I'm Going To Scrap My Machine Soon

[Constabulary]

I honestly cannot imagine that this machine is not repairable and / or Nick-O-Sew sent you a broke machine!!!

Take Eric´s (gottaknow) offer he is a sewing machine mechanic. You of course send the machine to someone you don´t know but since you can´t help your self this is probably the best idea - or you try another sewing machine mechanic or try to find a LW member in your era who can help you with it.

[electrathon]

I have watched Eric answer many peoples questions on here. He is nice guy and is one of the sewing machine masters here. His offer is very generous and a great way to get your machine working. Remember, just because you pay a local person a lot of money does not mean he knows what he is doing or that it will work after he is done. The one guy to not let you touch your machine is the one that told you thee BS about it is impossible to do it yourself.

[venator]

I'd love to take him up on it but $150 both directions (or more) plus fees, brokerage,mpossibly getting dinged with customs and duty again (they shouldn't for repair but it's happened in the past) etc in the hopes it can be fixed just doesn't work well. It might well be time to cut my losses but first I'll see if there's anybody out here who thinks they can fix it.

[SantaFeMarie]

Now I'm livid at Nick-O-Sew as it looks like they sold me a damaged and unrepairable machine though we will see when I take it to another tech and drop another few hundred dollars to see if a different person can fix it.

I realize that you enjoy venting. However, you said the machine worked great when you got it.

[venator]

I realize that you enjoy venting. However, you said the machine worked great when you got it.

It did which is why I was assuming initially the fault was mine. But now I've been told that there are parts missing and damaged that ive never touched, adjusted, or in many cases even seen it appears it might have been a case of hiding problems not fixing them.

This may not be true, I'm taking the first techs word on it so we shall see what the next tech says. I hope nick and the crew are innocent of any wrongdoing since they were great to deal with and I'll be the first to recommend them if they are.

I'm just reporting updates as I receive them.

[SantaFeMarie]

"they were great to deal with" but yet you've already impugned their reputation twice and now you are going for a third.

[gottaknow]

I'll be blunt and to the point here. I've been repairing industrial machines in a FACTORY, not a repair shop, since 1980. Sewing machine operators in a factory sew pedal to the metal all day. I don't have the option of not fixing a machine. The company I work for isn't just going to buy a different machine if I fail. Many mechanics who claim they fix industrials in fact work on home machines which are totally different, or work on just a few industrials a year. If you took your machine to be fixed and he couldn't fix it, there should be no charge.

I could honestly take your machine entirely apart, put it in a box and shake it up, then put it back together and get it sewing good. Whoever told you your machine can't be fixed is an idiot. Industrial machines are built to be repaired, plain and simple. I do this 40 hours a week, year 'round. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time. My offer stands.

Regards, Eric

[venator]

I'll be blunt and to the point here. I've been repairing industrial machines in a FACTORY, not a repair shop, since 1980. Sewing machine operators in a factory sew pedal to the metal all day. I don't have the option of not fixing a machine. The company I work for isn't just going to buy a different machine if I fail. Many mechanics who claim they fix industrials in fact work on home machines which are totally different, or work on just a few industrials a year. If you took your machine to be fixed and he couldn't fix it, there should be no charge.

I could honestly take your machine entirely apart, put it in a box and shake it up, then put it back together and get it sewing good. Whoever told you your machine can't be fixed is an idiot. Industrial machines are built to be repaired, plain and simple. I do this 40 hours a week, year 'round. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time. My offer stands.

Regards, Eric

Fire me the name of the place you got the shipping quote from and I probably will send it your way.

Also I've never met a mechanic of tech that didn't charge hourly for diagnostic time even if the diagnosis was "buggered". It's not his fault if it's unfixable, why should he be paid for his professional knowledge and time investigating it?

[gottaknow]

The quote was from UPS.com.

He can't fix it because he doesn't know how. That's not being a professional and his knowledge is worthless. My opinion of course.

Regards, Eric

[venator]

Well it's official, nobody in Edmonton will fix it.

Eric it looks like if I can find a reasonable price on shipping it's headed your way. Best I've found is $425 each way though so at that price Id do better to save my money for a new one. Thoughts folks on shipping?