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Brsis · 11-20-2010, 05:13 AM

If you get a good machine, it will last you a lifetime and do EVERYTHING - so I think a really decent old second hand machine is better than a new, cheap machine. Personally, I swear by the old Singers (The ones from the '50s are particularly good) - if you can get one VERY cheap it's worthwhile getting someone to service it, but overall that should still work out less. I think the 201K I'm getting for Christmas cost £20 including shipping off Ebay, and although it works fine I'm going to shell out the extra £40 or so to have someone come and service it, and this thing is a god-among-sewing-machines. I couldn't buy one this smooth and reliable new, period.

11-20-2010, 05:13 AM	#137
Brsis Shitsuji DESU~~~ Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 608	If you get a good machine, it will last you a lifetime and do EVERYTHING - so I think a really decent old second hand machine is better than a new, cheap machine. Personally, I swear by the old Singers (The ones from the '50s are particularly good) - if you can get one VERY cheap it's worthwhile getting someone to service it, but overall that should still work out less. I think the 201K I'm getting for Christmas cost £20 including shipping off Ebay, and although it works fine I'm going to shell out the extra £40 or so to have someone come and service it, and this thing is a god-among-sewing-machines. I couldn't buy one this smooth and reliable new, period. __________________ Livejournal ~ Twitter ~ Figment ~ Tumblr and The Books I Should Have Read "They say it's a trap that someone found inscribed on a wall in the First City, and if you decode its complicated patterns you inevitably decide you're God, to the considerable detriment of your social life."