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#93
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Central Texas
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Originally Posted by FroggyinTexas
Originally Posted by bobbie1
Our Walmart in Colonial Heights, VA took bolts of fabric out of store. They remodeled and brought in pre-packaged fabric. I totally refuse to buy that. It seems to me that by giving in and buying what they think we need..ie..prepackaged...we are in essence saying "we forgive you" for taking away something that gives us pleasure and buy what you want us to buy. It can sit there and rot. Interesting that no other dept in store got downsized..such as the hunting dept. This is a hot subject with me. Call me petty...I call it not giving in to what they think I need. :?
I have written to WalMart and told them I am mostly leaving it, having reduced my spending in the store by more than 75%. The latest news from Wall Street is that WalMart is losing market share to Dollar General and other such stores. Maybe what we ought to do is petition those stores to stock fabric by the bolt. froggyintexas
They...the corporate bigwigs....will listen, if you..the consumer....stop purchasing their products. In this free market system, you can only be controlled to spend your money where someone else chooses IF YOU GIVE UP THAT CONTROL.....think about it....
ok..enough of my rant....now off to make Friendship Album blocks..72 of them before next Saturday!!!
#94
Yeah for Dollar General and Family Dollar, but don't think we will get fabric there. I don't shop Walmart like I used to. No need to. I just go to my local Dollar store and get what I need now. Limited selection, but spend less money as well. I'll probably go back to Sav-A-Lot for my groceries and forget Walmart as well. They forget me and my fellow quilters even though we have poured on the appeals to them to keep the fabric department. I don't like their fat quarters and won't buy the 2 yard packages. Not for me!!!! Keep up the pressure to keep fabric and remind them of what has happened to other stores who forgot their main shopping base - women!
#95
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: DC metro area
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I complained with they first took it out of my walmart, it's been gone probably 3 yrs now. Basically fabric was the only reason I went. I could get a yard or 5 along with my other things and dh wouldn't know that I'd added to my stash. I told them then that they had lost a very good customer because I was spending several $100 a month. I think I've only been to WM a few times since.
#97
Patticriss I sure hope you were told the truth about the Yukon Store. That is where I live and the cashier told me that they were not getting the fabric back in the Store with the remodel they are now doing. She said that they had really been complained to about no fabric but Corporate decided not to have it in Yukon. Is there fabric anywhere in the Okla City Stores? I've not shopped at any of them because if I had to go into the City, I figure I might as well shop at JoAnn's, Hancocks or the LQS. I would buy from a WalMart but I thought all of them had removed their fabric depts. Let me know please if you know of any in the City with fabric please.
#98
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Glen Burnie, MD
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Originally Posted by stotty
I live in Essex where is this walmart in Glen Burnie The 2 Walmart in Towson has a nice fabric department it is on the second floor Shelby
#99
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Originally Posted by newbiequilter
Originally Posted by susanwilley
She also said something about packaged fabric. 2 yards bagged and hanging on racks in some of the stores. She said they had complaints about that too. It wouldn't be good for someone who needs more than 2 yards that isn't pieced together but it would work ok for us quilters. Maybe they will bring back fabric to the ones closed.
I know what you mean, I like to feel the fabric too. I can see me tearing open thier pre-packaged packs now. LOL
#100
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: St. Charles, Illinois
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Well, I just retired from a WalMart that still carries bolt fabric. The department as of Jan. 2010 has the same dept. mngr as lawn & garden. That's why there is hardly ever any one to cut fabric. The depts. are on opposite ends of the store. The reason WalMart had gotten rid of some of the fabric depts. is that when fabric is shipped in from the mills, they have to accept whatever the end of the bolt yardage is. Most times the bolts are shorted 1/4 - 1/2 yard each bolt. Times that by all the Walmarts that sell fabric & it adds up. I don't like that they are taking out yardage bolts & the precut is crap. It isn't fair that the mills would do that just because it's WalMart. They don't do it to LQS or Joanns.
I will still buy most of my fabric at my WalMart that sells by the yard. I really like the new prints & lines that they have gotten in for spring.
I will still buy most of my fabric at my WalMart that sells by the yard. I really like the new prints & lines that they have gotten in for spring.
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