It's been interesting reading this thread. Several years ago I had taken a Turning Twenty quilt top to work for 'show and tell'. One of the staff there wanted me to make a quilt for her in (most of) the same colors, and added 'But I want to see it first" (as in see it before accepting/paying for it). I told her to go to our LQS, pick out 20 FQ's (the number needed for said quilt) as well as the batting and backing required and I would make a quilt for her. Nope, she never did go and choose any fabric. Plus, if I HAD made a quilt for her, I would have requested payment up front...in cash...before parting with the quilt. Crass? Maybe...but she had a reputation for not paying for things she sometimes ordered from others....Sad.