Buy a Sewing Machine on Ebay?

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Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

11 Responses

  1. Nancy says:

    Very instructional- thank you. So glad it worked out and you have a machine you like!

  2. i bought 2 machines on ebay, both times excellent result…machines were exactly as described and packed superior for their trek to me in maine…one came from NH and the other from canada (my featherweight)…super experiences both times and i considered myself fortunate…

  3. Sharon - IN says:

    I bought a Featherweight on Ebay (actually through my husband's account) and it works great and is my little power machine I take when going to my quilting group. I'm following a sit down quilter right now, actually following a few as I dream of owning one some day. I should sell a few machines, but have not taken the time to photo or list yet.

  4. Loris says:

    Me again 🙂 I also SOLD a machine on Ebay. It was a Bernina cover stitch machine that I had threaded with a test strip and then cushioned to death and double boxed before shipping. I got a good price and great review when the shipping was received. Happy me!

  5. Loris says:

    Yep, I bought a Bernina 1090 on Ebay a few years back. The seller had taken it to a mailing box store who did the worst packaging ever! Shipped sideways in a box basically unprotected. There was oil allover but fortunately no other damage. I contacted the seller and asked for the $70 service check/repair needed but she was unwilling. I had paid a top price for it since the money was supposedly going to a charity but oh well. I could have handed it back and got a refund I suppose but chose to just keep it and have it a lesson learned. If it doesn't come as advertised, just use the Ebay guarantee.

  6. GO STARS! says:

    I bought a Janome DC2012 on EBay. I was a bit worried because the seller didn't have a lot of sales. It worked out perfectly. The machine was everything advertised as and shipped quickly and well. I'm sorry you had a bad experience but it sounds like it all worked out in the end.

  7. I've bought a Bernina 1090 and an old Singer on Ebay. Both machines were as described, were packed well and worked perfectly when they arrived. And they still do! I'm thinking about selling my Babylock Symphony on eBay unless someone in my guild wants to buy it, but worried that because I've only bought and never sold on eBay that people might not buy from me. But I won't know until I try!

  8. Juanita D. says:

    Several years ago, I bought a brand new Janome on Ebay and all went well. I have since bought another Janome (nothing wrong with the first one but when one's husband says "Would you like to buy a new sewing machine that does more?"…well?) but I decided to buy it from a local shop because I had been hearing through online quilting groups, how some shops only take care of things covered under warranty if the machine was purchased from them. Don't know how right that is, but nevertheless, that's why I decided to buy locally. I've never had any problems with either machine in the 12 years I've owned them.

  9. Leah Day says:

    You do have some feedback from purchasing so you'll probably do fine selling on Ebay. If you wanted to just get some experience with it you could put some fabric up for auction and get the experience and feedback from a few smaller auctions before trying to sell a big machine.

  10. Loni says:

    Congrats on the 1230 – the best machine in my opinion one can buy. I have had mine since 1992 and it is a dream compared to my newer machines. I will be buried with it. Hope you love yours as much as I love mine!

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