This time though I found one of those great middle of the line serger’s, the Brother 3234DT. So once again, where were that middle of the line sergers? On the other hand, almost all the reviews for the cheap sergers could be summed up to one phrase – piece of crap. Most said that because there were so many special features that the machine did not serge well or even perform the special features well. It seemed that most of the newer more expensive sergers that were purchased were hated, with many owners regretting their purchase and they were trying to rid themselves of their new serger’s on eBay. After some time looking, I did not find a good used serger similar to mine, but I did find a lot of useful information about sergers.
Now, I love my serger so I decided to try and help mom by finding a used serger like mine. So, as mom complained about her serger, I did not know what to say. But, I never found one that was worth the price. Over the years, I have kept an eye on the big expensive sergers, hoping that one might have that special feature that would make it worth the dollar amount it was demanding.
It rattled and vibrated and did not serge well at all! It was not long before mom had pushed that serger into the corner and went back to fighting with her old, original serger. What happened to a nice $500 to $1000 machine that had just a few features but still serged nicely? At the time, Mom was not sewing as much as she use to, so she did not want to spend a large amount of money on a new serger, so a Singer serger from Walmart was purchased. When I looked into the available sergers at that time, I found there were two types, the expensive ones, $2000 to $3000, with all the bells and whistles, and the cheap sergers, $200 to $300, with no features and that barely serged. Years ago when mom’s serger started to act up, I tried to help her replace her serger. It was another phone call from Mom one week before Christmas, bemoaning that fact that Christmas was just one week away and that her serger would just not behave so she could get her Christmas sewing finished, that finally prompted me to push Mom again to get a new serger. She has had it in for repairs and service many times, but it just never seem to be fixed or to work correctly especially in the last several years. It has a hard time holding its tensions and the lower looper thread keeps breaking. I also know that it has been giving her fits for years. I don’t know how old Mom’s serger is but I do know that it is really old, old enough to have knob tensions and be extremely difficult to thread.