Members cantu59 Posted November 25, 2015 Members Report Posted November 25, 2015 Ken, Sent you a message. Thanks! I didn't look real close at the leather bundles. Lot 82 was in the basement and I wasn't sure how long it had been down there. Lot 245 was in a small room behind some sewing machines and carts which made it very hard to get to. It looked to be in decent shape but I wasn't able to dig through the pile to see if I could use any of it.
Uwe Posted September 1, 2016 Report Posted September 1, 2016 The Singer 97-10 with a winning auction bid of $367.09 is now available on Ebay for $3,589.49 Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
MADMAX22 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Posted September 1, 2016 A shame too, its been on there for atleast 6 months, probably since they picked it up. Will probably sit there and rust away while they try and make a killing on it. Nice looking machine.
Members Ken G Posted September 1, 2016 Members Report Posted September 1, 2016 They also bought the Puritan chain stitch machine at the same auction for around $100.00 Both showed up on Ebay within a couple weeks of the auction with list prices of $5000-$6000. I would have bought them both if I had somewhere to put them at the time. I did end up with a box of parts to some old machines with quite a few parts for the Puritan machine.
Members JMWendt Posted September 2, 2016 Members Report Posted September 2, 2016 So I don't get it. Are we complaining about folks turning opportunity into cash flow, or are we bitter because we didn't take the initiative ourselves? Listing on ebay is free, so they have a great opportunity to let it sit out there until someone who needs the machine and can afford it at the price they're asking. Sounds like good old American ingenuity and good business sense to me. I'm sure if you still want the machine(s), you could contact them and offer double what they paid and they would take it. They're just looking to make some profit. Double the money now is better than an imaginary ten-x the money in a year.
Uwe Posted September 2, 2016 Report Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Not complaining, just documenting facts. The seller may need the money to pay off the medical bills for back injuries sustained while trying to move the monster. Edited September 2, 2016 by Uwe Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
Members JMWendt Posted September 6, 2016 Members Report Posted September 6, 2016 On 9/2/2016 at 7:34 AM, Uwe said: Not complaining, just documenting facts. The seller may need the money to pay off the medical bills for back injuries sustained while trying to move the monster. No doubt. Or they're having to pay storage on the thing. Needs its own garage space.
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