Rubbish Sewing Machines on ebay!

Well, my machine has given up the ghost. Right in the middle of a project it stopped never to be started again.

Now to be fair i only paid £54 for this machine when I first got to the UK. I was assured by the notice that came with it that it was all in perfect working condition. It’s no more than 6months so it is still a little bit annoying.

I am in two minds as to whether I should name the seller, but since there is no model name, it just came from Joy’s sewing machines, i think I have no choice.

From the begining it sounded like and sewed like a toy machine. It was never very good and was very picky about what thread it would allow through – something i have never experienced in a decent machine. Never the less I have soldiered on and sewn – taking much more time than necessary on projects as i had to stop and rethread every 20cm or so – frustrating.

The only thread it likes is gutterman which is fine but a very expensive hobby. It came with a roll of thread that was supposedly used on the sample that was under the presser foot, but when I tried to use it it just kept breaking – because it was rubbish thread.

Now on Tuesday night when it died, my partner Aaron looked on the net to find out something about it. Something I should have done before buying it.  he couldn’t find a single piece of positive feedback. Everyone on Sewer’s Forum has had the same problems. Most of them have tried to get something done about it by Joy’s to no avail. I have decided that since it would cost me £60 to get it serviced (plus parts) it wasn’t worth it and bought a new Janome. (This arrived this morning and I will let you know how it goes when I get a chance to have a play).

All I want to say is when looking at amazingly cheap sewing machines on ebay, check for the company “Joy’s” and if they are attached to it, run screaming in the opposite direction.