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April 19, 2006
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ugh. i just dropped my sew machine off at the repair place. the sew machine lady pretty much ripped me a new one for
- not having it serviced
- not oiling it
- making excuses
- sew on and sew forth (HAA! that wasn't funny.)
all my excuses didn't fly with her and i kinda felt bad about
- not having it serviced
- never oiling it
- making excuses
at one point she even said "if you were at dinner with your family and sat down and told them all of this would they let it fly??" and i thought to myself yes, yes they would. because they love me. it wouldn't matter
anyway, at first she said it might be the motor. if it was the motor it'd be "toast". a new motor might cost $150-$250 and wouldn't be worth replacing. THEN!! about 3/4 into the conversation i mentioned that the foot pedal gets fucking hot. and she said "what?!?! wasn't that a clue that something was wrong? "
so i said "no, i just thought it was doing that because it's old." which wasn't a good excuse. she said i should have been unplugging it and putting it the freezer. [um DUH!! doesn't everyone know to do that??????] then she made me vacuum and wipe down the machine.
she went on to say that the sewing machine repair man knows more about you than anyone else.
the whole situation was embarrassing and made me feel like an ass. it's probably going to cost over 100 doll-hairs and she kept pointing out that i could get a fucking pfaff for $499 and "it will sew a floopity doopity stitch!!"
christ on a hot dog stick.
Posted by alison at April 19, 2006 05:29 PM
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aw,thats a bummer about your sewing machine,i think you should drive back by the repair shop and throw those leftover vegan cupcakes at that woman.
Posted by: Jessica at April 19, 2006 06:30 PM
ugh, what a bitch. i hate bitches. you should have been like "didnt you look in the mirror this morning? well, did you realize that your face needs servicing, cuz i sure the hell did"
Posted by: erin at April 20, 2006 02:48 PM
What a jerk! I don't see the point. Why not just say "please don't ever want to come to our store again and also never recommend us to anyone".
my 40s sewing machine foot was getting very hot too a while ago. my engineer friend was very nice and opened it up for me and showed me the contacts (or something) just needed cleaning. It took about 5 minutes. I had bought a new cord on ebay (since the old one had a rip) and I thought it was some kind of incompatibility thing but it was just gunk that had built up inside the foot.
I would try another place - especially if they try to charge you tons of money for repairs. The last place I went to the guy was really really nice and chatted about the old machines which he loves.
Posted by: Claire at April 20, 2006 09:05 PM