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05-31-2011, 07:08 AM
#21
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Oklahoma
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When my DH and I were looking for the machine he got me for by birthday one year, we looked and priced, finally at the antique store where we ended up getting the machine I now have, the owner said that so many machines were made that the market for them was not that high. I ended up getting my treadle for $68 and it is a long bobbin and great looking. I had thought about, at one time, getting the old machines and fixing them up and selling them. After talkiing to him and doing my research..decided not to.
05-31-2011, 07:17 AM
#22
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: In the boonies of So. Jersey
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Looks like they may have added an extra zero in the price and the estimate...hmmm...and I wonder who it was that they got the estimate from...it looks like a beautiful machine, but my purse strings coulodn't stretch that far... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Naomi
05-31-2011, 07:35 AM
#23
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,741
Frequently I want to email a CL seller and inform them that
1. their machine will not sell at their listed price
Or
2. what they have identified their machine to be is incorrect
But then, I figure they might figure it out on their own! LOL
There 'might' be someone who comes along and doesn't know anything, AND doesn't do any research and buy it for 'their' price. But, I doubt it. :-D
1. their machine will not sell at their listed price
Or
2. what they have identified their machine to be is incorrect
But then, I figure they might figure it out on their own! LOL
There 'might' be someone who comes along and doesn't know anything, AND doesn't do any research and buy it for 'their' price. But, I doubt it. :-D
05-31-2011, 07:36 AM
#24
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,741
Originally Posted by New Quilter
Looks like they may have added an extra zero in the price and the estimate...hmmm...and I wonder who it was that they got the estimate from...it looks like a beautiful machine, but my purse strings coulodn't stretch that far... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Naomi
05-31-2011, 08:39 AM
#27
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,741
Originally Posted by nancy59
I just purchased one from a Goodwill for $100. My cabinet is not as nice and will need refinished (good job for retired hubbie)
My question is do people use them?
My question is do people use them?
Look on this topic and you learn how many people use only vintage treadles...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43881-1.htm :-D
