You have been warned!

I'm just paranoid and already did it just in case. This goes back to having a dealer you trust and enjoy doing business with. Not always possible but worth a little extra effort in the long run.

I have at least my initials on most of my stuff I take to classes. I doubt we have a lot of thieves among the group but stuff gets moved around and shared sometimes and it is just nice to know where it belongs.

Jot down your machine serial numbers too. Thanks Polly Taria

Polly Esther wrote:

Well, but, er . . . ummm... you see, I quite accidentally was part of a sort of theft. I went into an office. Sat down. Laid my stack of files on the desk, asked my questions, got my answers, picked up the stack and headed back to my desk. Many days later when I was putting the last of the files away, oh my golly! Eek. The bottom file was not mine. I know first-hand that accidents will happen. I only have 27 more years to serve with good behavior. Polly

Tee Hee.....I used those wonderful vinyl name labels you get made up for the kids when they are at school. They stick on anything. Ours are a variety of colours and have a heart on one side, an angel on the other and "M. Harper" in the middle. Fine when your name is Madeline or Mikayla. Well I guess I could be Mum or Madame? Mistress? Mademoiselle? Minkeee? The list is endless.....

That's a really great idea Polly, Thank you for the suggestion. I will start to think what I could use as a label - not all that easy to get ready-made things to stick onto plastic feet. . In message , Polly Esther writes

I so agree with you about group activities, Taria. For me it wouldn't be the other people I would worry about, it would be my memory - remembering what I had taken with me! So I have put a little name label on the books that I have taken to classes etc. . In message , Taria writes

I use a small engraver to mark all my "stuff". Sometimes with a name or even initials, but if not with a triangle. This can be put on the handle of a cutter, on a SM foot, on rulers, etc. That way I know what is mine - and what is not as well.

I have my name on every piece that I take to the shop, including the machine! I used a black sharpie marker and marked the case, the machine and the foot pedal and the power cord. I even take off my 1/4" foot and use a plastic foot. Plus I remove the built-in tray of feet and bobbins. Not that I am paranoid or anything. I'm not........ really.........

"Sharon Harper" wrote in news:44c5a962$0$1207$ snipped-for-privacy@news.optusnet.com.au:

Oops... In french M. Harper is Mr. Harper!

As a former auto dealership employee, I know that trade in values can go down quickly with any "customized" stuff. Your sm dealer isn't going to be happy about a sm trade in with sharpie lettering on it. Stick with labels rather than permanent markings- a label could be pulled off. I have a cheap label maker that produces a plastic ribbon with lettering. I'm going to use that. I won't come off easily, but the person who buys my well cared for trade in will appreciate not having to explain why she's claiming a sm with my name written on it. Think about that before you stick on a seam ripper holder or anything else that the next owner might not care for.....

Leslie & The Furbabies > I hope everyone read Debbi's thread about her missing foot pedal at her SM

Sharpies come off easily with rubbing alcohol or denatured alcohol.

We have seen radios (old wood sets and transistor) that have a DLN engraved on them. Ruins the value for collectors.

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If all you're concerned about is being able to identify a machine part as yours, you could put an identifying mark (not necessarily your name) in an inconspicuous place. My dealer writes on the work order slip exactly what parts I left with the machine (for example, case, foot pedal, cord). If I do bring in the case with the attachments, they give them to me to take back home. You can ask your repairperson to do the same.

Julia in MN

My dealer/repair shop puts a sticker with the invoice number on all the bits I leave with him, from the carrying bag to any stray spools of thread! :) He's never lost anything in the 20 or so years I've been going there.

Thanks for the warning, but I'm already ahead of you all. I put my name on all of the pieces the day after I brought my Bernina home, also painted (nail polish) all of my feet (toenails too). Also marked my featherweights, and their attachments.

I took a class with L. Lehman and she had all of her feet painted dayglo orange because she loans them to students to try.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

I used my Brother P-touch lable maker.

Day-Glo orange? What a delightful idea. Now that you mention it, I think I've seen some electrical tape in really loud colors. A 'tastefully applied' stripe of that stuff on a foot control ought to be very helpful. Yesssss! Thank you, Polly