Someone please go rescue this baby in Ohio
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Location: Westerville, Ohio
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Someone please go rescue this baby in Ohio
Ok, went to Ohio Thrift Store on Cleveland Ave in Columbus, Ohio and they have an old White Treadle machine for $40.00 She is back in the used furniture area---she will need a tiny bit of TLC but is in pretty good shape for her age. Hubby said that the belt is good and the handwheel moves. She does need cleaned up and polished. I would love to own her, but just cannot afford to get her---just got diagnosed with mild glaucoma and the medicine is expensive--so it is what it is. Please someone go get her----I would feel so much better if she found a loving home.
If you do, pm me and let me see how she looks when she is all jazzed up.
If you do, pm me and let me see how she looks when she is all jazzed up.
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Sounds like you found a nice machine - maybe you can get it when they have a 50% sale - you should ask when the next sale is or if they will give it to you cheaper. Take a load of things that you don't want to donate - sometimes thrifts give out coupons for donors for discounts off of in store purchases. Hope you can manage to get it.
I wish our thrift stores here would realize what some of the current prices are for older machines. If they have an older one, they think that they have a pot of gold and ask for high $ - OBW they sit there forever until someone makes an offer or there is a sale. The Sally Ann here has a White treadle head for sale in their glass display cabinet - it is very rusty, few decals left and missing parts - price $95.
I wish our thrift stores here would realize what some of the current prices are for older machines. If they have an older one, they think that they have a pot of gold and ask for high $ - OBW they sit there forever until someone makes an offer or there is a sale. The Sally Ann here has a White treadle head for sale in their glass display cabinet - it is very rusty, few decals left and missing parts - price $95.
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Sounds like you found a nice machine - maybe you can get it when they have a 50% sale - you should ask when the next sale is or if they will give it to you cheaper. Take a load of things that you don't want to donate - sometimes thrifts give out coupons for donors for discounts off of in store purchases. Hope you can manage to get it.
I wish our thrift stores here would realize what some of the current prices are for older machines. If they have an older one, they think that they have a pot of gold and ask for high $ - OBW they sit there forever until someone makes an offer or there is a sale. The Sally Ann here has a White treadle head for sale in their glass display cabinet - it is very rusty, few decals left and missing parts - price $95.
I wish our thrift stores here would realize what some of the current prices are for older machines. If they have an older one, they think that they have a pot of gold and ask for high $ - OBW they sit there forever until someone makes an offer or there is a sale. The Sally Ann here has a White treadle head for sale in their glass display cabinet - it is very rusty, few decals left and missing parts - price $95.
Rodney
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Millville, NJ
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Sorry to hear of your troubles and Best Wishes. $40 is pretty reasonable for a treadle in not terrible shape. I fear much cheaper and the repurposers will get ahold of it. Sometimes if things are gotten too inexpensive they tend not to be valued as highly as they should.
Jon
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