bearisgray

That's an excellent idea!

Still - try to get at least am idea of what's in the loads.

scraphq

Make sure it isn't hot mdse.

RUSewing

If it's good cotton fabric - go for it! I'd make a counter offer first, just in case he'd take it. You can start your own ebay store if you don't want to keep all of it or donate it to charity and take the tax deduction.

MellieKQuilter

Exactly... where is it coming from?

Prism99

Yikes! I wouldn't do it! Storing all of it in the house would be out of the question, taking up too much space. Just carrying it into storage would require many person-hours of work. What if it smells? Would take a *ton* of time to sell that much on eBay or other places -- as someone else mentioned, a full-time job.

If you want to go ahead with it, definitely take a physical look at the fabric (and sniff it) so you know what you are getting. I would also find at least two other people to split it with you (one truck each? still yikes!). Make sure you have a place to store it. Arrange for people to help you move all that fabric into storage. Oh, yeah, and find out why he is selling it to make sure it is not stolen (although who would steal that much fabric?).

Wendys Quilts

The person said I can come look at it. Said he wants to move to texas and be with the rest of his family. I think his wife died. He didn't realize his wife had as much stuff as she did. He did say that he was picking a number out of his head and could possibly take less for it. I'm a stay at home mom, so time to work an online store would be ok by me. Need to talk tho my hubby more about it.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

My Aunt and her friends bought out a quilt shop that was closing. To make it fair, they divided first by the bolt. One for me, one for you kind of thing. After all the bolts were divided, they traded around and cut pieces for each other.

Trying to find a few friends to share might make this a very good deal.

Tallulah

Personally, I would pass on it. I would just be too overwhelmed about what I would do with it. There has to be a lot of it that wouldn't be to your taste. Just my humble opinion. =-)

sewgull

Be sure to check the fabric before paying. It could be scam or not the entire truth. Could have bugs hidden if fabric.
Buyer beware.

charity-crafter

I'd check and see what he meant by 3 truck loads of fabric.

Then I'd check to see that it was quilting fabric.

Then I'd see how old it was and how well it was taken care of.

Then I'd call all my quilting friends and see if they'd split the cost.

If I couldn't get enough friends, I'd probably pass on the oppertunity. Unless it was absolutely fabulous quilt store quality fabrics with lots of blenders and batiks. That's a lot of money up front. I know that many people probably have that amount or more invested in their stashes but it accumluated over many years.

Definately counter offer and see what he accepts.

Have fun and let us know what you decide to do