Such a deal was found yesterday. A beautiful LeClerc table loom. There was almost no information on it, and no picture. It was listed at $50. I nearly died right then and there. She said it was working, and so I emailed her to ask for a picture. She did not send me a picture, but she described it to me, gave me her phone number, said she'd gotten a surprising (to her, not to me) number of calls on the loom, and it would be sold to the first person who showed up at her front door with the cash. She said she was pretty sure it was a LeClerc Dorothy loom, since that's what it looked like to her. Also, it had a warping board with it.
Well!!! If I could have gone to pick it up at 10pm last night, I would have!! But that seemed a bit unreasonable, so I promised to show up today with cash in hand. She said she would consider it sold to me.
She put it aside, and I booted my crafty little bum over there as promptly as I could today (calling before I left to make sure no one else had sniped it). It was there in all it's weaving glory, shining out like a table top beacon of light. I took my loom and thanked her profusely for it.
The warping board is missing the pegs, but I don't even care. ;)
It's a LeClerc Dorothy 15 3/4" 4-shaft loom. The least expensive of the LeClerc Dorothy looms. Retails for $675 (Canadian).
I'm pretty happy with my deal. Saving money feels really awesome!!
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