Buying online
07-11-2011, 11:26 PM
#51
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Posts: 402
With the price of good fabrics in Australia (the ones I want, anyway) being up to three times the price of those in USA, I would be barking mad not buy in the US. Even including overseas mail, I'm still laughing. I've so far had fabulous service from Virginia Quilters and E Quilters, and will continue to shop this way.
07-12-2011, 02:53 AM
#52
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Mid-West
Posts: 3,838
I buy a lot on line also,including furniture.Have bought furniture from 2 diff private sellers this yr.
1st was a sewing cabinet/table I bought & was pleased with.Next was my "buy of the year",a Sleep Number bed.That trip was worth every mile.The bed was right size,like new...one yr old.barely used & being sold by ppl downsizing.Price was 1/4th the cost of new & he even gave me his receipt.
Done buying furn...we have a small house & don't need a thing.I did my homework,shopping retail prices,looking on line & in stores.Then I get pics from sellers,then a ph number where we can talk to them,asking lots of questions.My offer to buy is "only if" the item is as described,when I see it.
For on line fabrics, I add the sale price to shipping & sales tax (if applied) against retail price/tax at LQS.Don't figure gas because the LQS & Joanns are within a couple blocks of where I do my grocery shopping.These days,we all have to use our money as best we can. Works for me.
1st was a sewing cabinet/table I bought & was pleased with.Next was my "buy of the year",a Sleep Number bed.That trip was worth every mile.The bed was right size,like new...one yr old.barely used & being sold by ppl downsizing.Price was 1/4th the cost of new & he even gave me his receipt.
Done buying furn...we have a small house & don't need a thing.I did my homework,shopping retail prices,looking on line & in stores.Then I get pics from sellers,then a ph number where we can talk to them,asking lots of questions.My offer to buy is "only if" the item is as described,when I see it.
For on line fabrics, I add the sale price to shipping & sales tax (if applied) against retail price/tax at LQS.Don't figure gas because the LQS & Joanns are within a couple blocks of where I do my grocery shopping.These days,we all have to use our money as best we can. Works for me.
07-12-2011, 07:51 PM
#54
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Oceanside, CA
Posts: 847
I love buying online if I know the product, haven't had any issues. I love Hawthorne Threads, a lovely husband and wife business. Not cheap, but no higher than my LQS(which I love and buy from) I have used some of the above mentioned shops and have had no problems.
07-13-2011, 02:35 PM
#57
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
Posts: 7,940
I work full time and finding time to shop is hard with all my other responsibilities/activities. Online is easy...I can multitask at home and buy fabric and do laundry at the same time!! :-)
07-13-2011, 06:37 PM
#59
Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Schertz, Texas
Posts: 91
Janice,
I have used these sites:
The Old Country Store.com
Missouristarquilt.com
ConnectingThreads.com
FabricGalore.com
StitchinHeaven.com
Thousandsofbolts.com
Keepsakequilting.com
Hope these help.............From Janice (Texas)
I have used these sites:
The Old Country Store.com
Missouristarquilt.com
ConnectingThreads.com
FabricGalore.com
StitchinHeaven.com
Thousandsofbolts.com
Keepsakequilting.com
Hope these help.............From Janice (Texas)
07-13-2011, 06:44 PM
#60
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Perry, Oklahoma
Posts: 4,373
Originally Posted by np3
I pay my bills online now too. So much easier to do and to track back this way.
Life is so much easier for sure...
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