Originally Posted by
buntcake49
I don't know if this is true acrossed the US but where I am from, Joanne's charges by the inch and they keep all the little scraps they cut off. A friend of mine told me they return the scrapes to the head office and the store gets credit for it. This sounds a little fishy to me but who knows for sure.
Ellie, this apparently is true since I was told this same thing by a dept. manager at a Wal Mart when I questioned why they couldn't leave a crooked pc. about 3" on one end & less than 2" on the other. It didn't make sense to me either til I read that your friend says the same thing. They must recycle those scraps into something else they can sell. Just business I guess but not "customer" service.
Another thought is that it keeps the stores honest so they can't give away extra fabric. Hmmmm, now that's a thought that didn't occur to me til just this moment.