I started buying wholesale because of the bad service and lack of goods!
wasn't as bad a few years ago but since corporate took away the ability of the store to order what they need and staff how they needed things have gone downhill
Right before christmas I needed almost 60yds of black kona
and yes I pay more at Joanns but my wholesale order was on backorder- so I bit the bullet
went to 4 stores in a 100 miles radius and had them search their computers to get what I needed.
computer inventory was wrong for every store!
I ended up getting only 8 yds total!
but the factory inventory said they had over 10,000yds
so why wasn't it at the stores??
also the online store now limits your purchases even if paying full retail- you can only purchase between 5-8 yds of any one fabric
why????
If I have 100 yds to sell and you will pay my price I will sell to you!!!
I think they stay in business because they are the only thing around for most.