won't show them how to work it. I'm thinking about just giving up and offering one free sewing lesson with purchase of 3 lessons or something dumb. I hate selling machines knowing they don't know what they are doing. Example: very pregnant lady with 2 kids shows up and wants to buy a vintage machine because they are better. I spent a bit of time trying to show her how to use it. Her kids were bouncing around so I'm not sure she got it. Anyway when we put it in her car she handed me two plastic wonder sewing machines. Nope she didn't want them and she was leaving before I could look them over... OKay..... Well, I set them aside figuring they were a lost cause - I don't love plastic wonders any more than I like the creepy godzilla machines... My sister was just here for a visit and she started looking them over and low and behold both machines had the needles in backwards. That was it. I feel bad - I don't have her phone number.... I would love to give them back. Now how is that vintage machine going to work if she puts the needle in backwards? I'm also having to bring my self to look at the dumb plastic wonders with an eye for user error - maybe get past my plastic wonder phobia.

Oh that is a lovely machine - wish I lived out that way. Now I can't stop singing "Do you know the way to San Jose" in my head. ;)

Miriam, the clipper ship of my collection is a 201 bought for $0.99 because it would not "make a stitch." Turned the needle around and I'll be damned. Made the prettiest, quietest stitch I'd ever seen or heard to that point. It is now the old lady of my collection. (Sorry to be off topic. But it did make me "Giggle.")

I think a lot of the plastic wonders would sew "OK" with a lot of us "vintage" (machine) people operating them. It's the people who think they'll just be able to sew well out of the box. Those machines need tweaking too, but nobody thinks they do because they're "new".

The other issue I find is "tension" - as in "it sewed great til I started having tension issues". 9 times out of 10, it's not a physical issue...

Oh goodness, this is tempting but the price isn't. LOL http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINGER-Slant...item1e7bb34a8c

To clean one up and make it work correctly is worth about that much but I never see it.

I posted this before - http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/atq/3868323797.html

If folks would want this picked up and/or shipped.... I am willing.

I already emailed the owner telling them that if they could not sell it please email me before doing something stupid with it.... (worded nicer of course)

If I could afford the shipping I would buy that one in a heartbeat. :)

Archaic, you are sew right. My spouse, mother, etc. always said to leave their SM alone, it is set and don't bother it. Recently, I got interest out of necessity and found it's like other things, if one understands the principal there is no mystery and with any complete, clean machine I can make a stitch. Even the principal of threading can be logically understood. However, without the logic any machine will be a challenge. A good straight stitcher will make a good stitch if the upper tension and lower tension are adjusted correctly and the feet feed the material. I use opposite colored threads to get tension adjusted. It hasn't failed yet. There is no mystery, but, I'm not telling anyone. Keeping it to myself and maybe some machines will follow me home like they do other forum members.:thumbup:

It looks a lot like this one I saw recently and I think it is just a little prettier than the one one Steve posted. I love the gate leg on it. I bet the Quilters would appreciate that feature and it is in pristine shape except for the one flaw on the top. It even has wheels!
~G~
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/atq/3855941106.html

Yeah, it would be about $150....

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/atq/3870513958.html
looks like it has a broken nose

Thanks Grant. I have a cabinet exactly like the one in the link. I have often wondered who made it. It had a Belair 929 Deluxe ZZ machine mounted in it. As I remember I paid about $40 for it at GW.

Caroline, You got a beautiful cabinet and a good price on such a cabinet as this. If I had the room and the money, I would be on their doorstep. Does your Bel Air fit in it? It looks like a Kenmore would go in it pretty well to me from the pictures because of the square corners but not all that worthy of it in my opinion. None the case, I think it is gorgeous and looks functional too.
~G~

Miriam, It does! You could name it Rocky or Adrian.:D Poor thing.
~G~

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/for/3858475124.html
lol - I hate it when they want people to make an offer on crap like that... no doubt the offer would never be enough...

The one in front on the left looks like it might be in halfway decent shape. Not too sure about the others. And the wood on all of them is pretty sad.

Me too! What a great guy to offer to do that for someone. I hope someone who is nearby and appreciates it gets to buy it. I would love to have that cabinet and the machine is OK too. I have a White just waiting for its new cabinet home.

Me too, I think that is the prettiest table I have ever seen. had to correct my spelling.

What I meant to say was I would love to have the table but would not need the machine. However I can's afford to drive out to CA to get it.

The Belair was mounted in it. The opening had some "surgery" to make it fit. I will take some pictures later or go back and re-size the original pictures that were taken before the QB change.