Thread: BE AWARE.....
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Old 02-04-2010, 01:42 PM
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dottientx
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Be aware of the quality of the fabric you're buying even if you've purchase this same fabric many times prior to now. I was at my local Wally World a couple of days ago to pick up some wide muslin - for curtains. I love muslin! I could only find one bolt of the wider width which I wanted but there was just under three yards on the bolt. I asked if they had any other bolt stored out of sight and the associate found a 13 yard bolt for me. She was about to cut the 5 yard amount I was wanting when I noticed the quality was much lighter in weight than what I always buy. I mentioned it to the young associate and (as if I didn't know what I was talking about) she informed me it was the 'same invoice number' on the cardboard sleeve the fabric was wrapped around as was on the cardboard sleeve of the fabric which was with the less than 3 yard piece. I tried to tell her it wasn't the same as the new bolt was much 'cheesier' in weight. Just then another associate entered into our conversation and checked the number and sure enough it was the same but when she checked the fabric itself she agreed with me it was not the same quality. Now I'm wondering how many of us unsuspecting sewers have been duped. My question is was this error on the part of the manufacturer, Walmart or who. In an effort to get the cheapest price for the fabric it's purchasing for us, is Walmart accepting a lower quality of fabric expecting us the buyer not to notice it 'ain't what it used to be' or is the manufacturer screwing with Walmart thinking they'll never know there has been a quality change. Who's going to notice? When was the last time a buyer for Walmart checked what ends up in the store for the sewers and noticing or even caring about the difference. After all it's just our 'buck' so what! Something like this really pisses me off. I may be an old turkey in years but I've still a brain that is functioning quite well, thank you! Now I hope I feel better having gotten that off my chest! DottienTx
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