At $12 per yard the fabric costs .33 cents per inch.
"Give away" 2" per cut and that equals $0.66 loss to the shop.
If the shop sells ever 100 cuts per day (whether it's 1 yd. or 1/ yd.) they have
lost $66 dollars that day.
If they are open 300 days per year, they can have
lost $19,800 that year.
Puts a very different spin on this practice, doesn't it.
Jan in VA