Why do I almost feel like I have 'stolen' this?
09-27-2011, 07:22 AM
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Ok, here’s how it went. This was listed on CL. When I called about it, the lady said I could come look at it if I wanted to. Told the DH….road trip! Her house was about an hour away, through Oklahoma City.
When we got there…there she was sitting in the garage(the machine, not the lady). She was plugged in and ran like a dream. Everything was there. Ask the lady how much she wanted for it and she said that it was part of an estate sale and they were taking ‘bids’ on it and they were going to run the ad for a couple of weeks. Sooo, I put in a bid and told her if anyone bid higher, then please let me know.
Two weeks dragged by and I finally called her last Saturday. She said I had ‘won.’ Yeah!!!!
DH and I went over and picked up this lovely machine.
Now for the good part. Got her into the living room and started giving her the once over.
Yes, she is a Singer 301A in the cabinet!! Push a lever(seen in the left part of one picture and she pops out ready to go to that quilting class. And is so easy to just pop back in and fold up.
The bench came with her and was filled with…wait for it…all kinds of attachments! The zigzag attachment has cams that make different kinds of zigzags(see sample in photo) All kinds of other attachments. Needles of all kinds, a box of buttons, hemming tapes, zippers, a small embroidery hoop and lots of other ‘stuff.’
Then I got to looking at the cabinet itself and there was a knee attachment!! By now I a hyperventilating, open the middle drawer and there are 8 bobbins! And I got all of this for .. tada ..$100.00!!! That is why I consider this “The steal of the day!” Hope you won’t think to badly of me if I don’t run back over there and give the nice lady more money. HaHa.
When we got there…there she was sitting in the garage(the machine, not the lady). She was plugged in and ran like a dream. Everything was there. Ask the lady how much she wanted for it and she said that it was part of an estate sale and they were taking ‘bids’ on it and they were going to run the ad for a couple of weeks. Sooo, I put in a bid and told her if anyone bid higher, then please let me know.
Two weeks dragged by and I finally called her last Saturday. She said I had ‘won.’ Yeah!!!!
DH and I went over and picked up this lovely machine.
Now for the good part. Got her into the living room and started giving her the once over.
Yes, she is a Singer 301A in the cabinet!! Push a lever(seen in the left part of one picture and she pops out ready to go to that quilting class. And is so easy to just pop back in and fold up.
The bench came with her and was filled with…wait for it…all kinds of attachments! The zigzag attachment has cams that make different kinds of zigzags(see sample in photo) All kinds of other attachments. Needles of all kinds, a box of buttons, hemming tapes, zippers, a small embroidery hoop and lots of other ‘stuff.’
Then I got to looking at the cabinet itself and there was a knee attachment!! By now I a hyperventilating, open the middle drawer and there are 8 bobbins! And I got all of this for .. tada ..$100.00!!! That is why I consider this “The steal of the day!” Hope you won’t think to badly of me if I don’t run back over there and give the nice lady more money. HaHa.
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