For the most part I love my LQS's. I especially like the owners who are interested in what I am making and offer help in choosing fabrics if I seem a bit lost. Sometimes they see a color or scale of print that I would not have chosen but turned out to be just the right choice. I don't feel they are just trying to push their fabrics, although I have found that situation on occasion and then I walk away.
What would I wish? I wish those loyalty cards were accepted no matter how old they are or if they have been discontinued.
I had a close friend who gave me her cards when she could no longer quilt. Combined with my own I could have received $50 to $100 in free fabrics. After all the money was spent in their shops to build that $250 or $500 required amount to fill them. They should still honor them. Needless to say I have not been in those shops since.