Originally Posted by Pat G
Originally Posted by beachlady
Sorry that happened to you. I always watch now. LQSs always seem to cut right on the line and it seems like their cuts are always an inch or more off.
These stories make me so sad. Quilt shops should be happy places.
I had an unusual experience at JoAnn's last wk. which surprised me. Since all quilt fabrics were 30% off, I picked out 5 pcs. I didn't really have plans for but just couldn't resist.
As she cut them, something told me to ask her to dbl ck the price before cutting. She had already cut one. She was giving me reg. price of twoof the fabrics. When I spoke up about it & reminded her of the sale price, she said she'd adjust the price to give me the sale price.
Then when another pc. came up at a high price ($8.95), she went to ck with somebody else. She returned & said "oh, these two fabrics aren't on sale since they are "Premium fabrics". I said all of those shelves on 2 long walls say it's all 30% off. Too bad for me. That really ticked me off but there was nothing I could do about it. I wasn't in a mood to fight for it so I just got 1 yd. instead of 3 of those fabrics. You can bet I'll ck for sm. print on those 30% off signs next time.
I don't usually take these things sitting down but I just didn't feel up to an argument.
I shop Joann's, but ... as I ask the fabric cutters at a couple of the stores I frequent ... "why am I always the putting the fabric back where it belongs?" They can't even get the batiks in the right places. You gotta watch out for them or the same thing can happen all the time.
And for ckcowl, the original poster, if you can put all the fabric into one of those "if it fits, it ships" USPS boxes, it will only be about $5.00 (the smallest box) to send it back. However, I'd get the manager's approval and say you'd like to be reimbursed for the shipping. I just took back the entire order (5 fabrics) that I had bought and simply told the cutter I was short one yard on one of the cuts. It was a clearance fabric so they gave me refund on my credit card. And I took my fabric and went home. Good luck!
DI