Originally Posted by iltoaz
I guess I'll add to the Joann's venting. Went in and found fabric for a tote bag. It was marked at 7.99 a yard and had a 5.00/yard sticker on it. All I needed was one yard; had the fabric cut and when I questioned the price I was told that the 5.oo/yard meant that there was 5 yards on the bolt. I have been sewing for more years than I care to remember and have NEVER heard that one before. Because I really liked the fabric I bought it. So beware and really look at the ends of the bolts.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Boy, that 5 yards on the bolt is quite a hoot! Bolts generally come with 15 to 20 yards and I am fairly sure the store would NOT PAY and employee to go around marking how many yards were left on each bolt of fabric every other day. Someone was pulling your strings. This is one reason (in addition to the coupons never working for what I want) is why I have all but written JoAnns off my shopping list. Another disheartening thing for me is that they will not tell me the name of the manufacturer of a fabric. Knowing that would tell me (especially over the Internet) if I wanted to use the fabric as a quilting fabric. So many times I get their quilting fabrics and they are not what I would want to waste my time in stippling or echoing a design.