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Old 01-16-2013, 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane View Post
For a hundred beans though... I'd be pretty hesitant to make it a parts machine. Geez, I had a hard time selling a pristine inside and out 403 with cabinet for less than that. I wonder how long since it's been used if t looks like that.
I didn't see a price on it - yeah - $20 max for that one...

A 403 should go for a lot more than $100 if it has all the disks and attachments and a nice cabinet - it is a so much better machine than a 401. The 403 is my go to machine... and I have better machines... LOL
I don't know if you saw it but we did a discussion of the differences between the 503 and the 500 but it would be the same differences for the 401 and the 403. Link: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t160607.html
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Old 01-16-2013, 04:54 AM
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I wonder who 'appraised' this one....
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/atq/3548224556.html
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Old 01-16-2013, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by makitmama View Post
I wonder who 'appraised' this one....
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/atq/3548224556.html
Perhaps the location has something to do with their "misconception" of historic value....
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:00 AM
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Thought you might like to see a few from Georgia

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/atq/3542634731.html

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/atq/3527049817.html

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/atq/3511319579.html

Isn't this a tad high for a FW? http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/atq/3520386870.html

And I know this one isn't antique, but really???? I paid around $200 or so for mine
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/hsh/3482081444.html
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:46 AM
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[QUOTE=Minerva1;5790313]http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/atq/3527049817.html

forgive the indelicacy, but her grandmother pasted away.... is this what happens to scrapbookers?
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by miriam View Post
I didn't see a price on it - yeah - $20 max for that one...

A 403 should go for a lot more than $100 if it has all the disks and attachments and a nice cabinet - it is a so much better machine than a 401. The 403 is my go to machine... and I have better machines... LOL
I don't know if you saw it but we did a discussion of the differences between the 503 and the 500 but it would be the same differences for the 401 and the 403. Link: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t160607.html
I think I did see that thread a while back. I've been mostly using the 411G (found a spare) and the FWs. I just need a good stretch stitch machine now, which isn't a vintage one by definition. Have a great one here, but it's spoken for.

Sorry, I should have linked to the Ad, I forgot all I showed was the photos, and the site doesn't "back up" to the ad well.

I sat on the 403 for months before I took $95 for it. That was this summer, and I have seen prices rising. Since then, I've seen 401s but no 403s or 503s for sale at the same price as this one, and better shape, but nothing I would call great shape. Nothing like what they look like when I'm done with them (I spend a lot of time on curb appeal as well as the mechanical, because I know how it looks makes a big difference to whether anyone wants to come see it) They sit a long time though. No one here seems to appreciate the good machines, they just want the "cheap" ones. DH says his grandpa used to say: they know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:58 AM
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[QUOTE=SteveH;5790428]
Originally Posted by Minerva1 View Post
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/atq/3527049817.html

forgive the indelicacy, but her grandmother pasted away.... is this what happens to scrapbookers?
I saw that too. I admit it, I giggled a little.
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Old 01-16-2013, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Minerva1 View Post
I love how the first one is in it's original cabinet...but its a Singer in a Davis cabinet. I'm 150% certain THAT combination never walked out of a store as a new purchase.
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Old 01-16-2013, 05:46 PM
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Don't all go running after this one at once! We can draw straws or something to see who gets to take this deal home: http://nashville.craigslist.org/atq/3446517782.html
then I saw this one: http://nashville.craigslist.org/atq/3465928312.html
But I think this one is the one my husband wants me to get: http://nashville.craigslist.org/bar/3527435594.html
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Old 01-16-2013, 06:16 PM
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Don't all go running after this one at once! We can draw straws or something to see who gets to take this deal home: http://nashville.craigslist.org/atq/3446517782.html
then I saw this one: http://nashville.craigslist.org/atq/3465928312.html
Sometimes don't you wish you could meet these people just to smack them upside the head???
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