Originally Posted by
charlottequilts
i was in KQ a few days ago, and a woman was taking a staff member to task over this. She was very insistent that the labels on the ends of the bolts could be positioned in a different way, but the salesperson said that "they" just go down the bolts, shooting the stickers onto them and (by implication) are too pressed for time to notice where the stickers go. Ok, I thought, but do all the bolts get the same sticker? Aren't they different prices?
I am going there tomorrow and will look more carefully, but one thing I do know is that my joints hurt when pulling bolts down to unwind and look for the manufacturer, and it would be way easier to tip them down and read the label. Even then, the last time, the bolts were wedged so tightly together that another quilter reached over to help me. I don't look particularly frail (haha), but as soon as I made the "muffled pain" noise, she offered to help. Are quilters wonderful folks or what?
hugs,
Charlotte
I've been a customer there for many years. Back in the day, the info was not covered up and some people did take advantage of that. I have a friend in Maine who owns a small quilt shop and she told me that customers would come in with the bolt info from Keepsake and ask her if she had that fabric or could order it for her.
These days, with search engines and the internet (and the quilting board!), it is so much easier to find a fabric.
I feel for our little LQS and Yarn shops. It is so hard for many to stay in business. We lost a great yarn shop here in NH this fall. Technology can be a great tool but it can also create problems. Remember the days when you couldn't take a picture in an art museum? I read a review recently where the person was so annoyed that they couldn't use their IPhone to take a picture of a painting.
I think that discretion is the way to go, if at all possible. I use a notepad that I carry in my pocketbook to make notes when necessary.