Originally Posted by cattailsquilts
Originally Posted by ghostrider
Originally Posted by qbquilts
Originally Posted by ghostrider
Too bad the VIP cards are so limited in who is qualified to get them. Just another reason I stopped shopping at JoAnn's.
Join AQS. My savings every year more than pay the $25.00 membership not to mention what AQS gives you for being a member (magazine, discount on AQS shows/products). So it's not that limiting in who can get it.
So the JoAnn's card would cost me $25 a year for membership in an organization that I have no other reason to join (AQS)? Thanks, I'll pass. To get the card, you have to be a member of a professional organization or guild, or a reseller with a vendor's license. I call that limited.
Are you somehow connected to JoAnn's?? Just curious because you seem to have all the answers on this subject.
Ghost, are you a member of any local guild of any type? I ask because I qualify for the VIP card 3 or 4 ways, I just happen to use the ASG one because it gets sent to me without me asking for it.
I am an ASG member, I am a small biz owner, and I am a member of a local guild that provides membership ID cards with expiration dates. This ID card allows members to qualify for the VIP. I think they also offer VIP to teachers, but I don't recall that you are a schoolteacher...
If you're not part of a local guild, I can't offer any other suggestions, but just wanted to throw out that it's not limited to just professional organizations.
:thumbup: :thumbup: (To the part in bold) You don't have to be an AQS member. You can belong to a local guild.
I wouldn't call it limited eligibility - joining AQS is not restrictive - you don't have to go to meetings, you don't have to pay an exorbitant amount of money, you don't have to have certain certifications, you don't need to be a professional quilter, you don't have to live in a certain area. Anyone is free to join AQS. If you don't want to join AQS, then find a local quilt guild that provides membership cards.
To me limited eligibility is requiring a large fee ($25 is not large - depending on local guilds, your fee may be less), requiring a certain amount or number of purchases throughout the year to get the discount (which some stores do), or requiring you to be a member of a certain profession (which the teacher discount does). Just because you've chosen not to join AQS does not mean that the eligibility is limited.