a good sale is a good sale, but i have had really bad luck with rotten thread from -discount- sources. also, thread has a much shorter 'shelf-life' than fabric...i have paid big bucks for good brand thread that a shop keeper had purchased a 'bulk-load' of and had it not usable for anything beyond basting because it breaks every couple inches...when i went back to the shop with the thread her and i together contacted the thread company who let us know after a couple years of 'sitting around' it weakens...sorry...'so i buy my thread from sources i know have a good turn around, are always ordering new...and i do have a stash but try to buy thread i know i'm going to use...within the next few months...in other words i buy it when i need it, the stash is the thread left on the spool after i'm done with my project...