The same thing happened to me - I took it as a sign that I really didn't need the fabric
Originally Posted by butterflywing
yes - thank you. and i had the worst time ever. i tried to pay with paypal and it wouldn't go through ("unable to make connection"). after 2 days a finally called paypal to find out why and they told me that the fabric store name did not appear on their screen, meaning that the tropical quilter was off the grid. while i had the service guy on the phone, we tested it out by me using my credit card instead. sure enough, the card went through just fine. so it looks like even though they offer to accept paypal, they just aren't anymore and they never informed them. so i guess they really are going out of business and if you're planning to use paypal, plan again.