For four months I have been searching for a new sewing machine. Finally, before we flew to the US in September I had found what I wanted:

I decided that I wanted one of the 3 series and that the lowest end, 330, would probably be more than enough for me. It has one automatic buttonhole, which I’m not even sure I’ll need since I don’t sew any buttons. But I could, right? It also has a few stitch options, 5 presser feet, a built-in needle threader and a stop start button for long stretches of sewing, which I thought could be helpful for sewing curtains. Most important is that it sews a straight line very well.

I found one on Jaycotts for £499 without VAT, which would run me around 816CHF ($916… wooo the dollar exchange dropped again!) This would save me from spending 1325CHF ($1487) buying it new in Zürich. I ordered it to be shipped to my office, hoping that it would arrive while we were gone, but when I came back it was not here. It had been almost three weeks since I ordered it, so I contacted Jaycotts and they said that DPD had probably lost it and if that was the case, Jaycotts would send me a new machine the next week.

I contacted DPD as well and didn’t receive any response from them. Apparently they are a pretty shitty shipping company and they have scores of bad reviews. I had looked up Jaycotts before ordering from them and only read good things. They didn’t mention which shipper they used during check out.

A week later, Jaycotts contacted me stating that they would not have more of these machines so they would cancel my order and refund my credit card, which happens to be Kay’s card. It seems kind of fishy… first it gets lost, then they say they’ll send a new one and then they don’t and won’t have any more.

Now I still have to check if Kay received the refund because I don’t have access to his credit card and he’s out of the country at the moment. In the mean time, I was sad that I was losing valuable sewing time while Kay is out of the way in the flat on the weekends!

Onward with the sewing search!