So many good suggestions! One I really like is having a drop off (safe place) for long arm delivery and pick up. A lqs near me had this and it was so convient. And I almost always bought something when I dropped off or picked up a quilt. I would like demos of tools and lots of samples. I don't know if it is legal but even samples of free patterns.
A lqs did samples of traditional patterns (not Copyrighted) in current fabrics. Beautiful!