Customer Reviews

Factory-Reconditioned SINGER 6038 Sewing Machine

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I was so excited about getting this machine. so many more features than the similarly priced brother machines at wal-mart. i grew up with the singer name, and know it's reputation for quality machines that last forever. well forever was way too short on this one. cutting the price corner and getting the refurbished machine was a big mistake. it arrived with everything in tact, looked shiny and new, despite having a plain brown box with "factory serviced" stamped on the side (note: this box doesn't seem to be adequately padded for the tough and tumble world of ground shipping). when I went to use it, it didn't work. lights on, but nobody's home. on closer inspection, there is a screw missing from the external case (evidenced by a small marking in the plastic and an empty threaded hole) and in some places the case is not even put together right (plastic overlapping where it should be tongue-in groove). Singer only covers refurbished machines for 90 days (full warranty) and 1 year for the motor and belts. But service will cost you plenty with shipping (this monster weighs in at 17lb) unless you live near a service center. Needless to say, this one is going back to amazon and I'll never buy a "serviced" model again.

I recently purchased a singer model 6038, for my wife for one her Christmas gifts.
I received it today 12-2-03.
Wow, it is missing the manual and the instruction book.
There was also no power cord inside, or a foot pedal.
There was no instructional video.
Then when I took a good look at the machine. There was a long yellow melted spot where they must have put a lit cigarette while they were fixing it. Then before putting a bag over the machine it was wiped down with an oily car rag. And the inside of the box smells like pee. And now I get to pay to ship it back.

The 6038, a fine machine, is also listed by Amazon for substantially less. The listing here for a higher price, $230, seems to be an error. Search Amazon for this model at a fair, correct price. Amazon seems not to have noticed this discrepency.

I bought this machine through Amazon.com and from now on I will not buy their appliances. To return an item to Amazon costs the price of shipping and, believe me, that is adding insult to injury. Amazon should be ashamed to sell it.

I am an able sewer, 4 decades at it, and this machine is a waste of time and space. It comes with a book detailing threading techniques and stiches. As you work through the list of stiches you will be struck again and again by how poorly designed and constructed the machine is. uccessful stiching is actually and accident. When you get to the buttonhole stitch you will start saving for that new Janome....

The worst aspect is the tension and threading route. The tension on this machine is hard to figure until you realize that the tension spring is INSIDE the housing and you cannot reach it, BUT the thread hops out of it's loop in there as you sew; pick up speed as you sew and you will hear the sound of the lower thread balling up and jamming the machine. Stop, clear it off, rethread and go on, sewing more slowly and hoping. About 50% of your seams will be sewn correctly. The other half will require rethreading.

Since purchasing this machine I have met two women who bought it and cannot use it for the same reason: the threading is impossible, a shoddily designed machine. Stop, rethread and go on. Thread leaves spring. Stop, rethread ----- you get the idea.

Save your money. This is too cheap to use. Life is too short. I will finish my project and throw this out

I purchased this machine a few years ago from costco (i dont remember how much i paid) after my moms old singer died after 20 something years. I have abused it quite a bit, but it still keeps going. I have used it on all types of fabric thick and thin and it has held up nicely. It had advertised on the box that it was capable of embroidery as well, im not familiar with embroidery but im looking into it now. I would recommend this machine to beginners (EASY to thread) and novice sewers.