My Black Singer 301

Louie stopped the mailman from taking my machine on his truck this morning, and he picked it up at noon. The box was all smashed, and this is all the packing that was in the box. The case was allowed to basically rattle around inside the box. The sewing machine was inside the case, with two little pieces of bubble wrap between the front of the machine, and the lid of the case. All the contents were just free to jump about at will….and they did. It’s quite evident that she has not shipped many, or any, sewing machines before.      

Here is a shot of the back side of the machine on the left hand side. This machine was perfect when it was listed on eBay.           

This is a shot of the back side of the machine on the right hand side, behind the needle.

This scrape is on the machine frame, below the machine bed in the back. Basically, all the damage was done to the back. There were two metal cans of oil inside the case. They just rattled around inside the case at will. The motor end of the machine was drenched in oil when Louie took it out of the case. We still haven’t figured out how the manual didn’t get any oil on it.                                      

This piece of wood was broken off.

The rod that the machine foot control cord wraps around was ripped off the back of the case.

The front looks fine, and I guess that’s what’s the most important.                                        Here are a couple of the before pictures. You will see how nice it was before she packed it. (Click to enlarge the pictures.)  We are working with the seller to come to some kind of agreement on a settlement. She said she was very sorry, that she guessed she rushed packing it, and would take it back, and give us a full refund, but I really don’t want to give up the machine.

                                       UPDATE: The seller was very gracious, and we came to an agreement. Now it’s up to Louie to perform his miracles, because I’m keeping it.