Maybe it's because I don't measure/plan to the inch, but I've honestly never had a shortage problem. The two places I frequent, (not lqs) always seem to cut long. They are always generous when it comes to end of bolt also. It seems I always find the bolt that has just a little left...then you get a markdown price. Only once, in a lqs, was I told she couldn't cut me just a yard, because that would leave less than that on the bolt...that I needed to buy it all...I passed...seemed ridiculous that they wouldn't take a sure sale...they still would have had a remnant left!! Like everyone else said...just want what I pay for, no more, certainly no less!!