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Old 11-23-2011, 09:12 AM
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quiltingshorttimer
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My biggest grip with JoAnn's, beside the lines for cutting fabric sometimes being incredibly long and some of the fabric incredibly poor quality(you really have to feel everything) is that the coupons are always huge discounts on REGULARLY priced fabric and their sales are such that most of the fabric is not on sale--usually marked 20-30% off--so that your 40-60% off coupons become worthless! What a marketing scheme! My sister worked in retail years ago and she said that retailers still make good money on you during sales--a shop that is doing well will have about a 80-100% mark up on the original price so that even a sale is still a money maker. Oh, well--I'm addicted to both buying fabric and quilting and Saturday plan to support my local quilt shop during Small Business Day!
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