I don't think the shop is being greedy. The rent at one quilt shop might be higher than another. There are a lot of overhead expenses to running a quilt shop. What I find offensive is when on-line quilt shops want to ship fabric ONLY in a priority envelope even if it is as little as 1/4 yard. But I can understand that they don't want to have other envelopes around since the USPS offers those envelopes free. I worked closely with an owner of a popular quilt shop and it wasn't easy watching the stress of running the shop take a toll on her health.