I've read a few pages of this thread and don't think we should be pointing fingers or laying blame on anything. First, go look in the mirror and point a finger at that person. I've done it plenty of times. I'm kind of a gadget girl and I'm guilty of "being sure" that I'll use that new cool ruler or "thingy" that the video showed was so darn easy and neat to use .... ha! I know good and well not to buy it until I've used half of what I already have. And sometimes I do it anyway. :-)
I say - you buy cheap, you usually get what you pay for. Do a little research - we have computers and the capability to do that or we wouldn't be on this thread. Let's look at ourselves first before we lay blame. Besides, if we didn't have the money, we wouldn't have purchased that "worthless piece of something we don't like or use". Maybe it was the attack stratagy that didn't sit well - how about a thread with information on items you've purchased, what it was supposed to do and your experience with it. Now for the pins - there are 100's of pins and prices. I paid nearly $9.00 for a box of the fork pins because a professional quilter and LA'er t I know and totally love her work, loves them. She showed us how to use them - I hate them. But that doens't make them bad - they just don't work for me. I spent $9.00 on some Clover Patchwork pins - they are .4mm shaft and slide like butter. I also paid $5.98 for some Dritz pins .4mm (for 150 vs. 100 Clover) that also slide like butter. Be extra careful when looking for the Clover pins - they have some that aren't the Patchwork .4mm shaft but still have the yellow and light blue glass heads. I bought them the same day. The Dritz are #172 Ultra Fine Glass Head Pins with navy blue glass heads that won't melt. I'd been using .5mm shaft pins and they were pretty nice until I read and tried the .4mm size. I'll use both - it just depends whether I'm piecing a quilt or hemming denim pants.
Let's try to be a little more positive and informative than the total blame game - JMHO. Lynne
P.S. - when you buy, keep the receipt and return it if it doesn't work.
Last edited by blessingscounted; 04-13-2013 at 04:21 PM.