Lending out your sewing machine.
#91
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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My mother taught me that you should never borrow something that you couldn't afford to replace if you broke it. And if you could afford to replace it, buy it in the first place. So no, I would have to be really careful about loaning it. I use to loan my pressure canner to a friend ( like every canning season) but when I needed to replace the rubber ring and some other stuff they wouldn't help with the cost so I said no more.
#94
My experience with lending anything is that if you get it back at all, you usually have to ask for it, and it doesn't always come back to you in the shape it was before you lent it. If it is broken, the borrower never replaces it or has it fixed properly. I have found that someone who doesn't care enough to spend their hard earned money to buy something, is not going to value something they can borrow for free. If I need something, I go buy it or do without. I no longer lend anything. If I am not willing to give it to that person, then I am not willing to lend it. That would certainly go for my machine.
#95
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 233
I don't even like my daughter to use my machine cause it NEVER is like I had it set. I was in a hurry one day to finish up some lab coats for a pharmacy and after doing miles of top stitching I saw the bobbin thread had been changed to a pale blue which my sorry eyes did not discern until I was almost finished. She learned about the wrath...... Pale blue may as well be brown on a sparkling white garment. Never again.
#96
My niece loaned her Bernina and it cost her $79.00 because the lady used the wrong brand needle and threw the timing off. The worst part is she did not even tell her when she returned it. The repairman showed my niece the singer needle. I would be very hesitant to loan my machine unless the person had the same model I was loaning and took care of her machines...cleaning, oiling, changing needles, etc.
#97
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,666
My niece loaned her Bernina and it cost her $79.00 because the lady used the wrong brand needle and threw the timing off. The worst part is she did not even tell her when she returned it. The repairman showed my niece the singer needle. I would be very hesitant to loan my machine unless the person had the same model I was loaning and took care of her machines...cleaning, oiling, changing needles, etc.
#99
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, BC
Posts: 25
NO NO NO! Many years ago I had a beautiful sleek Necchi sewing machine. Foolishly I lent it to a "friend" for a "few" days. When I finally got it back months later it was totally wrecked! I did not even receive a "thankyou"!
#100
You are correct. I could see if it was a needle for a 206x1, maybe, but a regular 15x1, no. I suspect that the repairman was on a witch hunt. One of the LSMG here is like that.
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