Friday, August 05, 2005
E-bay and Away
After reading Bree's post about e-bay, I got all excited and went to see what there was to see.
Boy oh Boy! Did I find some really cool sewing necessities, and some not so necessary sewing items as well. I saw a great deal on a new mid-range sewing machine and now Bree's new machine is on the way , thanks to her hubby who thought she should have a machine of her own.
Side note: Bree has been sewing on my 16 year old Brother sewing machine. It does have an LCD readout, 1 step button hole and about 25 other stitches with all of their variations. But, It also has a much repaired cord, (kittens love that sewing machine cord) some tension issues, and despite logic, I think that machine is just used to me. So, Bree has suffered using the" ol' Girl", and has earned an machine of her own.
While I was looking around, I found a machine... a machine I don't already have, a machine that I had never heard of before... Really! Be still my little seamstress' heart. So, I Google, "Coverstitcher" to see what it does. Oooooh stretch knit, cool edging and the much coveted (by me) chain stitch. Let me state as a disclaimer that previous to finding this machine, I had bid on 3 other regular machines that were "steal of deal" and was promptly out bid... So, I bid. But in the back of my mind I do not for one minute think that I will be the winning bidder. Yeah, yeah ... I am.
So for $100.00+ $24.00 s&h , I will be the new owner of said coverstitcher.
After that, I went to see what I was getting. As I should of done to begin with. I found out I could get a brand new coverstitcher, same brand and model, for $150.00 with free shipping! Yes, I am kicking myself a bit for that one. Considering I did research on embroidery machines for about EIGHT Months before, I decided on a SE3, which I shopped for the best deal I could find , taking me another Three Months before I brought that baby home. I wanted a blindhemmer for over Two years before, I started looking around for one. That was another e-bay find. Bree and I did that one together. First I decided I would not pay more than $150.00 for one, HA HA. Then I bid on said baby lock blindhemmer. " RESERVE NOT MET" grrrrrrr! So, Bree sweetly said to me..."You hem all my stuff for me, how about we go 50/50." So, set our limit and put in a larger bid... Same message. Now it becomes a challenge. The other bidders and that darn reserve not met. We broke the limits we set three times before we finally won, at well over $ 300.00! We did still save over two hundred dollars on a new blindhemmer.
Ok. I have learned my lesson. I WILL control my itchy "confirm bid" fingers. I will at least find out the "new" price before I bid and I will really, really, try to not bid more than I first set as my limit.
Now, Hubby and I have to be out of town until Tuesday. I would rather be home waiting for the postman/UPS with Bree.
So, I am away , I will report back and let you know how that coverstitcher works.
Happy Creating till then.
Note: Coverstitcher arrived broken. I was refunded - shipping. I still am thinking of getting one. Just not yet.
Boy oh Boy! Did I find some really cool sewing necessities, and some not so necessary sewing items as well. I saw a great deal on a new mid-range sewing machine and now Bree's new machine is on the way , thanks to her hubby who thought she should have a machine of her own.
Side note: Bree has been sewing on my 16 year old Brother sewing machine. It does have an LCD readout, 1 step button hole and about 25 other stitches with all of their variations. But, It also has a much repaired cord, (kittens love that sewing machine cord) some tension issues, and despite logic, I think that machine is just used to me. So, Bree has suffered using the" ol' Girl", and has earned an machine of her own.
While I was looking around, I found a machine... a machine I don't already have, a machine that I had never heard of before... Really! Be still my little seamstress' heart. So, I Google, "Coverstitcher" to see what it does. Oooooh stretch knit, cool edging and the much coveted (by me) chain stitch. Let me state as a disclaimer that previous to finding this machine, I had bid on 3 other regular machines that were "steal of deal" and was promptly out bid... So, I bid. But in the back of my mind I do not for one minute think that I will be the winning bidder. Yeah, yeah ... I am.
So for $100.00+ $24.00 s&h , I will be the new owner of said coverstitcher.
After that, I went to see what I was getting. As I should of done to begin with. I found out I could get a brand new coverstitcher, same brand and model, for $150.00 with free shipping! Yes, I am kicking myself a bit for that one. Considering I did research on embroidery machines for about EIGHT Months before, I decided on a SE3, which I shopped for the best deal I could find , taking me another Three Months before I brought that baby home. I wanted a blindhemmer for over Two years before, I started looking around for one. That was another e-bay find. Bree and I did that one together. First I decided I would not pay more than $150.00 for one, HA HA. Then I bid on said baby lock blindhemmer. " RESERVE NOT MET" grrrrrrr! So, Bree sweetly said to me..."You hem all my stuff for me, how about we go 50/50." So, set our limit and put in a larger bid... Same message. Now it becomes a challenge. The other bidders and that darn reserve not met. We broke the limits we set three times before we finally won, at well over $ 300.00! We did still save over two hundred dollars on a new blindhemmer.
Ok. I have learned my lesson. I WILL control my itchy "confirm bid" fingers. I will at least find out the "new" price before I bid and I will really, really, try to not bid more than I first set as my limit.
Now, Hubby and I have to be out of town until Tuesday. I would rather be home waiting for the postman/UPS with Bree.
So, I am away , I will report back and let you know how that coverstitcher works.
Happy Creating till then.
Note: Coverstitcher arrived broken. I was refunded - shipping. I still am thinking of getting one. Just not yet.
