Originally Posted by Roben
Originally Posted by butterflywing
does 'business customers' mean chain stores? LQS's? i know it digs into your business, but will it be available online. now i'm curious: what percent of your sales would you estimate is cranston?
i agree with bellaboo. where can we see it? hunt it down and ask to see it and then not buy there? not fair to the seller. will you be selling it by the yard? ooops. that may be a boo-boo.
Favorite Fabrics' post is clear to me - she identifies herself as a quilt shop owner, and will stock some VIP/Cranston/Quilting Treasures fabric. Her percentage of sales is certainly none of anyone's business but her own; the thought that anyone not privy to her private conversation with the VIP people would know what does or does not constitute an 'boo-boo' is ludicrous.
Favorite Fabrics, we are all not rude and inconsiderate - I'm sure quite a few quilters here really love VIP fabrics and will be glad to know it will be available to them when (not if, but when) it is no longer available at WM. I look forward to seeing more information about it when you get all the details ironed out!
i don't want to know HOW MUCH she makes on sales. why would you think i need to know that? only just what percentage of her sales are actually cranston as opposed to other brands. the boo boo i referred to was that admin might not like discussing business in posts. the other was that it wasn't fair to store owners to have us look at their stock, with their help, to see the cranston fabric and then, say, order online from favorite's. if you were a shop owner would you like that to happen in your LQS? especially since the backing for a queen requires more than eight yards, that means a big loss if you don't buy it there. if you're talking about a king then the 10-yard bolt is not out of the question.
seeing fabrics online at their website is not the same as touching and feeling.
no, roben, we are all rude and inconsiderate.