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So, let me relate my shopgoodwill story. I bought a dozen machines over about 10 or 12 months. 6 arrived fine, 4 arrived damaged but repairable and 2 were destroyed. The individual stores DID make it right for the damaged/destroyed machines. The key was to have their original pictures, my pics of the damage and pics of the damaged box. It helps if you can get the carrier to note the damage. They were mostly nice about it, but the disappointment, hassle and 50% failure rate made it more trouble then it was worth. So, you covered all the bases, except that super secret place where you find all those great machines!!
Very informative and entertaining! In all my 30 years buying and selling, I never had a bad experience with shady people. On Craig's List, eBay, Shopgoodwill, Facebook, and online retailers, I never encountered any ugliness. The only unfortunate lesson was with eBay. I bought a machine that stunk like cigarettes and was coated in a stickiness, and eBay sided with the seller. Otherwise, sewing people are nice people! Thanks again, Sheree!
That 66k is hot garbage, worth maybe twenty five dollars if that, the case and base after restoration is worth fifty. Couple of things I can see missing, the spool pin on top, and there should be a bent wire on the tension assembly, unless you have a workshop full of parts those are actually the difference between making something a project and donating it as it's the little bits which are hard to find. As a machine it's not bad, I'd take a wild guess at it being 1920s as 1910s would have a back clamp foot, and you could easily get it going again with a new motor and cleaning with sewing machine oil the problem is that that you can buy a near mint condition one for thirty to fifty dollars.
The knee controller is hard to find in my neck of the woods and would get a premium. For that machine, in that condition, I'd probably only do $50 or so because every knee controller I've found needed to be rehabbed. Even in pristine condition, it'd be a hard sell in my area for more than a hundred bucks.
@@Doctor_Al you know what's sad, I wrote all that about guessing the age and could have just turned my head slightly to the identical 66k behind me. Zooming in and going all Agatha Christie it's a model 66 AB859??? October 25th 1927 which makes it having one of the first knee lifters it's only interesting feature. I may be alone in not minding the winder and tension assembly though, I've wasted so so much time fiddling with the tension mechanism on these vintage machines so I can get so number says four on cotton, when it really does not matter a jot what the number says so long as the tension is correct.
That is NOTA Brent wood case it is a BENT wood case as the wood is bent over the top and down front and back the process was quite special way of getting the wood to bend and form. Try watching a video on the Bent wood🎉process. Not the Brent wood
If you do a video on where to buy machine. But then say I’m not telling where I buy my machines because you may cut me out of a deal if you get there first
Thanks for watching. Please give this video a thumbs up and subscribe. Are there any great shops I haven't mentioned? *Since the time of this video, Mercari has stated they will no longer be offering local delivery.
So, let me relate my shopgoodwill story. I bought a dozen machines over about 10 or 12 months. 6 arrived fine, 4 arrived damaged but repairable and 2 were destroyed. The individual stores DID make it right for the damaged/destroyed machines. The key was to have their original pictures, my pics of the damage and pics of the damaged box. It helps if you can get the carrier to note the damage. They were mostly nice about it, but the disappointment, hassle and 50% failure rate made it more trouble then it was worth.
So, you covered all the bases, except that super secret place where you find all those great machines!!
I never thought of checking Habitat For Humanity for sewing machines. Good idea.
Very informative and entertaining! In all my 30 years buying and selling, I never had a bad experience with shady people. On Craig's List, eBay, Shopgoodwill, Facebook, and online retailers, I never encountered any ugliness. The only unfortunate lesson was with eBay. I bought a machine that stunk like cigarettes and was coated in a stickiness, and eBay sided with the seller. Otherwise, sewing people are nice people! Thanks again, Sheree!
That 66k is hot garbage, worth maybe twenty five dollars if that, the case and base after restoration is worth fifty. Couple of things I can see missing, the spool pin on top, and there should be a bent wire on the tension assembly, unless you have a workshop full of parts those are actually the difference between making something a project and donating it as it's the little bits which are hard to find. As a machine it's not bad, I'd take a wild guess at it being 1920s as 1910s would have a back clamp foot, and you could easily get it going again with a new motor and cleaning with sewing machine oil the problem is that that you can buy a near mint condition one for thirty to fifty dollars.
The knee controller is hard to find in my neck of the woods and would get a premium. For that machine, in that condition, I'd probably only do $50 or so because every knee controller I've found needed to be rehabbed. Even in pristine condition, it'd be a hard sell in my area for more than a hundred bucks.
@@Doctor_Al you know what's sad, I wrote all that about guessing the age and could have just turned my head slightly to the identical 66k behind me. Zooming in and going all Agatha Christie it's a model 66 AB859??? October 25th 1927 which makes it having one of the first knee lifters it's only interesting feature. I may be alone in not minding the winder and tension assembly though, I've wasted so so much time fiddling with the tension mechanism on these vintage machines so I can get so number says four on cotton, when it really does not matter a jot what the number says so long as the tension is correct.
That is NOTA Brent wood case it is a BENT wood case as the wood is bent over the top and down front and back the process was quite special way of getting the wood to bend and form. Try watching a video on the Bent wood🎉process. Not the Brent wood
Sewing machine plus?.??? 😅
If you do a video on where to buy machine. But then say I’m not telling where I buy my machines because you may cut me out of a deal if you get there first